Forest take on Wolves seeking back-to-back Premier League victories.
After crashing out of the EFL Cup, Nottingham Forest aim to maintain their early Premier League momentum against a Wolves side seeking redemption this Saturday at City Ground.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest will be looking to forget the midweek EFL Cup defeat that left them crashing out of the tournament after a round of penalties (4-3) following a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United.
The disappointing defeat comes after last weekend’s maiden victory in the Premier League, a 1-0 win over newly promoted Southampton.
Morgan Gibbs-White, who received his maiden England call-up earlier in the week, scored the game’s only goal to help the Tricky Trees into 7th place with four points (1W, 1D, 0L) having remained unbeaten since the turn of the new season.
Despite early days in the Premier League, picking up three points in Saturday’s fixture against Wolves would be crucial to staying in the upper half of the table. However, Forest have won just one of their last 11 league games against Wolves (1W, 5D, 5L).
Meanwhile, each of the last three meetings between both sides has ended in a draw. A 4—2—3—1 with Chris Wood in attack is anticipated against the Wanderers, while Danilo is the only absentee for the Reds.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Unlike Forest, Wolves earned a 2-0 win over Burnley in Wednesday’s EFL Cup clash. A brace from Gonçalo Guedes steered Gary O’Neil’s side to their first competitive victory since the start of the new season.
‘I was confident today that we'd see a good team performance, and they didn't let us down,’ O’Neil said after the win. Before the victory, the Wanderers suffered back-to-back defeats in the Premier League, the most recent being a crushing 6-2 loss to Chelsea.
This weekend, Wolves will be looking to pick up their maiden win of the season at Forest’s expense when they make the trip to City Ground. They conceded eight goals in the first two games, so Gary O’Neil will need to shore up his defensive line to keep a shutout.
While Wolves remain unbeaten in the last six league games against Forest (3W, 3D, 0L), they are currently on a five-game losing run in the Premier League. A 4-2-3-1 with Jørgen Strand Larsen in attack may be seen against Forest, and midweek hero Gonçalo Guedes is also in contention for a start.
Meanwhile, Enso Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic are both sidelined for the visitors.
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