Nottingham Forest are battling to avoid relegation from the Premier League and have been given a fresh prediction for their fate
Mark Wakefield Sport Central Audience Writer
11:02, 04 Mar 2026
Nottingham Forest are in the battle to avoid relegation(Image: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Nottingham Forest’s final Premier League position has been predicted as the club continues its battle to avoid relegation. Forest are currently in 17th place in the table and above the drop zone by just two points.
Vitor Pereira’s side are preparing to face Manchester City on Wednesday night as they return to top-flight action, and will be hoping to cause an upset against the Premier League title challengers.
Forest go into the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Brighton, and will be determined to get more points on the board to move further clear of relegation rivals West Ham.
With Forest set to face City on Wednesday night, a fresh prediction has emerged for where the Reds will finish in the final standings.
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Opta Analyst have run the numbers and have predicted Forest to remain where they are and finish in 17th place in the Premier League table.
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The prediction has claimed that Forest will finish with 38 (38.1) points, which is enough to finish outside the relegation zone. West Ham are in 18th place in the final predicted table, finishing with 35 (35.1) points, while Burnley and Wolves are the other teams tipped to be relegated to the Championship.
Forest have been given a 23.3 per cent chance of being relegated from the Premier League this season, which is considerably lower than the 68.3 per cent likelihood that has been given to Forest.
Tottenham Hotspur are also in the mix for relegation but have been predicted to finish in 16th place on 42 (42.01) points, which would be four ahead of Forest and seven clear of the bottom three.
Pereira was recently asked about the battle to avoid relegation, and opened up on the messages he gives the squad to give them extra confidence.
“In my career, I started to prepare my speeches,” Pereira said. “But after one day, I didn’t feel what I felt the day before. It means the words are not aligned with what you really believe.
“That’s why I prefer not to prepare and to say what I’m feeling in the moment. I believe this energy of what I feel inside is a different energy.
“Now, I write two or three ideas, then afterwards it is what I’m feeling in the moment. I want to feel this energy and I want to transmit the energy to the players of what I’m feeling in the moment.
“I believe the difference will be here (pointing to his head), because they have the qualities. Here (in the players’ heads), this is what we need to prepare – to be resilient and to be confident.
“OK, we lost a chance to get points against Brighton but it was not the final. We have another chance and we must go to this game with the same ambition as the game before. It will be this mentality that can make the difference until the end.”