Manager Watch: Glasner's VAR frustration as winless Forest head to Villa
Oliver Glasner has questioned the VAR decision behind Nottingham Forest's disallowed goal, Roberto De Zerbi says his misfiring Tottenham side simply need time, and two winless sides meet at Villa Park on Saturday.
Glasner's VAR grievance
Nottingham Forest remain winless after two Premier League matches, and their week has been shaped less by results than by a video-assisted refereeing row.
According to BBC Sport, Oliver Glasner and Williams disputed a VAR call over a Forest handball — a decision that saw a Williams goal ruled out. The manager's verdict was blunt: the goal "should not have been disallowed".
FanTribe's match data shows Forest have taken one point from those two games: a 2-2 draw at Liverpool followed by a 0-1 home defeat by Leeds United. According to the Premier League table, they sit 14th, with two goals scored and three conceded.
De Zerbi calls for patience at Spurs
In north London, the scrutiny is sharper still. According to the Premier League table, Tottenham are 19th with no points from two matches, yet to score and with five conceded.
Per BBC Sport, Roberto De Zerbi said this is "Not Football Manager" and that his misfiring side need time. He also said the omission of Richarlison was not his decision, according to the broadcaster.
The contrast is instructive: Glasner's complaint is with officials, De Zerbi's with the calendar — and neither manager has a win to show for the season so far.
Two winless sides meet at Villa Park
Forest travel to Aston Villa on Saturday, 12 September, in a meeting of sides yet to win. According to the Premier League table, Villa prop up the division with two defeats, no goals scored and five conceded — yet the odds in FanTribe's fixture data still make the hosts favourites at 2.06, with the draw at 3.6 and a Forest win at 3.75. For Glasner, it is a test and a chance in equal measure.
A kinder-looking fixture follows a week later, when 17th-placed Coventry City — pointless and goalless, per the table — visit on 19 September.
The bottom line: consecutive fixtures against fellow strugglers give Glasner the chance to turn one point into a platform before early-season questions harden into genuine pressure.
This story was generated from structured football data (fixtures, official results, league standings, betting odds) and FanTribe's own aggregated, anonymised fan data by the FanTribe Data Desk. It was published under our editorial policy.
It was reviewed by a FanTribe editor before publication.
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