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This is Nottingham Forest's biggest game of the season.

It's a great chance for them to get three points, but gosh this is going to be nervy - it is going to be a very tense afternoon but they just have to find a way to win, it doesn't matter how.

Burnley are done now, they are going down - but that might not help Forest because it could see Scott Parker's side play with more freedom.

Sutton's prediction: 1-0

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• Aston Villa v Sunderland

• Everton v Liverpool

• Nottingham Forest v Burnley

• Man City v Arsenal

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Paul Heckingbottom laid into his Preston players after their 2-0 home loss to West Brom, claiming their display was unacceptable.

Heckingbottom felt his side were out-fought by West Brom at Deepdale as they saw their four-game unbeaten run end in miserable circumstances.

He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "The better team won. They out-fought us in the first half, I don't often say that. That was one of the two disappointing facts. The fact they out-fought us in the first half and the fact that everything we prepared for, we just didn't execute.

"Sometimes if you don't give them the solutions, you are culpable. But we knew what we were going to face and we showed them at half-time what we were getting wrong and for some reason, we didn't do it any better.

"We were better in the second half and we did OK until they scored their second goal. That was another poor goal from our point of view and we can have no complaints.

"So, yeah, a disappointing day, one of the worst.

"If you get out-fought, that can't happen. You can get beat, but not like that. I expect us to turn up and compete."

Nottingham Forest's elation at reaching a first European semi-final since 1984 will be short-lived if they don't follow it by putting points on the board against second-bottom Burnley at the City Ground on Sunday (14:00 GMT).

Forest could yet be felled

Vitor Pereira's side set up an all-English Europa League last four clash against Aston Villa with a tense 1-0 win over Porto on Thursday – the Portuguese head coach's first home win in six attempts since he was appointed on 15 February.

The prospect of relegation on the domestic front, however, is still a very real one. The Reds, currently 16th, could find themselves in the relegation zone by Sunday night if they lose and West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur both win.

An impotent Forest attack has registered just 14 goals in 16 home league games this season, failing to find the net in five of their last seven. It's their lowest goals-per-game record at home (0.88) in a league season since 1996-97 (0.79).

Elliot Anderson missed the win over Porto due to the death of his mother, Helen, and it remains to be seen if the England star will be available for selection. Pereira told reporters after the game: "We are here to help him and we will see if he can play the next game."

The Tricky Trees, who are unbeaten in six in all competitions, could do with his industry in midfield in a game like this. Anderson has won possession 10 or more times in 10 Premier League games this season; the most in Europe's big five leagues in 2025-26 and more than three times as often as any of his opponents in this country.

Clarets sinking

With just one win in their past 23 league games – against Crystal Palace on 11 February – it has been a miserable campaign for Burnley.

The Clarets, facing their third relegation from the top flight in five seasons, are this decade's best example of a Premier League yo-yo club; too good for the Championship but unable to cut it in the top tier.

Unlike bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers, 19th-placed Burnley's relegation cannot be confirmed this weekend and head coach Scott Parker has pledged that his team will "keep fighting between now and the end of the season".

They've conceded 63 goals, the most in the division, which is perhaps no surprise when you look at some of their related defensive numbers.

Twinned with those defensive struggles has been a similarly tough time in front of goal. While they aren't the lowest scorers in the league – Wolves and Forest are both worse off in that regard – Burnley have managed the fewest shots of any side, with 297 (an average of 9.3 per game).

Among teams to have played 30 or more games under a single manager since such records began in 2003-04, Scott Parker's Burnley have had the joint-fewest attempts of any team under one boss, along with Paul Clement's Swansea City and Chris Wilder's Sheffield United.

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Burnley boss Scott Parker has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground (kick-off 14:00).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• The Burnley boss delivered an update on his team: "Josh Laurent is back, Hannibal Mejbri is edging closer but will miss this weekend, heading towards Leeds is a better option. Connor Roberts is still not available. Zeki Amdouni is moving in the right direction but we'll have to make a call on that."

• Parker acknowledged the two offside decisions in their defeat by Brighton and Hove Albion: "What can you say to that, if it's an offside, it's an offside. Disappointing and frustrating of course when you have two goals disallowed on the finest of margins. It was a hard one to take but factually it's an offside."

• The Clarets head coach said he will be "prepared" to face Nottingham Forest on Sunday: "We understand the dynamics of the game and what the game is going to bring. There is something on the game for both teams in terms of the predicament that both teams are facing. First and foremost, we need to be prepared for what we are going to face here and hopefully bring our quality and tactics into the game."

• Parker spoke on the possibility of relegation: "We understand the situation we are in and the challenge that we face and it's an absolutely massive one. I'm the biggest realist and as honest as they come."

• He added: "The last four or five games have been must-win games, which we've not been able to do and those games are running out for us. We have to keep learning from our experiences, and learning from each game. I know that can be seen as fluffy but that's where we are."

• Parker said he was "relaxed" about his contract ending next year, adding: "My focus is trying to get the best out of the group and my situation is mine and is not something I think about at this moment in time. Those conversations will take place in due course."

• He said managing players that aren't used to losing has been difficult: "It is what it is, we are where we are, we brought in players and we are working with them. It's been difficult on the mental side, players aren't used to losing games from where they might have come from."

• The boss continued: "The challenge goes up tenfold when you step up into the Premier League. It's a man-v-man game, that's the way the game has gone. The dynamics of the game have changed."

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Burnley head to Nottingham Forest on Sunday (14:00), in a bid to keep any dwindling hopes of Premier League survival alive.

With six games remaining, Scott Parker's side are 12 points from safety. That makes grim reading for Clarets fans, as do these statistics from the 32 Premier League games played so far.

In the top flight this season Burnley have faced:

• The most shots (533)

• The most shots on target (181)

• The most xG (64.0)

They have also:

• Allowed the most touches in their own penalty area (1,051)

• Faced the most big chances (99)

The Clarets have conceded 63 goals this campaign, the most in the division and five more than bottom side Wolves.

At the other end of the pitch, Burnley have managed the fewest shots of any side - 297 in 32 Premier League matches this season – an average of 9.3 per game.

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West Bromwich Albion will hope to boost their Championship survival hopes when they visit Preston North End on Saturday (kick-off 15:00 BST).

The Baggies are two points above the relegation zone and unbeaten in their past seven league games (W2 D5), though they have won just two of their previous 18 (D9 L7).

The Lilywhites are 13th on 57 points and cannot go down, while a play-off spot is almost impossible as they trail sixth-placed Hull by 11 points with four games to play.

• Preston have won just two of their previous 15 league games against West Brom (D3 L10), with these victories coming consecutively in January and October 2022.

• West Brom have won five of their past six league games against Preston (D1), conceding just three goals in that run.

• Preston are unbeaten in their past four Championship games (W2 D2); this despite being on a run of 11 games without a clean sheet, the longest current run in the division.

• Nine of West Brom's past 14 Championship games have ended level (W2 L3). Indeed, the Baggies have had more draws (9) than any other team in the division since the start of 2026.

• Milutin Osmajic, Lewis Dobbin and Alfie Devine are all Preston's joint-top scorers in the Championship this season (8). This is the first campaign since 2017-18 in which Preston have had as many as three players with 8+ goals in the Championship (Tom Barkhuizen, Sean Maguire and Jordan Hugill).