Nottingham Forest resume their bid for European football next season when they entertain East Midlands rivals Leicester City on Sunday afternoon.
The Tricky Trees looked to be well on their way to securing Champions League qualification before hitting a sticky patch heading down the home stretch.
A 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday night means Forest have won just one of their last six matches across all competitions.
Consequently, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side will start the weekend occupying sixth place in the top flight standings, though they are only six points behind second-placed Arsenal.
As for Leicester, their inevitable demotion back to the second tier was rubber-stamped when losing 1-0 at home to Liverpool last month.
The Foxes did provide their fans with a rare bit of cheer last weekend by claiming a 2-0 win over Southampton at the King Power.
How the bookies view it: Forest firm favourites
Despite their late-season wobble, Nottingham Forest come into this clash as heavy odds-on favourites at 3/10 with Boylesports. However, backing the hosts to win alongside under 3.5 goals will boost the odds to a much more appealing 11/10 on Boylesports.
Leicester are as big as 8/1 on Boylesports to claim back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season, while a share of the City Ground spoils is an unfancied 15/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: Foxes tend to falter
Leicester have posted just one win across their previous 18 visits to the City Ground, crashing to defeat in 12 of those contests.
After winning this season’s reverse fixture 3-1, Forest will be targeting a first league double over their rivals since season 1994-95.
Players to watch: Wood good value
With 19 Premier League goals to his name this season, Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood stands out for an anytime strike on Sunday afternoon at 10/11 with Boylesports.
I successfully backed Jamie Vardy to score against Southampton last Saturday and the Leicester skipper is a 7/2 shot on Boylesports to repeat the trick at the City Ground on Sunday.
Predicted line-ups
Nottingham Forest defender Murillo is a major doubt after being forced off with an injury against Crystal Palace on Monday night, while Callum Hudson-Odoi will definitely miss out due to a thigh issue.
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy could be without as many as six first team players for Sunday’s showdown at the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Dominguez, Yates; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Anderson; Wood
Leicester: Stolarczyk; Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas; Ndidi, Skipp; McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss; Vardy
Anything else catch the eye?
Wilfred Ndidi looks well worthy of support to commit two or more fouls on Sunday afternoon at 6/5 on Bet 365.
The tough-tackling Leicester midfielder is averaging 1.63 fouls per game in the Premier League this season.
Moreover, this play would have proven profitable in five of the last nine top flight matches that Ndidi has started for the Foxes.
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