Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Manchester City in today’s crunch Premier League clash.
It is third against fourth at the City Ground this afternoon, with the Reds just one point and one place above their opponents ahead of kick-off. Heading into the final 11 games of the campaign, Nuno’s men are very much in the mix to clinch one of the Champions League spots this term.
They are also in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup having beaten Ipswich Town courtesy of a penalty shootout on Monday night. Nuno named a relatively strong line-up for the fifth round tie against the Tractor Boys but still had to call on some of his cavalry from off the bench to help see the hosts through.
The Portuguese has made six changes to his starting line-up from Monday. Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Nicolas Dominguez, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood return to the XI.
It is the same team from Forest’s previous league game, when they drew 0-0 with Arsenal. Ola Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo and Williams will make up the back line ahead of goalkeeper Matz Sels.
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Dominguez and Anderson will be the midfield partnership. Anthony Elanga, Gibbs-White and Callum Hudson-Odoi will provide attacking support for front man Wood. The bench will be made up of Wayne Hennessey, Morato, Ibrahim Sangare, Taiwo Awoniyi, Alex Moreno, Jota Silva, Ryan Yates, Danilo and Willy Boly.
Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood. Subs: Hennessey, Morato, Sangare, Awoniyi, Moreno, Jota, Yates, Danilo, Boly.
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