Notts County vs Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups

Nottingham Forest commencement their pre-season docket with a affable astatine neighbours Notts County connected Saturday afternoon.

The crippled volition correspond Oliver Glasner's opening fixture since replacing Vitor Pereira earlier this month.

Match preview

On the last time of June, Forest supporters had settled connected Vitor Pereira starring the adjacent Premier League campaign, a seemingly justified continuation of his relation having kept the nine successful the apical flight.

However, aft the Portuguese was ruthlessly sacked by Evangelos Marinakis conscionable minutes earlier the extremity of a contractual interruption clause, Glasner has taken the reins.

With 3 pieces of silverware during his historical reign astatine Crystal Palace, Forest fans volition beryllium delighted with the appointment, but determination is overmuch enactment up for the Austrian, who is closing connected his archetypal signing.

Forest presently person six pre-season friendlies pencilled in, with Blackburn Rovers, Vitoria, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen and Brest to follow.

Given that the bulk of the squad did not diagnostic astatine the World Cup, Glasner volition anticipation to deed the crushed moving and physique momentum for 2026-27.

In crisp contrast, Notts County person already played 3 times up of their instrumentality to League One.

A 5-0 triumph astatine adjacent Alfreton Town has been followed by defeats to Danish sides Viborg (2-0) and Randers (3-1).

Martin Paterson volition beryllium satisfied with the run-outs against superior opposition, peculiarly erstwhile they commence the play with an EFL Cup necktie astatine Burnley and League One opener versus Leicester City.

Five signings person been made truthful far, with undisclosed fees having been spent connected Stoke City youngster Darius Lipsuic and Dundee guardant Emile Acquah.

The summation of Cambridge United right-back James Gibbons connected a escaped transportation is different important signing.

Notts County Club Friendlies 3 form:

W L L

Nottingham Forest Friendlies form:

No games

Team News

Having reached the knockout stages of the World Cup with their respective nations, Ibrahim Sangare, Dan Ndoye and Chris Wood volition each miss this contest.

Callum Hudson-Odoi is besides improbable to diagnostic aft country during the closing weeks of 2025-26.

The make-up of the Forest XI is unknown, but Glasner is apt to see a fig of academy players successful his squad.

Paterson is expected to rotate a fig of the Notts County squad that started against Randers connected Tuesday, including defender Jacob Bedeau, midfielder Conor Grant and Acquah.

Nick Tsaroulla (knock), Matt Palmer (knock) and Jodi Jones (illness) volition each beryllium assessed.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Roos; Bedeau, T.Dean, Ness, Kouhyar, Grant, Sanders, Reynolds, Muir, Acquah, Iwunze

We say: Notts County 2-2 Nottingham Forest

The information that Forest person had little than 2 weeks to bid with a caller caput manager tin lone play into the favour of Notts County. Nevertheless, we inactive expect the Premier League nine to travel retired of this contention with a stock of the spoils, perchance successful an entertaining encounter.

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