Latest Nottingham Forest verdict as Sean Dyche's Reds prepare to face Fulham at Craven Cottage
05:00, 19 Dec 2025
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Nottingham Forest will be eager to make it three wins in a row for the second time under Sean Dyche when they head to the capital next week.
The Reds made it a hat-trick of victories in all competitions last month, in the early weeks of Dyche’s tenure. And now they have the opportunity to record the same feat.
After beating Utrecht in the Europa League last week, Forest followed that up with an impressive 3-0 triumph over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. They will be aiming to keep that run going when they take on Fulham at Craven Cottage on Monday (8pm kick-off).
Head coach Dyche has a few selection dilemmas to contend with when it comes to picking his team to face the Cottagers. Having had a free week, he will hope his squad have benefitted from some extra rest and recovery.
Dyche will be forced into at least one change for the Premier League clash. The partnership of Ibrahim Sangare and Elliot Anderson has worked well in midfield but the former is now on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Douglas Luiz is the most likely contender to step in for Sangare. The Juventus loanee has only recently returned from a hamstring injury but has been able to make the most of a free week to build up his fitness in training.
Nicolas Dominguez will hope he has a chance of starting, however. The Argentine should be available again after missing Sunday out of precaution due to a knee issue.
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Goalkeeper Matz Sels was also an injury absentee against Spurs. Like Dominguez, he is expected to get the green light to return between the posts on Monday. No.2 John Victor kept a clean sheet on his Premier League debut but is likely to be back on the bench next week.
Elsewhere, Dyche must weigh up how much to tweak a winning side. Winger Dan Ndoye might have his work cut out to get back in the XI, given how Callum Hudson-Odoi and Omari Hutchinson performed last weekend.
Dilane Bakwa will hope he can soon play a part, having been an unused substitute in the past two games. It is likely the first minutes of his comeback will be from off the bench at some point, however.
In defence, if Dyche wants to make a change he could turn to left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko. Nicolo Savona could be afforded a rest after being a regular starter of late, with Neco Williams switching to right-back as a result.
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Forest predicted XI: Sels; Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Luiz, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus.
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