Nottingham Forest take on Fulham at Craven Cottage tonight, looking to win their final game before Christmas.
Over the weekend, West Ham were beaten by Manchester City, and although Leeds won, Forest can go eight points clear of the relegation zone with a victory in West London.
Forest were brilliant last time out against Tottenham and Sean Dyche will be hoping for another positive performance from his players before his team plays Manchester City next weekend.
Ahead of the game, we’ve looked at how Dyche might line his team up with at least one change set to be enforced on the Forest head coach.
Nottingham Forest predicted team vs Fulham
It might sound harsh on Matz Sels, but even if he’s fit to return here, John Victor did nothing wrong against Tottenham and deserves to keep his place.
Across the back four, there is also no reason to really fix what isn’t broken, with Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo and Neco Williams all set to keep their places in the team.
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Is this how we will line up in our final game before Christmas?
In midfield, there will be an enforced change, with Ibrahim Sangare set to miss the next few weeks after jetting off to Morocco to play in the African Cup of Nations.
Douglas Luiz is back fit, however, and after building up his fitness in recent weeks, we think the Brazilian will get the nod to start alongside Elliot Anderson.
Across the front four, it would be very surprising to see any changes made to the team after last week’s goalscoring exploits against Tottenham.
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Callum Hudson-Odoi and Omari Hutchinson should play on the left and right, respectively, with Morgan Gibbs-White through the middle as a number 10 behind Igor Jesus leading the line.
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