Sabri Lamouchi kept faith with the players who beat Luton Town as he named an unchanged Nottingham Forest team to take on Derby County.
That meant Michael Dawson missed out on a place in the squad at the City Ground despite recovering from a calf injury, as he instead signed autographs for young fans before kick-off.
In fact, Lamouchi named the same substitutes as Matty Cash, Joe Worrall, Tobias Figueiredo and Yuri Ribeiro lined up in front of Brice Samba.
Ryan Yates and Ben Watson were chosen as the midfield anchors with Joe Lolley, Tiago Silva and Sammy Ameobi in behind Lewis Grabban.
Victory for Forest would take up to fourth in the Championship on goal difference. They could go second but would have to win by six goals to overhaul Preston.
Forest: Samba, Cash, Worrall, Figueiredo, Ribeiro; Watson (c), Yates; Lolley, Silva, Ameobi; Grabban; Subs: Muric, Carvalho, Mir, Robinson, Chema, Adomah, Johnson
