Latest Nottingham Forest news as Sean Dyche's Reds prepare to face Leeds United in Premier League clash
19:20, 06 Feb 2026Updated 19:22, 06 Feb 2026
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Nottingham Forest are without defender Murillo against Leeds United due to an injury.
The centre-back is not included in the Reds’ match squad at Elland Road. He is understood to have sustained a slight calf problem in training on Thursday.
Forest are also without goalkeeper Matz Sels for the Friday night clash. The Belgian misses out with the groin problem that kept him out of the second half of last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.
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However, winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is fit to start. Like Sels, the wide man was withdrawn at half-time against the Eagles but he has recovered from a shoulder issue to take his place in the starting XI.
Head coach Sean Dyche has made three changes to his line-up against the Whites. Morato replaces Murillo in the heart of the back line, new signing Stefan Ortega comes in for Sels and Zach Abbott will start at right-back in place of the suspended Neco Williams.
Ortega’s fellow winter window arrivals Lorenzo Lucca and Luca Netz are on the bench. Both will hope to get their first minutes for the club after linking up with Dyche’s squad.
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.
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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: Ortega; Abbott, Milenkovic, Morato, Aina; Sangare, Anderson; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Dominguez; Jesus.
Subs: Gunn, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Lucca, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair, McAtee, Netz.
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