Forest vs Bristol City Preview

Bristol City Preview




Thu 09 Apr 2009



Nottingham Forest head into their Easter weekend 'double header' knowing it could go a long way towards deciding their Championship future.
The Reds are currently third from bottom in the table, one point adrift of safety.
But that could all change with six points up for grabs from Saturday's home game against Bristol City (kick-off 3pm) and a trip to Sheffield United on Easter Monday.
The Reds have taken just one point from their last four games but boss Billy Davies was delighted with his side's display in last Saturday's 1-1 draw at Barnsley.
City, meanwhile, are in danger of missing out on a second successive play-off campaign.
Last season's beaten finalists have won only one of their last seven games, leaving them seven points adrift of sixth-placed Burnley.

Team news

Billy Davies was boosted this week with the news that both James Perch and Nathan Tyson should be fit to figure against City.
Perch missed the Barnsley game with an ankle problem, while Tyson limped out of the match at Oakwell after sustaining a similar injury in the closing stages.
Tyson's injury was not as serious as first feared, while Perch is making an excellent recovery.
Lewis McGugan, who also picked up a slight ankle problem at Barnsley, is fit to play, while Paul Anderson - left out of the 16 for the trip to South Yorkshire - returns to the squad.
Anderson and Gary McSheffrey were omitted as Davies is only able to pick five of his loan signings.
That's still a problem for the manager, although McSheffrey's return to Birmingham means only one of Forest's six loanees will be disappointed this week.
City, meanwhile, have doubts surrounding their influential skipper Louis Carey.
He has missed their last two games through suspension but is also nursing a rib injury that may force him to miss their two Easter games.
The City squad is expected to include former Forest striker Stern John, who is on loan at Ashton Gate from Southampton.