How many points to stay up this season? Michael Dawson previews Nottingham Forest v Man Utd and assesses relegation battle
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
With Forest winless in nine games, what are their chances of an upset win at the City Ground? Dawson analyses the game and reviews Forest’s return to the Premier League so far.
He also weighs up the wider relegation battle, suggesting how many points are needed for survival and why it is a scrap which looks set to go right down to the final day…
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| 0:47.3 | Hello and welcome to the Essential Football Podcast, where we are building up to what could be another huge weekend in the Premier League, particularly for the sides fighting against relegation. I'm Peter Smith, your host today. |
| 0:49.3 | Now we know it's incredibly tight at the top with Arsenal and Man City battling for the title and just behind them a race for the Champions League places is really tight as well. |
| 0:59.0 | There's still so many teams in danger of dropping down to the championship. |
| 1:03.0 | In this next round of fixtures on Sky will see second bottom Lester go to Man City on Saturday night football. |
| 1:09.0 | 14th place West Ham. They're just three |
| 1:11.5 | points above the relegation zone. They host Arsenal on Sunday lunchtime. And on Monday night |
| 1:17.4 | football, fifth bottom leads face Liverpool at Ellen Road. So we'll get a real close up view |
| 1:22.5 | of a lot of these teams who are fighting to stay in the Premier League. Plus on Super Sunday,.30 kickoff, we've also got Nottingham Forest against Man United. |
| 1:31.3 | And that's the game we're going to take a closer look at in this podcast. |
| 1:35.3 | Can Steve Cooper's side end a nine-game winless run in the Premier League? |
| 1:39.3 | It would be a shock if they did beat Man United, but even a hard-fought point could really boost their credentials given how tight it is down there. |
| 1:46.5 | They're currently third bottom and in the relegation zone because of an inferior goal difference |
| 1:51.3 | to Everton. |
| 1:52.6 | So to help me look ahead to this one, I'm pleased to say I'm joined by Sky Sports Pundit and |
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