Forest quartet hoping to be involved against West Brom

Posted Monday, August 06, 2018 by PA

Hillal Soudani, Joe Worrall, Ben Brereton and Liam Bridcutt will hope to be involved when Nottingham Forest get their home campaign underway against West Brom.

Such is the strength of Aitor Karanka’s squad now, the quartet were not even among the substitutes for the first game of the season at Bristol City.

There could be changes to the Reds’ starting line-up. Midfielder Joe Lolley impressed after he was introduced from the bench at Ashton Gate.

Lewis Grabban is pushing to make his Forest debut. Daryl Murphy started up front on Saturday and justified his manager’s decision to pick him by scoring the equaliser which earned his team a point.

A very strong West Brom side was surprisingly beaten at home by Bolton at the weekend and Baggies boss Darren Moore may make a couple of changes to his team.

Midfielders Gareth Barry and James Morrison are among those players who could come into Moore’s thinking.

Salomon Rondon was not involved against Bolton and the striker looks on the brink of completing a move to Newcastle.

That deal could be a loan swap involving Dwight Gayle coming the other way to The Hawthorns. Whether it happens in time for Gayle to be included in the West Brom squad at Forest on Tuesday night remains to be seen.