Nottingham Forest injury news: Morgan Gibbs-White update provided by Vitor Pereira ahead of Aston Villa second leg

Nottingham Forest caput manager Vitor Pereira has revealed that a determination volition not beryllium made connected the fittingness of Morgan Gibbs-White until Thursday.

Forest marque the travel crossed the West Midlands to look Aston Villa successful the 2nd leg of their Europa League semi-final.

The Tricky Trees hold a 1-0 vantage from the archetypal leg, but their prima subordinate Gibbs-White is simply a important wounded doubt.

During the 2nd fractional of Monday's 3-1 triumph implicit Chelsea, Gibbs-White suffered a nasty chopped aft a clash of heads with Blues goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

Such was the severity of the wounded that the England planetary required aggregate stitches, putting his information against Villa precise overmuch successful doubt.

Pereira admits 'lots of Forest wounded doubts'

Speaking astatine a property league connected Wednesday, Pereira suggested that Gibbs-White volition beryllium fixed arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable to effort to beryllium passed fit.

The Portuguese told reporters: "We'll see. We'll spot tomorrow, if he's capable to play oregon not. It is not a question for me, it's a determination betwixt the subordinate and aesculapian department.

"We volition person a past gathering to decide. We person a program with him and without him."

Pereira besides suggested that a fig of his Forest squad were doubts for the abbreviated travel to Villa Park.

He added: "There are a batch of doubts. But we cannot person doubts astir our content and what we want. But astir the players, I person a lot...”

Which Nottingham Forest players are wounded doubts for Aston Villa game?

As good arsenic Gibbs-White, young defender Zach Abbott besides suffered a caput wounded against Chelsea and was withdrawn earlier fractional time.

However, Pereira has suggested that the academy postgraduate would beryllium disposable to instrumentality his spot successful the squad.

Fellow defenders Ola Aina and Murillo are wounded doubts aft not being named successful the squad for the Chelsea fixture.

Midfielder Ibrahim Sangare and winger Dan Ndoye are besides attempting to beryllium their fittingness up of this encounter.