When Fulham and Nottingham Forest play in the Premier League on Wednesday night at Craven Cottage, both teams will be hoping to get back to winning ways.
On Wednesday, two teams in the bottom half of the English premier league, Fulham and Nottingham Forest, will play each other in a Premier League match. With 15 points from 14 games, the hosts are presently in 14th place in the league rankings, one spot behind their opponents from midweek, Forest.
On Sunday, Fulham lost badly to Liverpool at Anfield, scoring a lot of goals. Bobby De Cordova-Reid thought he had won the game in the 80th minute, but the Cottagers came dangerously close to breaking Liverpool’s record of unbeaten home games. First, they leveled the score at 2-2 at halftime after twice coming back from behind.
However, goals from Wataru Endo and Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 87th and 88th minutes, respectively, completely changed the course of the match and saw the Reds win 4-3. On Wednesday, Marco Silva’s team will try to get back on track by defeating Nottingham Forest at home.
The visitors, on the other hand, have lost their last three games in the English Premier League after losing 1-0 to Everton at the City Ground. Due to their dismal away performance, Steve Cooper’s team will also be watching their backs in the struggle at the bottom.
Nottingham Forest had only gained four of their 13 Premier League points away from home into their match against Fulham. They had drawn 0-0 with Crystal Palace in October and lost 1-0 away to Chelsea in September.
In their previous meeting, the Cottagers emerged victorious amongst the two teams. Tonight, Marco Silva’s team prevailed 2-0. And in advance of the most recent meeting between the two parties, The Hard Tackle examines the interaction in greater detail.
News and Strategies for the Team
Fulham
Since Fulham’s defeat to Liverpool did not result in any new injuries, head coach Marco Silva should only be missing three players when Nottingham Forest visits. The hosts will be without Adama Traore (thigh), Issa Diop (foot), and Rodrigo Muniz (knee). But before the New Year officially begins, the three is anticipated to reunite.
Marco Silva will stick to the 4-2-3-1 configuration once more. German goalkeeper Bernd Leno will start for Fulham against Nottingham Forest in goal. Issa Diop and Tim Ream will be the center backs, and Kenny Tete and Antonee Robinson will be the full-backs.
Specifically, Robinson was outstanding throughout the entire game on the weekend, particularly noteworthy when going up against Mohamed Salah, a top-tier winger. He was essential to their success in the last third as well, helping Wilson and coming close to scoring in the second half. The USMNT international will therefore want to build on his strong performance in this match.
The two pivots in midfield will be Tom Cairney and Joao Palhinha, the latter of whom is back from suspension after a stellar showing in the heart of the park against Liverpool the previous game.
In the weekend’s 4-3 loss to Liverpool, Harry Wilson scored the first goal for Fulham and is probably going to stay on the right wing, with Bobby Reid and Andreas Pereira supporting Raul Jimenez, the team’s struggling front-man.
Probable Lineup (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Bassey, Ream, Robinson; Palhinha, Cairney; Wilson, Pereira, Reid; Jimenez
Forest of Nottingham
Taiwo Awoniyi, Nottingham Forest’s talisman, will not go to the capital to play Fulham. In addition, new concerns for Wednesday’s game include Murillo (knock), Chris Wood (knee), and Danilo (sickness). The players will be evaluated shortly before kickoff.
Despite suffering a minor muscle ailment during the loss to Everton, Willy Boly will probably be cleared to play in this match. If he cannot demonstrate that he is fit, he will give up his defensive rearguard spot to Felipe or Moussa Niakhate.
The speedster Anthony Elanga, a former Manchester United forward, has been a bright spot in their bad run, scoring twice in their previous three Premier League games as visitors. If Cooper decides to change things up, Callum Hudson-Odoi might be added to their starting lineup.
Awoniyi missed a lot of time due to surgery on his groin. Therefore, Morgan Gibbs-White, the team’s key creative, might start ahead of Divock Origi for Nottingham Forest against Fulham. Origi hasn’t played much since joining the team.
Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Vlachodimos; Williams, Felipe, Murillo, Toffolo; Mangala, Yates, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi
