{"id":545169,"date":"2020-03-06T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=545169"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:15:28","slug":"joao-carvalho-returns-as-nottingham-forest-host-millwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/03\/06\/joao-carvalho-returns-as-nottingham-forest-host-millwall\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao Carvalho Returns As Nottingham Forest Host Millwall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest and Millwall go head to head at the City Ground in a fixture important to both of them for different reasons.<\/p>\n<h2>Team News: Joao Carvalho Returns As Nottingham Forest Host Millwall<\/h2>\n<h3>A Must-Win Fixture For Both Teams?<\/h3>\n<p>The duo have drawn far too many respectively in recent weeks and have seen their individual aspirations take a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Sabri Lamouchi&#8217;s Forest are eight points adrift of the automatic promotion spots; Millwall are five points outside the play-offs.<\/p>\n<h3>Forest Team News<\/h3>\n<p>The home side have made just one change from the side that drew 2-2 with Middlesbrough on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s bench on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Samba Sow (knee) and Tiago Silva (appendicitis) remain sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves goalkeeper Brice Samba with a back four of Matty Cash, Joe Worrall, Tobias Figueiredo and Yuri Ribeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Watson captains the side in midfield alongside Alfa Semedo, Carvalho will fill a more advanced position.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Ameobi, Joe Lolley and Lewis Grabban retain their places from Monday&#8217;s draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting XI:\u00a0<\/strong>Brice Samba, Yuri Ribeiro, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Lewis Grabban, Ben Watson (C), Joao Carvalho, Matty Cash, Alfa Semedo, Sammy Ameobi, Joe Lolley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs:\u00a0<\/strong>Aro Muric, John Bostock, Adama Diakhaby, Carl Jenkinson, Michael Dawson, Ryan Yates, Tyler Walker.<\/p>\n<h3>Lamouchi: I Want To See An Improvement<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking in the matchday programme this evening, Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi has called upon his side to improve in the final ten games.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I want to see an improvement from my side tonight because the performance against Middlesbrough was not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did not play with any organisation, we were not very good technically and made a lot of mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those four points can look even better if we secure a victory tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oYsCYv7uTYR8dT-kDl6S4Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1206425534\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'oYsCYv7uTYR8dT-kDl6S4Q',sig:'vffGL5IOorttWPutCvUY8IyDd9DQ3HF_gN7CCgIICv4=',w:'594px',h:'389px',items:'1206425534',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest and Millwall go head to head at the City Ground in a fixture important to both of them for different reasons. 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