Life back in the Premier League after 25 years away does not get any easier for Coventry City. Manchester City flexed their muscles last time out with a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace. After only just edging past Bournemouth in their first game, new head coach Enzo Maresca has enjoyed an encouraging start in the unenviable position of replacing Pep Guardiola.
Roberto de Zerbi's Tottenham, who have lost both league games this season without scoring, now face a Nottingham Forest side who have beaten them in each of their last four encounters. BBC Sport takes a look at the key themes ahead of Saturday's meeting at the City Ground (15:00 BST). "It's the biggest problem, it's the biggest challenge and it's the biggest target to find the right mentality," De Zerbi said as he reflected on Spurs' defeat to Newcastle that left them bottom of the table.
BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before Saturday's match (12:30 BST), with Newcastle seeking back-to-back league wins and Bournemouth boss Marco Rose awaiting his first victory. Matthias Jaissle earned his first top-flight win as Newcastle boss against Tottenham last weekend and could easily already have two victories under his belt, with only an injury-time equaliser from Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai denying the Magpies on the opening weekend.
Surrey eased their County Championship relegation fears with a nerve-shredding one-wicket win over Yorkshire as last man Dan Worrall whipped away the winning four and Josh Blake battled to 43 not out off 183 deliveries after over four hours at the crease.
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