Nottingham Forest and Millwall go head to head at the City Ground in a fixture important to both of them for different reasons.
Team News: Joao Carvalho Returns As Nottingham Forest Host Millwall
A Must-Win Fixture For Both Teams?
The duo have drawn far too many respectively in recent weeks and have seen their individual aspirations take a hit.
Sabri Lamouchi’s Forest are eight points adrift of the automatic promotion spots; Millwall are five points outside the play-offs.
Forest Team News
The home side have made just one change from the side that drew 2-2 with Middlesbrough on Monday night.
Ryan Yates scored at the Riverside at the start of the week but he drops out of the starting 11; Joao Carvalho replaces him after rising from the substitute’s bench on Monday night.
Samba Sow (knee) and Tiago Silva (appendicitis) remain sidelined.
That leaves goalkeeper Brice Samba with a back four of Matty Cash, Joe Worrall, Tobias Figueiredo and Yuri Ribeiro.
Ben Watson captains the side in midfield alongside Alfa Semedo, Carvalho will fill a more advanced position.
Sammy Ameobi, Joe Lolley and Lewis Grabban retain their places from Monday’s draw.
Starting XI: Brice Samba, Yuri Ribeiro, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Lewis Grabban, Ben Watson (C), Joao Carvalho, Matty Cash, Alfa Semedo, Sammy Ameobi, Joe Lolley.
Subs: Aro Muric, John Bostock, Adama Diakhaby, Carl Jenkinson, Michael Dawson, Ryan Yates, Tyler Walker.
Lamouchi: I Want To See An Improvement
Speaking in the matchday programme this evening, Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi has called upon his side to improve in the final ten games.
He said: “I want to see an improvement from my side tonight because the performance against Middlesbrough was not good enough.
“We did not play with any organisation, we were not very good technically and made a lot of mistakes.
“But we came away with a point to make it four points from two very long away trips, after the win at Cardiff last week.
“Those four points can look even better if we secure a victory tonight.”
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