Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United are locked in a tight Premier League relegation battle, with Forest confirming a major injury blow on Tuesday afternoon.
Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and West Ham continue their battle to avoid relegation to the Championship, and things took another twist during the weekend's fixtures.
Spurs played first on Saturday evening when they hosted manager Roberto De Zerbi's former team Brighton and Hove Albion at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, and looked on course to record their first Premier League win of 2026 as they led 2-1 going into stoppage time.
However, Georginio Rutter's 95th-minute equaliser broke their hearts, and it looked like Forest could suffer similar frustration when they hosted 19th-placed Burnley at the City Ground on Sunday.
Vitor Pereira's men found themselves 1-0 down at the break, but they roared back to win 4-1 to move five points clear of the drop zone with five matches left to play.
West Ham had the opportunity to move four points ahead of Tottenham when they travelled to face Crystal Palace on Monday night, but they had to settle for a 0-0 draw that kept the gap between the two London relegation battlers at two points.
Callum Hudson-Odoi Undergoes Surgery
Nottingham Forest confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that winger Callum Hudson-Odoi suffered an injury to his right quadriceps during their Europa League quarter-final tie against FC Porto on Thursday, which forced him to miss the game against Burnley at the weekend.
The former Chelsea forward has now undergone surgery on Tuesday and will now commence his rehabilitation with Forest medical staff immediately.
The club said they expect the 25-year-old to return to full training during pre-season, meaning he has been ruled out for the rest of the season and the remainder of the relegation run-in.
Hudson-Odoi has made 43 appearances in all competitions for Forest this term, scoring six goals and providing a further four assists.
Boost for Tottenham and West Ham
Any of the relegation-threatened clubs will take any bad injury news for their rivals at this point, especially when it's a player who has proven he can contribute in terms of goals and assists.
While Tottenham currently lie five points adrift of Forest and two of West Ham, and despite the awful run of form they are on, they will expect to beat Wolves at Molineux on Saturday.
Wanderers' relegation to the Championship was confirmed on Monday night after West Ham's draw with Palace, and it will be interesting to see how they react now there is officially nothing to play for.
De Zerbi will have earmarked it as a must-win game, and as more players return to fitness the Italian will know he needs to ensure they return to London with three points.
West Ham and Forest don't have easy matches this weekend by any stretch of the imagination, with the former hosting high-flying Everton, while the latter travel to the Stadium of Light to face Regis Le Bris' impressive Sunderland side.