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Richard Buxton

Is Morgan Gibbs-White injured this weekend? Nottingham Forest injury latest after semi-final absence

Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White .

Morgan Gibbs-White has been one of the Premier League's most in-form players.

Since the start of 2026, no one in the top flight is able to match the Nottingham Forest midfielder's 16 non-penalty goal contributions with seven of them coming in March.

Gibbs-White has also been a talismanic figure as Vítor Pereira's side close in on a potential first European final appearance for over 45 years in the Europa League.

Nottingham Forest issue Morgan Gibbs-White injury update

The England international is also heavily tipped for a return to his country's World Cup squad since being omitted by Thomas Tuchel for friendlies with Uruguay and Japan.

Gibbs-White was an unused substitute for Forest's Europa League semi-final clash with Aston Villa after his nasty head injury in their Premier League win at Chelsea.

Gibbs-White has been Forest's in-form player (Image credit: Getty Images)

A clash of heads with Robert Sánchez in the Stamford Bridge encounter left the 26-year-old requiring several stitches, ultimately robbing him of participation in Forest's semi-final defeat.

On the eve of the last four showdown with Villa, Pereira confirmed Forest were affording Gibbs-White as long as possible to be passed fit for the trip across the Midlands.

“It’s a big question. This is not a question for me, it’s a decision between the player, the medical department and myself, but we haven’t had the last meeting to decide," said Pereira.

“I really don’t know about Morgan, the doubts that you have are the same doubts that I have.

“We need to have a meeting today [Wednesday], see until tomorrow, and we see what we can do.

Forest and Villa will do battle again in the Europa League (Image credit: Getty Images)

“But if Morgan cannot play, we [still] start with 11, as I said every time, he is a very important player for us but we are ready to face this match.

“I honestly hope he can play and he can help us tomorrow, but in case it’s not possible, we’ll play with another one, and this one, for sure, will try to be the best player on the pitch.”

Pereira confirmed after the 4-0 defeat that Gibbs-White will not feature against Newcastle United this Sunday, despite appearing on the bench in midweek.

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