Nottingham Forest will return to Premier League action when they face Brentford at the City Ground on Thursday night.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were in FA Cup action at the weekend, bowing out at the semi-final stage when losing 2-0 to Man City.
The Tricky Trees will now turn their attention back to top flight matters as they look to secure a place in next season’s Champions League.
Forest boosted their bid for a top five finish by earning a well-deserved 2-1 win away at Tottenham on Easter Monday.
As for Brentford, they will come into this clash in good spirits after picking up a 4-2 win over Brighton in their most recent Premier League outing.
That victory extended the Bees' unbeaten run to three matches as they look to end the campaign in the top half of the standings.
How the bookies view it: Forest favourites
Nottingham Forest – who have avoided defeat in 13 of their 16 Premier League home games this season – are 23/20 favourites with Boylesports on Thursday night.
Brentford's most recent Premier League away game ended all square and the same outcome on Thursday night is on offer at 12/5 with Boylesports, while a Bees victory can be backed at 9/4 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: Forest targeting double
Nottingham Forest snapped a four-game winless run against Brentford in the Premier League by claiming a 2-0 victory at the Gtech Community Stadium earlier this season. The same scoreline on Thursday night has been priced up at 10/1 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Wood worth a look?
After scoring his 19th Premier League goal of the season against Tottenham last week, Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood stands out for either a goal or an assist on Thursday night at 19/20 with William Hill.
Bryan Mbeumo is averaging 1.10 shots on target per game in this season’s Premier League, making a minimum of one on-target effort from the Brantford ace here an appealing angle of attack at 5/6 with Ladbrokes.
Predicted line-ups
Ola Aina is ruled out for Nottingham Forest due to injury, however both Neco Williams and Ryan Yates will come back into the squad after missing out on Sunday due to suspension.
Brentford will again be unable to call upon the services of injured trio Emre Yunus Konak, Fabio Carvalho and Igor Thiago at the City Ground on Thursday night.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Toffolo; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Brentford: Flekken; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Yamolyuk; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa
Anything else catch the eye?
Bundling up Nottingham Forest double chance alongside under 3.5 goals will bring about a 10/11 Bet Builder on Bet 365.
This combination has clicked in 11 of Nottingham Forest’s 16 Premier League home games this season, including three of their last four.
What’s more, this Bet Builder would have been a winning one in this season's reverse fixture between the pair, and that only adds to the appeal of siding with the same formula at the City Ground on Thursday night.
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