Lewis McGugan believes that the Premier League relegation battle is the "most open ever" - but fears his former club Nottingham Forest could be set for an immediate return to the Championship.
Top-flight football returns on Boxing Day but the Reds will have to wait until Tuesday for their first league match back when they travel to Manchester United. Steve Cooper's side occupy the third relegation spot, having won just three of their opening 15 matches, but sit just one point off 17th-placed Everton going into the restart.
Meanwhile, rock bottom Wolves and Southampton, who lie in 19th, will be keen to get off to a positive start after the World Cup break, with both sides under new management following the appointments of Julien Lopetegui and Nathan Jones respectively. The former has taken charge of one league game - a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool - while Wolves' trip to Everton will be Lopetegui's first in the Premier League.
