Forest v Ipswich: Blues boss Mick McCarthy has named an unchanged line-up, following last weekend’s 2-1 home win over Huddersfield, for this afternoon’s Championship match at Nottingham Forest.
Town will once again line-up with a 4-3-3 formation as they seek a fourth successive win (a feat they’ve achieved just once in the last nine years) and first victory at The City Ground since 1999.
Forest boss Billy Davies, whose fifth-placed side are just two points above the Blues in the table, has made one enforced change to his team following last weekend’s 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday (only their second win in eight).
Midfielder Gonzalo Jara failed a late fitness test and has been replaced by Nathaniel Chalobah.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-2-3-1): Darlow; Halford, Lascelles, Hobbs, Harding; Chalobah, Lansbury, Mackie, Reid (cpt); Abdoun; Cox.
Subs: De Vries, Lichaj, Jara, Paterson, Majewski, Derbyshire, Henderson.
IPSWICH TOWN (4-3-3): Gerken; Chambers, Berra, Smith, Cresswell; Skuse, Hyam, Tunnicliffe; Nouble, Murphy, McGoldrick. Subs: Loach, Mings, Tabb, Hunt, Edwards, Anderson, Graham.
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