INJURY UPDATE
Nottingham Forest defender Tendayi Darikwa hopes he will be fit enough to return to action before the end of the season.
The full-back required surgery on his right knee after suffering a ruptured ACL on the eve of the new campaign.
He faces a long spell on the sidelines, with rehabilitation a “slow” process, but Darikwa remains hopeful of making an appearance in the final games.
“So far, so good,” the 27-year-old said of his recovery.
BUMPER CROWD
Nottingham Forest have been allocated a further 1,000 tickets for Sunday's away game at Wigan Athletic in the Championship.
Forest sit second in the table as they prepare to return to League action after the international break.
The Reds' initial allocation of 2,000 away tickets for the DW Stadium fixture were snapped up quickly, before an extra 1,000 were made available and then sold out.
That means this further set of 1,000 leaves Forest's total allocation for the game at 4,000, with the new tickets now on general sale.
NO REDS REUNION
Former Nottingham Forest defender Danny Fox looks unlikely to start against his former side when they travel to Wigan Athletic on Sunday.
Fox - who made 127 appearances across five years with the Reds - joined the Latics for a reported £300,000 in the January window, as Paul Cook looked to bolster his defensive ranks.
But while the Scotland international started Wigan's first five Championship games of this season and wore the captain's armband for the first two, he has not been used in the League since a 3-1 defeat away to Mark Warburton's Queens Park Rangers on August 24.
CLOUGHIE'S MESSAGE
Brian Clough used to tell Nottingham Forest great Viv Anderson “don’t let these people dictate to you” when he was on the receiving end of disgusting racist abuse as a player.
Sadly, it is a quote which is still relevant today.
Monday night saw England’s Euro 2020 qualifier away to Bulgaria, in Sofia, halted twice in the first half as Three Lions players were subjected to vile racist chanting from the home fans.
