Head coach Steve Cooper has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Crystal Palace in this afternoon’s Premier League clash.
The Reds will be aiming to sign off on a strong note as they are in action for the final time before the World Cup break. And a positive result could lift them off the foot of the table, with the chance to make it four league games unbeaten at home.
Forest go into the match on the back of Wednesday night’s impressive performance in the Carabao Cup, when they knocked out Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-0 victory. Cooper had made nine changes for that tie, and was left with a selection headache as a number of players impressed.
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The Reds boss rings the changes again today. He makes five in total from midweek.
Serge Aurier retains his place at right-back, as does Renan Lodi on the left. Joe Worrall and Willy Boly continue in central defence, ahead of goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
Ryan Yates, Remo Freuler and Cheikhou Kouyate make up the midfield. Jesse Lingard, Morgan Gibbs-White and Brennan Johnson make up the attacking trio.
On the bench will be Wayne Hennessey, Steve Cook, Scott McKenna, Neco Williams, Jack Colback, Lewis O’Brien, Taiwo Awoniyi, Samm Surridge and Dale Taylor.
Forest: Henderson; Aurier, Worrall, Boly, Lodi; Yates, Kouyate, Freuler; Lingard; Gibbs-White, Johnson. Subs: Hennessey, Cook, McKenna, Williams, Colback, O’Brien, Awoniyi, Surridge, D. Taylor.
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