Head coach Steve Cooper has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Arsenal in this afternoon’s clash.
The Reds take on the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium, having toppled Liverpool 1-0 last time out. Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal ended a run of nine league games without a win, amid an electric atmosphere at the City Ground.
Forest still find themselves at the foot of the Premier League table ahead of kick-off. But they are just three points below 17th-placed Southampton.
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Cooper makes one change to the XI which started against Liverpool, with Renan Lodi replacing Neco Williams in the back line. There is a return on the bench for midfielder Lewis O’Brien, who has missed the last three games due to illness.
Lodi will start at left-back, with Serge Aurier keeping his place on the right. Steve Cook and Scott McKenna will once again be the centre-back pairing, lining up ahead of goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
Ryan Yates, Cheikhou Kouyate and Remo Freuler will take up the midfield roles, just as they did against Jurgen Klopp’s side. And it is as you were in attack, with Awoniyi being supported by Jesse Lingard and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Joining O’Brien and Williams on the bench will be Wayne Hennessey, Willy Boly, Joe Worrall, Orel Mangala, Emmanuel Dennis, Brennan Johnson and Sam Surridge.
Forest: Henderson; Aurier, Cook, McKenna, Lodi; Kouyate, Yates, Freuler; Lingard, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White. Subs: Hennessey, Boly, Worrall, Williams, O’Brien, Mangala, Surridge, Johnson, Dennis.
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