After being in Carabao Cup semi-final action in midweek, it is back to Premier League action for Nottingham Forest this weekend.
Forest host Leeds United at the City Ground on Sunday afternoon for what is the stereotypical six-pointer as both teams look to move further away from the Premier League relegation zone. Before the game there are just three points and two places between the two teams in the table.
Forest will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run of four Premier League games on Sunday, with full concentration now on the league after falling out of the Carabao Cup in the last four. As the season's end comes nearer, more concentration goes on what teams around you in the table are doing.
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That is likely to be the case at the City Ground this weekend. With Forest waiting until Sunday to kick off, other teams around them are in action 24 hours earlier. Supporters are likely to be keeping an eye as results come in over the weekend.
With that in mind, here is how it could work out for Forest.
Best case scenario
A win for Forest over Leeds on Sunday will see them move onto 24 points, level with 12th place Crystal Palace if the Eagles lose against Manchester United on Saturday afternoon. The Reds would however stay in 13th place in the table, unless there is a 10 goals swing in the two games.
It will be below them where Forest will hope to benefit the most with a win. It will move them six points clear of Leeds, currently in 15th place.
The gap could also increase to six points between Forest and Leicester City, should the Foxes lose against Aston Villa. Looking at the bottom three of the table a Forest win and a Bournemouth loss against high-flying Brighton would see the gap increase to seven points.
Losses for 16th placed West Ham against Newcastle, 17th placed Wolves vs Liverpool, 19th placed Everton against Arsenal and 20th place Southampton vs Brentford will also be beneficial to Forest.
Worst case scenario
Forest’s current gap to the bottom three means that even if they lose against Leeds and all of the other results go against them, the lowest position that they can finish the weekend in is 16th, although that would leave them just one point clear of the relegation zone.
Losing against Leeds will see the Whites climb above the Reds on goal difference. Should Leicester beat Aston Villa and West Ham beat Newcastle, then those two sides would also go above Forest on goal difference.
The gap to the bottom three would close to one point if Bournemouth and Wolves also win their matches against Brighton and Liverpool on Saturday.
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