NOTTINGHAM FOREST v CARDIFF CITYSaturday 19th September, 12.30pm
Sky Bet Championship
City Ground Match to be played in front of no supporters, for information on how to watch the match on TV or to stream it - see below
Cardiff City (4-3-3): Smithies; Osei-Tutu, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett; Pack, Bacuna, Ralls; Ojo, Moore, Hoilett.
Subs: Day, Bamba, Vaulks, Tomlin, Whyte, Paterson, Glatzel.
There were No new injuries from the defeat to Sheffield Wednesday
Only Issac Vessel still out injured.
Lee Tomlin fit to start?
NEIL HARRIS:
“He’s not much further down the line, fitness wise.
“He is going to be on the training pitch tomorrow, but he has had a frustrating week, fitness-wise.
“He is not going to be fit enough to start the game tomorrow, without giving too much away, team-selection wise.
“We have just got to be patient and get him up to speed as quickly as we can but in a safe environment where we don’t rule him out for a long period.
“We just have to be respectful to Tommo and appreciate he has been out for a long period and let him heal in his own time and look forward to having him for the rest of the season, hopefully.”
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About Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as Forest, are a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Founded in 1865, Forest are considered to be the oldest football league club since the relegation of Notts County to the National League in 2019. Since 1898 Forest have played their home matches at the City Ground. They currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Forest have won one League title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two European Cups, and one UEFA Super Cup. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football since their admission to the Football League, except for five seasons spent in the third tier. Their most successful period was under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In Clough's last decade at the club, Forest won the 1989 and 1990 League Cups and were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup Final, before relegation from the Premier League in 1993. Upon an immediate return Forest finished third in the Premier League in 1995, before the club suffered relegation again in 1997 and, after a brief return, once more in 1999. Forest have not been back in the Premier League since.
Forest contest the Nottingham derby with city rivals Notts County, however, as Forest have predominantly played in higher leagues than their neighbours fixtures between the two clubs have been rare in recent history. The club's fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, with whom they contest the East Midlands derby.
Previous Meeting Forest beat us 1-0 in February.
Team News - Predicted Line-Ups Nottingham Forest: Samba, Gabriel, Figueiredo, Worrall, Blackett, Colback, Yates, Da Costa, Freeman, Lolley, Grabban
Cardiff City: Smithies, Osei-Tutu, Morrison, Nelson, Bennett, Bacuna, Vaulks, Ralls, Hoilett, Ojo, Moore
Form - Last Three Competitive Games Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke City
Cardiff City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Northampton Town 3-0 Cardiff City
Fulham 1-2 Cardiff City
Match OddsNottingham Forest - 11/8
Cardiff City - 2/1
Draw - 11/5
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