STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Fri: Leeds v Nottingham Forest

The weekend’s Premier League action begins with an important clash between Leeds and Nottingham Forest at Elland Road, writes WILLIAM KEDJANYI.

Both sides are level on 26 points from 24 games, so a victory for either club would take them nine points clear of the relegation zone. However, defeat would be costly, with West Ham improved in recent weeks and heading to Burnley as favourites tomorrow.

The wider outlook for survival is positive for Leeds. Since a formation change at half-time against Manchester City, they have lost only 2 of their 11 games since, and they were desperately unlucky not to take a point from one of the hardest away trips in the league when going down 4-3 at St James’s Park to boot.

They met Arsenal on a going day at the weekend – as some clubs have been unlucky to do – but in general they’ve been in very strong form, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ao Tanaka and Brenden Aaronson in particularly good nick over recent weeks.

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Leeds v Nottingham Forest
Premier League
20:00 Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League / Sky Sports Ultra HDR

LAST FIVE STATS

HEAD-TO-HEAD
NOV 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds
APR 2023 PREMIER LEAGUE Leeds 2-1 Nottingham Forest
FEB 2023 PREMIER LEAGUE Nottingham Forest 1-0 Leeds
FEB 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP Nottingham Forest 2-0 Leeds
AUG 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP Leeds 1-1 Nottingham Forest

LEEDS
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Leeds 0-4 Arsenal
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Everton 1-1 Leeds
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Leeds 1-0 Fulham
JAN 2026 FA CUP Derby 1-3 Leeds
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Newcastle 4-3 Leeds

NOTTINGHAM FOREST
FEB 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Nottingham Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace
JAN 2026 EUROPA LEAGUE Nottingham Forest 4-0 Ferencvaros
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest
JAN 2026 EUROPA LEAGUE Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest
JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal

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Nottingham Forest have also been in decent form. Since a frustrating 1-0 defeat at Braga in the Europa League, they bounced back with a 2-0 win at Brentford (no easy feat given the Bees’ home form), a 4-0 trashing of Ferencavros to seal their knockout spot in style and then a 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace last weekend despite having Neco Williams sent off for a goalline handball just before half-time.

Dyche’s men – known for being tough to beat like his sides are all known for – have won their last two away games, beating the Hammers 2-1 and Brentford 2-0, so even a trip to Elland Road will not hold too many fears for them.

Leeds home advantage here will of course, be a helpful factor for them but there’s literally nothing between the two sides and the draw should give backers a very good run for their money with starsports.bet.

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