Nottingham Forest face Brentford tomorrow knowing that a win could send them into the second international break of the season on top of the Championship.
In order for that to happen some results would need to go Forest’s way but nonetheless, the incentive is clear.
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The Reds were thwarted in their attempts to make it four wins on the spin on Tuesday evening, drawing 1-1 with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
Ahead of tomorrow’s encounter, we looked at a potential line-up for boss Sabri Lamouchi to consider:
Goalkeeper and back four
Brice Samba is now firmly established as the club’s number one goalkeeper and there seems absolutely no reason to change that.
Matty Cash will continue at right-back and perhaps the big selection conundrum will come at left-back. Jack Robinson and Yuri Ribeiro have both played there in recent weeks. After doing well against Blackburn, Robinson will probably keep his place.
Joe Worrall and Tobias Figueiredo looked in good form on Tuesday night and should continue, although Chema Rodriguez will be pushing for a start too.
In midfield
Ben Watson is the obvious option to play in the role that protects the back four, although John Bostock will be chomping at his heels to play.
The 34-year-old has been in great form this season and is arguably one of the first names on the team-sheet these days.
Forest are likely to revert to their 4-1-4-1 system this weekend after trialling a 4-4-1-1 in midweek.
The final third
Joe Lolley will certainly keep his place on one of the flanks after his wonder goal on Tuesday. Lamouchi has preferred to play him on the right allowing for his to cut inside onto his left foot.
On the left-hand side, Albert Adomah hasn’t started a league game for a few weeks and the 19-cap international could return to the starting line-up.
Samba Sow is a man bang in form and his energy to get up and down the pitch is likely to see him start once again, whilst Joao Carvalho should earn a recall in the creative role.
Up front, it’s slim pickings really. Lewis Grabban is fit so should start; although Rafa Mir could return to the bench this weekend.
Here is how Lamouchi’s team might look this weekend:
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