Head coach Steve Cooper has named his Nottingham Forest team for this afternoon’s Premier League clash against Everton.
The Reds make the trip to Goodison Park having got their first win of the season under their belts last time out. Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal proved to be the difference against West Ham United at the City Ground.
Since then, Forest have continued to be busy in the transfer market. Remo Freuler put pen to paper after the match against the Hammers, while Morgan Gibbs-White joined in a club record deal on Friday.
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The former Wolverhampton Wanderers man has to settle for a place on the bench against the Toffees, however. Cooper makes just one change to the XI which started against the Hammers.
Moussa Niakhate was forced off with injury in that match, and is not included in the matchday squad this afternoon. Steve Cook, who came on for the defender last weekend, takes his place in the side.
Cook joins Joe Worrall and Scott McKenna in a back three in front of goalkeeper Dean Henderson. Neco Williams and Harry Toffolo take up the wing-back roles, with Orel Mangala and Lewis O’Brien in midfield.
Jesse Lingard will continue in the no.10 spot. And he will support Brennan Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi in attack.
There is a return for midfielder Ryan Yates, having missed the first two games of the campaign due to a knee injury. He is included on the bench, along with Gibbs-White, with fellow newcomers Cheikhou Kouyate, Emmanuel Dennis and Freuler also among the substitutes. Wayne Hennessey, Giulian Biancone, Alex Mighten and Sam Surridge make up the squad.
Forest: Henderson, Worrall, Cook, McKenna, Williams, Mangala, O’Brien, Toffolo, Lingard, Johnson, Awoniyi. Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Yates, Kouyate, Freuler, Gibbs-White, Mighten, Surridge, Dennis.
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