NOTTINGHAM FOREST and Wolves can put their relegation worries to one side on Wednesday and dream of silverware as they battle it out for a place in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.
Forest are currently three points ahead of Wolves who are second bottom in what appears to be an increasingly tight battle to avoid the drop.
However, they suffered conflicting emotions at the weekend when they played in another cup competition in the FA Cup.
Forest suffered an embarrassing exit to struggling Championship side Blackpool when they were thumped 4-1 at Bloomfield Road.
Wolves, on the other hand, gained a highly creditable 2-2 draw at Anfield against Liverpool in a match they could easily have won and do battle with them again next week.
City Ground boss Steve Cooper has admitted he has ‘quite a few injuries' to content with after their bruising exit to Blackpool and they also have a huge game at the weekend in a derby against Leicester City.
Wolves have picked up lately and also face a vital weekend match against West Ham United to come, so teamsheets will be all-important in this one.
How the bookies view it
Nottingham Forest are narrow favourites here at 31/18 with SBK. Wolves can be backed at 9/5 with Paddy Power and the draw is 23/10 with bet365.
Recent head to heads
Wolves won 1-0 at Molineux when the sides met in October. And the visitors have a great record at the City Ground – they have won on four out of their last five visits to Nottingham and drawn the other one.
Players to watch
Sam Surridge started for Forest in Lancashire on Saturday and might get the nod again for Forest. He is 10/3 with bet365.
Portuguese hitman Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring at Anfield at the weekend and that could be enough for another start slot here at the City Ground. The former Valencia star is 4/1 with William Hill to score anytime on Wednesday.
Anything else catch the eye?
Wolves look like they are progressing nicely under new manager Julen Lopetegui and they could be a team to be on side of as the season progresses.
With Forest low on confidence after that FA Cup shocker and having their squad depleted due to injuries, Wolves look a decent shout to win this on the night, especially with the City Ground being such a happy hunting ground for them.
Wolves have suddenly remembered how to score and from being a side that couldn't score, three of their last four games have seen both teams netting. SBK are offering a generous 13/14 on both teams to score and should come up.
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