Nottingham Forest’s poor run underneath new head coach Ange Postecoglou is rapidly changing into a trigger for concern, with statistics exhibiting simply how badly outcomes have gone since his arrival.
Appointed on 9 September, Postecoglou has now overseen 5 video games and not using a win. His first house match led to defeat to Sunderland on Saturday, regardless of Forest dominating the sport.
The numbers inform the story:
- Forest have misplaced 5 of their previous seven house Premier League matches (W1 D1). That equals the variety of house defeats they suffered of their earlier 22 video games (W11 D6 L5).
- They’ve conceded the opening purpose in 10 of their final 14 league video games, in comparison with solely six occasions within the 31 matches earlier than. They didn’t win any of these 10 video games (D3 L7).
- Towards Sunderland, Forest recorded 64.9% possession, their highest determine since returning to the Premier League in 2022. But throughout the 26 matches by which they’ve had greater than 50% of the ball, they’ve solely received 4 (D12 L10).
- Their ending has been particularly poor. Within the video games towards Burnley and Sunderland, Forest had a mixed 39 makes an attempt on purpose however scored simply as soon as.
Postecoglou admitted after the Sunderland defeat that his aspect lack ruthlessness.
“We’re simply not ruthless sufficient turning the dominance we have now into wins. It’s as much as me to show that dominance into victories,” he mentioned.
The Australian coach, who was not an instantaneous favorite amongst Forest supporters after changing Nuno Espirito Santo, now faces mounting stress. With just one level taken from two video games towards newly promoted groups, the statistics underline simply how badly his tenure has began.
