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England Championship 14.Round

22.1 19:45

Stadium: City Ground

Capacity: 30602

Turf: Grass

Distance: 227 km (141.04 mi.)

Nottingham Forest

Jack Robinson left club

Jack Robinson - Defense (LB) - Regular player

18

16

9

3

2

1472

0

1

3

0

Adama Diakhaby is new signing and should play

Adama Diakhaby - (LW) - Rotation player

14

2

12

1

12

349

0

3

0

Winger Adama Diakhaby is set to make his Nottingham Forest debut against Reading after joining on loan from Huddersfield Town on Tuesday.

Boss Sabri Lamouchi has no new injury concerns but is without Jack Robinson, who has left for Sheffield United.

Nottingham Forest have won four of their last five home league games against Reading (D1) since losing 3-2 in November 2013.

Nottingham Forest have now won four of their last five Championship games (D1), as many as in their previous 13 in the competition (W4 D4 L5).

Nottingham Forest midfielder Joe Lolley has netted in his last two league games at The City Ground (three goals), scoring only his second league brace last time out against Luton. He has never scored in three straight home matches before.

Sabri Lamouchi: “We played against Reading 10 days ago, so it is not an easy situation. They will probably play patiently, to play on the counter attack. They have good players, like Meite, Ejaria, Adam and Swift, they are a good team and have had good results but in the last game away they lost. “The last game against them was really tough for us, not only on the pitch but for the emotion at the end, and it is a different situation as we play at home. At home, we must give the best performance for the best result. “We need to be more creative in the last third to create chances and disturb them more. I was happy with the first half against Reading before, I was happy until the 96th minute and unfortunately we came back with one point. “I said immediately after that game it was a fair result, but now it is a different game, a different situation and it is important for us to start the game in the right way.”

Forest have a relatively fit squad to choose from, with the exception of long-term absentee Tendayi Darikwa who remains out with an ACL injury.

Nottingham Forest have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 4 matches against Reading in all competitions.

Nottingham Forest have won their last 3 home matches (Championship).

Nottingham Forest are undefeated in their last 5 home matches against Reading in all competitions.

Reading

Reading are expected to go with an unchanged squad following Saturday's defeat by Millwall.

Andy Yiadom and Lucas Joao remain long-term absentees for the Royals, who lost for the first time in eight games.

Mark Bowen: "We'll know about them, having played them only last week, and vice-versa. "You look at how you can surprise them and combat the threats they will bring as you approach it as a fresh challenge. "This is a mental game more than anything to make sure we clear our minds and get the bad vibes out of defeat by Millwall on Saturday. "We need to get that confidence back to go again and do ourselves justice."

Reading have conceded at least once one each of their last nine league visits to the City Ground, and have won just one point from their last five visits.

At Millwall last time out, Reading suffered their first away defeat in the Championship in six games (W3 D2), and are looking to avoid losing back-to-back games on the road for the first time in the same campaign since October 2018 (run of three).

Against no other side has Reading skipper John Swift scored more league goals than he has versus Nottingham Forest (three goals), though he has never netted at The City Ground.