As the timing of the second leg of the Champions League qualifying match with Villarreal had clashed with the third round of the English Premier League, Nottingham Forest's third round in the Premier League was postponed to December 14. The Forest team was now ranked within the first group with a score of six points from two victories.
With their qualification in the Champions League, the Forest team now seemed to come across as a strong team.
Just as everyone was beginning to feel that way, the Forest team lost to Fulham by 0:1 in the away game two days later on August 27th.
The outcome was a surprise to everyone. After the game, the media used the word "upset" to describe the game. Before the game, no one had thought that Forest would lose. The betting companies gave favorable odds and were all optimistic about the Forest team. They did not expect the Forest team to lose in the away game to Fulham, which was in the lower middle rankings.
