Nottingham Forest will be hoping to translate their Carabao Cup from to the Premier League against Crystal Palace after knocking Tottenham Hotspur out of the competition at the third round stage in midweek.
Palace, though, presents a different sort of challenge for head coach Steve Cooper and company as Patrick Vieira's side, despite also tasting midweek defeat, are flying high following their dramatic late win away against West Ham United last weekend. Though they find themselves in the stable position of tenth in the Premier League, Forest can cut a nine-point gap to their opponents with a win.
Cooper will view Saturday's match as an excellent opportunity to move out of the drop zone before the break for the World Cup. If other results were to go their way, a win could see the Reds leapfrog relegation rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton and Bournemouth to move out of the bottom three.
