Newcastle United looks to kick off the Premier League weekend by putting heat on its top-four rivals with a visit to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Friday (Watch live, 4pm ET on USA Network and online via NBCSports.com).
The Magpies beat Wolves last time out to reclaim fifth place on the Premier League table, and they can move within a point of fourth-place Tottenham with a match-in-hand by winning this one. STREAM LIVE NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs NEWCASTLE Forest sits 14th on the table but that’s just two points clear of the bottom three, four away the basement.
The Tricky Trees have claimed just two of the last 15 points available to them — draws with Man City and Everton — and count multi-goal losses to Spurs, West Ham, and Fulham among them.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle. [ MORE: How to watch Premier League in USA ] Kick off: 4pm ET, FridayTV Channel: USA NetworkOnline: Stream via NBCSports.com Forest has kept just one clean sheet since the calendar turned to February and that was against finish-challenged Leeds United.