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Barry Cooper

This is the Nottingham Forest team fans want to see Martin O'Neill pick to face QPR

Lewis Grabban would be the only change Nottingham Forest supporters make to the starting XI for this afternoon’s game at QPR, their final away game of the Championship campaign.

The Reds’ leading marksman has 17 goals to his name this season, but was dropped to the bench for the Easter weekend games with Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, and fans will hope he can provide the firepower to earn a first away win since late November at Loftus Road.

In both those outings, Daryl Murphy and Karim Ansarifard started, with Grabban coming off the bench in the second half.

Elsewhere across the pitch, Reds fans want to see Martin O’Neill stick with Joao Carvalho, after his Man of the Match display in the convincing 3-0 win over Boro at the City Ground, along with Ben Osborn, who excelled on his return to the side.

Pele and Ryan Yates would keep their place in the defensive holding roles, while Matty Cash would retain his starting berth operating as a right wing-back.

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At the back, Costel Pantilimon once again gets the nod above Luke Steele, with a back three of Alexander Milosevic, Jack Robinson and Molla Wague but there's no place for Sam Byram and Tobias Figueiredo, both of whom are coming back from lengthy injury lay-offs.

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