Nottinghamshire

We asked for your views on whether Nottingham Forest will survive in the Premier League when you take a look a little lower down this page at the fixture run-ins both the Reds and their rivals face.

Here are some of your comments:

Phil: On paper Forest and West Ham have the more difficult run in in the Premier League, but like the great Brian Clough said, "games are not played on paper".

Neil: A minimum of four points in our games against Villa and Sunderland will probably be enough to save us because us Forest fans know we can't rely on a good result against a struggling Burnley team. My fear is that we will need something against our bogey team, Bournemouth on the final day. I still think we are relying on other teams being worse than us.

There's an obvious element of Forest's play that could prove the difference between survival and the dreaded drop - that's in front of goal in home fixtures.

Forest have scored 13 goals from 228 shots at the City Ground in the Premier League this season, a conversion rate of 5.7%. It's the lowest home conversion rate by any side in a Premier League campaign since Fulham in 2020-21 (3.9%).

What would home fans give to see this improve. When the margins are so small, it may be all that's needed to safeguard Premier League status.

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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It feels like a lifetime since Nottingham Forest beat Porto in October.

Then, Sean Dyche swept in on a wave of nostalgia, promising togetherness after the fractured 39 days of Ange Postecoglou's reign.

His first game, the 2-0 win over Porto in the Europa League group phase, promised a brighter future, as did Premier League victories against Liverpool and Tottenham, but Dyche himself lasted just 114 days.

Now Vitor Pereira is tasked with toppling the Portuguese Primeira Liga leaders - with whom he won two titles in 2012 and 2013.

There was already a feeling of growing stability before the crucial 3-0 win at Tottenham in Forest's final match before the international break and Pereira has the chance to add to the growing momentum at the Estadio do Dragao on Thursday.

It is Forest's first European quarter-final since their last Uefa Cup adventure in 1995-96 which ended with a 7-2 aggregate defeat by Bayern Munich.

Pereira has steered Forest through tricky knockout ties against Fenerbahce and Midtjylland but Porto, with just four defeats this season - the first coming against Forest - represent a different challenge.

"We're on a journey," said captain Ryan Yates. "We're dreaming, like we have done from the start of this competition.

"It's exciting. It's totally different to the Premier League. It just has such a different feel to it.

"We're dreaming that we're in the quarter-finals and we've played Porto already, we know how good they are. It's going to be difficult but it's exciting and we're looking forward to it."

Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist

There are 21 points left up for grabs in the 2025-26 Premier League season and every one of those will matter for those near the bottom of the table.

Who will survive and who will be relegated to the Championship?

West Ham currently sit in 18th, with Tottenham one point above the drop, Nottingham Forest three ahead and Leeds four.

Here's a look at the four clubs' final seven games of the season.

West Ham face bottom club Wolves on Friday - their first of four home games in the run-in.

The Hammers then face Brentford,Everton and Newcastle, who are all chasing a European spot, and current league leaders Arsenal.

If it goes down to the wire, then the final game of the season between West Ham and Leeds could be all or nothing.

Unlike West Ham, Tottenham have more away games in their run-in.

Yet that could in fact favour Spurs given they possess the worst home record in the Premier League this season, having won just two of their 16 home games.

Roberto de Zerbi will need to make an immediate impact as they travel to Sunderland and then host his former club Brighton the following week.

Spurs host Leeds on 11 May in what could be an important game in the fight for survival, before two tricky final games against Chelsea and Everton.

Nottingham Forest and Leeds have three and four-point buffers to the drop zone respectively - but they will play more games than Tottenham and West Ham as they are both still in cup competitions.

Forest have still got to play three of the current top six, as well as European-chasing Newcastle and Bournemouth.

Should they progress to the Europa League semi-finals then both legs will have to be played either side of their trip to Stamford Bridge on 4 May.

Leeds' FA Cup semi-final - also against Chelsea - will be played three days after their visit to Bournemouth.

And it is Leeds who have to play the most teams near the bottom, with four of their seven remaining fixtures against the current bottom four.

So how are you feeling? Does it make you nervy looking at your club's and other teams' fixtures? Or do you think you have enough to beat the drop?

Get in touch with your views here

All kick-off times BST, fixture dates and times subject to change.

Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson would prefer a move to Manchester City this summer. Manchester United look like missing out on the England international. (Mirror, external)

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Pat Riddell
Fan writer

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The results of England's games against Uruguay and Japan might not mean much, but Thomas Tuchel and the rest of the watching public will have learned a few things. Injuries and withdrawals made the performances unbalanced and disjointed, which certainly cemented places for some of the likely starting XI.

Nottingham Forest will almost definitely have an England starter this summer in Elliot Anderson. The midfielder's statistics have become slightly ridiculous this season, his numbers topping numerous charts for passing, tackles, duels and interceptions in the Premier League and across Europe.

Morgan Gibbs-White had a slower start to the campaign and has not made quite the same impact for England, his position is in much more competition from players at, dare we say, bigger clubs. And while it is highly unlikely he will be lining up against Croatia on 17 June in Dallas, there is absolutely a case for arguing for his inclusion in the squad.

The likes of Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden have not had great seasons. And whether Gibbs-White is competing for the number 10 position, or somewhere out wide, his ability to influence a game - even as an impact substitute - is without doubt.

In terms of goals and assists in the Premier League this season, the only English players with more than Gibbs-White's 11 are Jarrod Bowen (14), Morgan Rogers (13) and Danny Welbeck (12). Across Europe's top five leagues, the only other English player making that list is Harry Kane with 36; Gibbs-White is the top-scoring English midfielder with nine goals, level with Palmer.

Tuchel has already said Foden is not guaranteed a spot, so with seven league games to go, there is still a chance for Gibbs-White to stake his claim - an England side lacking and creative guile could do no worse than make space for the City Ground favourite.

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