Nottingham Forest welcome Ferencvaros to the City Ground in their final UEFA Europa League group stage fixture on Thursday.
Forest suffered a 1-0 defeat at Braga last time out, reducing their chances of qualifying automatically for the round of 16.
Ferencvaros were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Panathinaikos, maintaining their unbeaten run in the competition.
Match preview
Forest bounced back from their defeat at Braga to secure a 2-0 Premier League win at Brentford on Sunday and will be aiming to build on that momentum for this clash.
Sean Dyche’s side have secured a place in the play-offs and can still reach the round of 16 automatically, provided they beat the visitors and other results go their way.
Forest have won their two Europa League home games under Dyche, scoring five goals and conceding none.
Ferencvaros are one of the three sides yet to lose in the competition, but could miss out on a top-eight finish without a victory at Forest.
They have been excellent on the road, picking up seven points in three games. They will be hoping to continue that form in this clash.
This is Ferencvaros’ first meeting with Forest in the Europa League. In their previous 20 games against English sides, they have won six, drawn six and lost eight.
Team news
Forest will be without Elliot Anderson due to suspension, while goalkeeper John Victor and Chris Wood are sidelined through injury.
Toon Raemaekers is suspended for the visitors, while Stefan Gartenmann and Krisztian Lisztes are fitness concerns.
Predicted line-ups
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangare, Ryan Yates, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus.
Ferencvaros (3-4-2-1): David Grof, Ibrahim Cisse, Toon Raemaekers, Gabor Szalai, Cebrail Makreckis, Julio Romao, Bence Otvos, Cadu, Kristoffer Zachariassen, Gabi Kanichowsky, Bamidele Yusuf.
Prediction
We predict a 1-1 draw.
Stats from uefa.com, transfermarkt.com, & whoscored.com.
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