Competition: Sky Bet Championship Date: Saturday 16th November 2019 Venue: Ashton Gate Kick-off: 15:00 BST Referee: Craig Pawson
Team News
Nottingham Forest will be welcomed by the return of Michael Dawson to the squad. The 36-year-old has been missing since September with a calf problem.
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Samba Sow, Alfa Semedo and Carl Jenkinson will all remain sidelined, although all are edging closer to a return.
Bristol City will have Famara Diedhiou back in their ranks. Benik Afobe and Jay Dasilva are both long-term casualties.
Match Preview
Saturday’s clash at Ashton Gate is comfortably the game of the day in the Championship.
Both sides are landlocked in the league table, level on 28 points ahead of this weekend.
Both Forest and Bristol City will want to take maximum points in order to enhance their positions in the top-six.
Lee Johnson’s team defeated the Reds when the two sides last met. The Robins won 1-0 at the City Ground in Martin O’Neill’s first game as manager back in January.
Sabri Lamouchi will just be hoping to see his team do the business once again away from home.
The Reds have been decent away from the City Ground, winning four times on the road so far this season.
Bristol City were many people’s pick for promotion before the campaign and Forest can lay down a marker with a positive outcome on Saturday.
Likely Line-ups
Bristol City (3-5-2): Bentley; Williams, Baker, Kalas; Pereira, Massengo, Nagy, Brownhill, Rowe; Weimann, Diedhiou
Forest: (4-2-3-1): Samba; Cash, Figueiredo, Worrall, Ribeiro; Watson, Yates; Lolley, Silva, Ameobi; Grabban
One to watch
Bristol City have a lot of talented performers in their ranks. Few carry the same threat as Andreas Weimann, however.
Lee Johnson signed the versatile forward from Derby prior to last season and he scored against the Reds in a 1-1 draw in the opening day of 2018/19.
Weimann is energetic, can bring others into play and ultimately scores important goals.
Forest’s defending this season has been largely impressive. Whoever gets the nod to start on Saturday must thwart the danger of the 28-year-old.
Tickets
A big crowd is expected at Ashton Gate for this one and a sell-out away crowd of 2300 Forest supporters will back the Reds.
TV
The game is not televised live but full match commentary will be available on BBC Radio Nottingham via the usual 103.8 frequency.
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