Nottingham Forest team confirmed for crucial Crystal Palace clash | OneFootball

Sean Dyche has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Crystal Palace at the City Ground this afternoon.

As reported by Nottingham Post, the fixture carries major relegation implications. A win would move Forest eight points clear of the bottom three, while Palace are winless in 11 in all competitions and sit three points above the hosts before kick-off.

Forest arrive after a 4-0 Europa League thumping of Ferencvaros. Igor Jesus struck twice and James McAtee also scored, setting up a two-legged play-off with Fenerbahce. In the league, the 2-0 victory at Brentford made it seven points from three matches.

New signing Lorenzo Lucca is available for the first time and is among the substitutes, so a debut could follow. Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has joined from Manchester City but was not registered in time to feature.

Dyche makes five changes from midweek, with Ola Aina, Murillo, Elliot Anderson, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Morgan Gibbs-White in for Zach Abbott, Morato, Ryan Yates, Dan Ndoye and McAtee. The back four is Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo and Neco Williams in front of Matz Sels, with Anderson alongside Ibrahim Sangare. Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White and Nicolas Dominguez support striker Igor Jesus.

Substitutes: Angus Gunn, Morato, Taiwo Awoniyi, Ndoye, Lucca, Omari Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Abbott.

Source: Nottingham Post