Morgan Gibbs-White is central to Nottingham Forest's biggest problem, but there's a twist

Morgan Gibbs-White has unintentionally exposed one of Nottingham Forest's biggest issues this season.

The England international has continued to impress at the City Ground over the last few years, becoming a key man for each of his managers.

And now, he is continuing to do so despite his side struggling to pick up points in the Premier League.

Forest are sitting near the bottom of the table, after only picking up five points from their opening six matches.

Additionally, they have only scored five goals in those matches, averaging just 0.8 per fixture.

Nottingham Forest's biggest issue is then exposed through the data on Morgan Gibbs-White, with the captain at the heart of the problem.

How Morgan Gibbs-White is central to Nottingham Forest's woes

Nottingham Forest are being incredibly wasteful and that is entirely exposed simply by looking at Gibbs-White's data.

In the Premier League, he is leading the way at Nottingham Forest with seven big chances created, as per Sofascore.

The next highest is Neco Williams with just two. Furthermore, Forest are averaging 3.5 big chances per game, showing that the frontline are certainly getting their opportunities.

The problem is certainly not the service the attackers are getting, but rather those players struggling to have an impact.

Gibbs-White is doing everything that an attacking midfielder is supposed to be doing, but those figures are where the danger could lie.

In the Nottingham Forest side, the Englishman's data is an outlier within the squad.

In terms of chance creation, he is far ahead of his teammates, but yet Forest have been unable to reap the rewards.

Oliver Glasner's side could find themselves falling into a trap of being overreliant on Gibbs-White, and what will happen if he has an off day?

Forest's attackers are unable to score from big chances put on a plate for them, so you can only expect the lack of goals to continue if lesser-quality chances are being created.

Who is wasting the most chances at Nottingham Forest?

There are three main culprits that need to improve in the final third at the City Ground.

That is Dan Ndoye, who has missed five big chances; striker Liam Delap, who has contributed to three big chances missed; and Daniel Munoz, who also has three missed.

Overall, Forest are doing the right things, but they need to find that clinical edge.

As long as Gibbs-White continues to thrive, those opportunities will come their way.