Latest Nottingham Forest news as Sean Dyche's Reds face Leeds United in big Premier League clash at Elland Road
18:50, 06 Feb 2026Updated 19:02, 06 Feb 2026
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Head coach Sean Dyche has named his Nottingham Forest team to take on Leeds United in this evening’s crunch Premier League clash.
It is a big game for both sides at Elland Road. The 17th-placed Reds are level on points with their opponents ahead of kick-off, with both six points clear of the relegation zone.
Dyche’s men have been in good form in the league of late. They are four unbeaten and have picked up eight points from those fixtures.
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They had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace last time out. Morgan Gibbs-White had given Forest the lead, but a red card for Neco Williams and a penalty saw the visitors bag an equaliser.
The Reds felt they could have come away with more on the day. They also suffered a couple of injury concerns, with goalkeeper Matz Sels and winger Callum Hudson-Odoi withdrawn at the break.
The latter is fit enough to start tonight, but Sels is absent along with the suspended Williams. New signing Stefan Ortega makes the cut, with fellow winter window arrivals Luca Netz and Lorenzo Lucca on the bench.
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Dyche has made three changes to his starting XI from Sunday’s stalemate. Defender Murillo is absent, along with Sels and Williams. Ortega, Morato and Zach Abbott make the line-up.
Abbott looks set to start at right-back, with Ola Aina switching to the left. Morato will partner Nikola Milenkovic in the heart of the defence ahead of goalkeeper Ortega.
Ibrahim Sangare and Elliot Anderson will make up the midfield pairing. Hudson-Odoi will join Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolas Dominguez in providing attacking support for front man Igor Jesus. The bench will be made up of Angus Gunn, Taiwo Awoniyi, Dan Ndoye, Lucca, Omari Hutchinson, Ryan Yates, Jair Cunha, James McAtee and Netz.
Forest XI: Ortega; Abbott, Milenkovic, Morato, Aina; Sangare, Anderson; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Dominguez; Jesus.
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Subs: Gunn, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Lucca, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair, McAtee, Netz.
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