Tottenham vs Forest LIVE: Conte under pressure with Spurs on miserable run

Antonio Conte is now facing huge pressure to turn Spurs' form around with his job on the line after being knocked out of the FA Cup and Champions League.

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Conte's side were beaten by Sheffield United last week before losing to Wolves in the league and then being knocked out of Europe by AC Milan on Thursday.

During this dire run of form, Tottenham failed to score a single goal and they will need to turn things around in the Premier League to keep their season alive.

Nottingham Forest are their next opponent and they will sense an opportunity to pick up a crucial win for themselves.

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Steve Cooper's men sit four points above the relegation zone, with a victory in London giving their survival hopes a major boost.

Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, March 11.

Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is scheduled for 3pm.

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talkSPORT 2 will have exclusive live coverage of the game presented by Dan Windle.

Commentary will come from Ian Danter and former England defender Alvin Martin.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest: Team news

Spurs will still be without Hugo Lloris this weekend with Fraser Forster continuing in goal.

Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur are out until the end of the season after both were forced to have surgery on their injuries.

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Cristian Romero was sent off in the Champions League on Wednesday but he'll remain available in the Premier League and is expected to start once again.

As for Forest, their long injury list still contains Willy Boly, Scott McKenna, Cheikhou Kouyate, Taiwo Awoniyi and Dean Henderson among others.

This means Chris Wood will continue up front with Joe Worrall and Felipe keeping their places in the heart of an injury-hit defence.

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Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest: What has been said?

After elimination from the Champions League on Wednesday, Conte admitted that he could be sacked if the poor results continue.

He said: "My contract expires in June. We will see — they might sack me even before the end of the season, who knows, maybe they are disappointed."

The Spurs boss also expected better from his team in the final third as they made it three games in a row without a goal in all competitions.

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"If you ask me that in a game like this, we were dangerous? No," Conte said.

"We can do much better offensively. When I speak about offensively, I mean the whole team. I think we can do much better."

Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest: Match facts

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Brennan Johnson has been directly involved in nine Premier League goals this season, more than any other Nottingham Forest player (7 goals, 2 assists). Seven of these involvements have come in his nine appearances in 2023 (5 goals, 2 assists), with only Erling Haaland and Marcus Rashford (8 each) being involved in more this calendar year.

In three substitute appearances in the Premier League this season, Tottenham's Son Heung-min has scored four goals from just five shots (80% conversion). In his 21 starts this term, he's scored just one goal from 51 shots (2% conversion).

Harry Kane has scored three goals in his three appearances for Spurs against Nottingham Forest in all competitions, including a brace at the City Ground in the reverse fixture this term. He's two goals away from netting 20 Premier League goals in a season for the sixth time, something only Sergio Agüero (6) and Alan Shearer (7) have achieved previously.

Having been unbeaten in their first five Premier League games of 2023 (W3 D2), Nottingham Forest are winless in their last four (D2 L2). The Tricky Trees have won just once away from home all season (D3 L8), and remain the lowest goalscorers on the road so far this term (3).

Tottenham are one of two sides yet to draw a Premier League game in 2023, winning five and losing five. So far this year, only Man City (7) and Arsenal (6) have won more Premier League games than Spurs, while only Everton (6) have lost more often than them.

Tottenham have won each of their last three Premier League home games, all without conceding. Spurs last won four straight home league games while keeping a clean sheet each time in March 2018, when they played their home games at Wembley under Mauricio Pochettino.

Nottingham Forest have lost eight of their last 10 Premier League games in London (W1 D1), with their only win in that run coming at Wimbledon in March 1999. Forest have lost all three of their visits to the capital this season by an aggregate score of 11-0.

Tottenham have won 28 of their last 31 Premier League home games against promoted sides (D2 L1), with their only defeat in that run coming against Wolves at Wembley in 2018-19.

Nottingham Forest have won three of their last four away league games against Spurs, though this is their first such visit since a 2-0 loss in November 1998.

Tottenham have won their last three league games against Nottingham Forest, and last won four in a row against them between August 1963 and December 1964.