Head coach Steve Cooper has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Tottenham Hotspur in this afternoon’s Premier League clash.
The Reds are back at the City Ground today, aiming to continue their encouraging start to the Premier League season. They have picked up four points from their opening three games, but face their toughest test so far, against Antonio Conte’s side.
Forest go into the match on the back of Tuesday night’s comfortable 3-0 win over Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup. Prior to that, they had returned with a point from a 1-1 draw at Everton last weekend.
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Cooper sticks with the back three of Joe Worrall, Steve Cook and Scott McKenna, ahead of goalkeeper Dean Henderson. Neco Williams and Harry Toffolo will again take up the wing-back spots.
Orel Mangala is not included in the match squad, having been forced off at Goodison Park last week. Ryan Yates comes into the XI, having made an impact from off the bench against the Toffees and scored a cracking goal at Blundell Park in midweek. He is set to partner Lewis O’Brien in the centre of the pitch.
There is a first start for Morgan Gibbs-White. The summer signing will link up with Jesse Lingard and Brennan Johnson in attack. The substitutes’ bench is made up of Wayne Hennessey, Giulian Biancone, Jack Colback, Taiwo Awoniyi, Sam Surridge, Alex Mighten, Cheikhou Kouyate, Remo Freuler and Emmanuel Dennis.
Forest: Henderson; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Williams, Yates, O’Brien, Toffolo; Lingard, Johnson, Gibbs-White. Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Colback, Awoniyi, Surridge, Mighten, Kouyate, Freuler, Dennis.
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