Nottingham Forest have no fresh injury worries as they prepare for Tuesday night’s play-offs semi-final second leg.
The Reds take a 2-1 advantage over Sheffield United into the return fixture at the City Ground. Goals from Jack Colback and Brennan Johnson put them in control at Bramall Lane on Saturday, only for missed chances and Sander Berge’s late header to keep the tie alive.
Forest were boosted by the return of Keinan Davis in South Yorkshire, with the striker making his comeback from off the bench after being sidelined with a hamstring injury since last month’s defeat at Luton Town. They are, however, still without fellow forward Lewis Grabban (hamstring) and full-back Max Lowe (groin) - albeit the latter would have been ineligible to feature against his parent club anyway.
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And head coach Steve Cooper did have a couple of other injury concerns prior to taking on the Blades. Jack Colback and Ryan Yates had missed the last game of the regular season, at Hull City, with groin and shoulder problems, respectively.
Yates suffered a knock in the clash against Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago. And he appeared to take a hit to his shoulder again on Saturday, leaving him wincing.
“He’s in the same place as he was before the game. He was fit enough to play yesterday and it certainly hasn’t got any worse,” said Cooper. “Try to declare him unfit!
“There isn’t anything new from the game. We were carrying a few injuries going into it, with the players who were unavailable yesterday. There’s no changes from yesterday. There’s the normal bumps and bruises, and a little bit of fatigue from the game.
“But that’s very normal for the day after a game. I’m fairly sure we’ll be as we were for the first leg.”
