Nuno wants players to find themselves again ahead of Leicester game

Nottingham Forest Manager Nuno Espirito Santo hopes that his players 'find again' for the last part of the run-in.

Forest earned the last time-out a point to Crystal Palace and came back from a goal to draw 1-1, although in three they are in all competitions Winless in a run that she also eliminated from the FA Cup.

“It's about finding us again after the last three games. We defended better, it is so clear, against a talented opponent in Palace,” Nuno told BBC Match of the Day.

“The last games will be nervous, tight games. Everyone fights for something and Selhurst Park is always a difficult place to come.

“All teams in this big fight will try.”

For Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistorrooy, he now hopes for more of the same on the Jamie Vardy Farewell Tour.

Vardy scored his ninth goal of the season in all competitions, while the Foxes Southampton defeated at home 2-0 in their last game, making him 199 goals for the club.

“It feels great to win and win again. It was a long time, especially a home victory. We wanted to end this cycle and end the season with some positivity,” said Van Nistelrooy.

“If there was one player to break this cycle, it had to be Jamie [Vardy]. Target number 199. Very important for him and the team to get us at the front.

“He [Vardy] Is deadly. We know with this home cycle without a victory, it has been difficult, especially with a striker like him in the team. We knew we were creating and now the two [goals] Went inside and that gave us a big lift.

“Everything comes to an end and it is clear to him that he wants to continue. He wants to close this in the best possible way and that is what we have to respect.

The most important thing is to look back at his career here, in his games, his goals at the trophies he wants. The crowd starts to realize that it is Jamie's farewell trip. With Forest and Ipswich to come for him to hopefully score his 200th goal. “

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– Leicester City (@LCFC) 6 May 2025

Players to watch

Nottingham Forest – Chris Wood

Although he did not score in two, Wood is the top scorer of Nottingham Forest with 19 league goals.

The next target involvement for Wood will be 100th in the Premier League (88 goals, 11 assists), where the striker is only involved in more goals in the competition against West Ham United and Wolves (both nine) than Leicester.

Leicester City – Jamie Vardy

Vardy scored 1998 goals in 498 matches for Leicester City in all competitions, while he could be the first player to start 300 Premier League matches for the Foxes in this match.

In the 2-0 win over Southampton, Vardy scored the previous time-out and another goal will take him to 10 goals in all competitions this season.

Competition prediction: Nottingham Forest Win

Leicester has only won one of their last 18-way competition matches against Nottingham Forest (D5 L12), a 3-2 victory in May 2013.

The foxes are also Winless in their last six on the road (D1 L5), admit 14 and score only twice in that time.

In fact, Leicester has only won two away the entire season and has the second worst traveling record in the Premier League behind Southampton.

Despite back-to-back defeats on the city, Forest was unbeaten in their previous 11 home games in all games.

Opta wins probability

Nottingham Forest – 66.8%

Drawing – 18.4%

Leicester City – 14.8%

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