The entire world of football fans hold their breath in anticipation as two of the top three contenders for this season’s Premier League champion title get ready for their upcoming match against each other. On Tuesday, 14 January 2025, Nottingham Forest will host Liverpool at their home stadium of City Ground. While Liverpool is used to being in the top positions in the League, Nottingham hasn’t been in the top three since the 1994/95 season.
Nuno Espírito Santo, who stepped into his position as Nottingham’s head coach on 20 December 2023, continues leading the club. It was under Santo that Forest won against Man United in the Premier League for the first time in 29 years. In the same season, Santo secured the 17th place in the league for his team, avoiding relegation.
Arne Slot replaced Jürgen Klopp in the position of the Liverpool head coach on 1 June 2024, winning his first game in charge, a 2 – 0 away match with Ipswich Town. His first season in the Premier League was marked with various achievements: becoming the first Premier League manager to win his first 6 away games, the quickest Premier League manager to reach 15 wins in all competitions, and the first Liverpool manager to win the first 11 out of 12 matches at the start of a season.
Currently, the Premier League 2024-25 season table looks the following:
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 2 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 40 | |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | Manchester City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Bournemouth | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | |
| 9 | Fulham | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 30 | |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 28 | |
| 11 | Brentford | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |
| 14 | West Ham United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | |
| 16 | Everton | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Leicester City | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |
| 20 | Southampton | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: Match Details
When: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
What time: kick-off at 20:00 GMT
Venue: City Ground, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
Home team: Nottingham Forest F.C.
Away team: Liverpool F.C.
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: Current Progress at Premier League 2024-25
Liverpool has been one of the top five contenders in the Premier League for the past eight years, but only has won the title in the 2019/20 season. They started the current season with an away match with Ipswich Town and won 2 – 0.
Nottingham Forest returned to the League in the 2022/23 season after being relegated to the EFL Championship in 1998/99 when they finished at the bottom of the League table. This season began for them with a 1 – 1 draw in a home match against Bournemouth.
At the time this article was published, Nottingham had played 20 and Liverpool had played 19 games (the match against Everton on 7 December was postponed due to severe weather conditions).
Below you will find detailed stats of their current progress in the 2024-25 season.
Nottingham Forest in Premier League 2024-25
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Bournemouth (17 August, match day 1)
- Southampton 0 – 1 Nottingham Forest (24 August, match day 2)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Wolverhampton Wolves (31 August, match day 3)
- Liverpool 0 – 1 Nottingham Forest (14 September, match day 4)
- Brighton 2 – 2 Nottingham Forest (22 September, match day 5)
- Nottingham Forest 0 – 1 Fulham (28 September, match day 6)
- Chelsea 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest (6 October, match day 7)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Crystal Palace (21 October, match day 8)
- Leicester City 1 – 3 Nottingham Forest (25 October, match day 9)
- Nottingham Forest 3 – 0 West Ham (2 November, match day 10)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 3 Newcastle United (10 November, match day 11)
- Arsenal 3 – 0 Nottingham Forest (23 November, match day 12)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Ipswich Town (30 November, match day 13)
- Manchester City 3 – 0 Nottingham Forest (4 December, match day 14)
- Manchester United 2 – 3 Nottingham Forest (7 December, match day 15)
- Nottingham Forest 2 – 1 Aston Villa (14 December, match day 16)
- Brentford 0 – 2 Nottingham Forest (21 December, match day 17)
- Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur (26 December, match day 18)
- Everton 0 – 2 Nottingham Forest (29 December, match day 19)
- Wolverhampton Wolves 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest (7 January, match day 20)
Liverpool in Premier League 2024-25
- Ipswich Town 0 – 2 Liverpool (17 August, match day 1)
- Liverpool 2 – 0 Brentford (25 August, match day 2)
- Manchester United 0 – 3 Liverpool (1 September, match day 3)
- Liverpool 0 – 1 Nottingham Forest (14 September, match day 4)
- Liverpool 3 – 0 Bournemouth (21 September, match day 5)
- Wolverhampton Wolves 1 – 2 Liverpool (28 September, match day 6)
- Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Liverpool (5 October, match day 7)
- Liverpool 2 – 1 Chelsea (20 October, match day 8)
- Arsenal 2- 2 Liverpool (27 October, match day 9)
- Liverpool 2 – 1 Brighton (2 November, match day 10)
- Liverpool 2 – 0 Aston Villa (10 November, match day 11)
- Southampton 2 – 3 Liverpool (24 November, match day 12)
- Liverpool 2 – 0 Manchester City (1 December, match day 13)
- Newcastle United 3 – 3 Liverpool (4 December, match day 14)
- Everton – Liverpool (postponed, TBD, match day 15)
- Liverpool 2 – 2 Fulham (14 December, match day 16)
- Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 6 Liverpool (22 December, match day 17)
- Liverpool 3 – 1 Leicester City (27 December, match day 18)
- West Ham 0 – 5 Liverpool (29 December, match day 19)
- Liverpool 2 – 2 Manchester United (5 January, match day 20)
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: Previous Games Together
Two veteran clubs of English football first met 130 years ago when Liverpool hosted Nottingham Forest on February 16, 1895 in the second round of the FA Cup and lost 0 – 2.
Coming back to the current season in the Premier League, below you will find some essential stats for both teams:
| Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | |
| 3 | Position | 1 |
| 12 | Won | 14 |
| 4 | Drawn | 4 |
| 4 | Lost | 1 |
| 1.45 | Avg Goals Scored Per Match | 2.47 |
| 0.95 | Avg Goals Conceded Per Match | 1 |
| 9 | Clean sheets | 8 |
| 1.75 | Chances Created Per Match | 3.26 |
| 3 – 0 vs West Ham (H) | Biggest Win | (A) 0 – 5 vs West Ham |
| 3 – 0 vs Arsenal (A) | Worst Defeat | (H) 0 – 1 vs Nottingham Forest |
So far both teams have only played 15 games against each other in the Premier League. The first one took place on August 16, 1992 when the hosting Nottingham Forest won 1 – 0. Presently, Liverpool holds 7 wins, Nottingham holds 4, and 4 games between the teams have ended in a draw.
The full list of the matches Nottingham Forest and Liverpool played against each other within the Premier League is as follows:
| Year | Match Day | Home Team | Away Team | Result |
| August 16, 1992 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 1:0 |
| February 6, 1993 | 27 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 0:0 |
| November 5, 1994 | 13 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 1:0 |
| February 4, 1995 | 26 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 1:1 |
| January 1, 1996 | 22 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 4:2 |
| March 23, 1996 | 32 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 1:0 |
| December 17, 1996 | 17 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 4:2 |
| March 15, 1997 | 29 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 1:1 |
| October 24, 1998 | 10 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 5:1 |
| April 5, 1999 | 32 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 2:2 |
| October 22, 2022 | 13 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 1:0 |
| April 22, 2023 | 32 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 3:2 |
| October 29, 2023 | 10 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 3:0 |
| March 2, 2024 | 27 | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool | 0:1 |
| September 14, 2024 | 4 | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | 0:1 |
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: Betting Odds at 7bet
At the time of the article publication, 7bet offers the following odds on Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool. You can check other markets on our Premier League betting page.
| Nottingham Forest F.C. (1) | x | Liverpool F.C. (2) |
| 7/2 | 16/5 | 4/6 |
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