Targeting back-to-back wins in the Europa League, Nottingham Forest will square off with Sturm Graz at the Liebenauer Stadium on Thursday evening.
The Tricky Trees have made a mixed start to their continental campaign, collecting four points from their opening three matches.
The most eye-catching of their results came against Porto last time out, with Sean Dyche enjoying a dream debut as Forest boss by steering his side to a 2-0 victory.
Since then, Dyche has taken charge of two Premier League matches, overseeing a 2-0 loss away at Bournemouth before watching his team play out a 2-2 draw with Manchester United
As for Sturm Graz, they have posted one win and two defeats in this season’s Europa League, falling to a 2-1 loss away at Celtic in their most recent outing.
Jurgen Samuel’s side have since come away empty-handed from two of their three matches in the Austrian Bundesliga, sliding down to fourth place in the table as a consequence.
How the bookies view it: Forest set for three points
The bookies odds suggest that Nottingham Forest will emerge victorious on Thursday evening, with an away win priced up at 6/10 on BOYLE Sports
Sturm Graz are rank outsiders here at 7/2 with BOYLE Sports, while a share of the Liebenauer Stadium spoils is also considered improbable at 3/1 with the same firm.
Head to head: A rare encounter
Sturm Graz and Nottingham Forest will come up against each other on Thursday evening for the first time since contesting a UEFA Cup quarter-final tie way back in 1983/1984, with Forest prevailing 2-1 after extra-time.
Players to watch: Morgan to make his mark?
Having registered one on-target effort in each of Nottingham Forest’s three Europa League matches this season, Morgan Gibbs-White holds plenty of appeal to repeat the trick on Thursday evening at 8/11 on PaddyPower.
With an impressive return of nine goals across his 15 appearances for Sturm Graz this term, Otar Kiteishvili also catches the eye for a shot on target here at 8/11 with Bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Tochi Chukwuani will serve a suspension after being sent off against Celtic, while Alexandar Borkovic will also sit this one out after not being included in the hosts' Europa League squad.
Douglas Luiz became the latest player to check into the Nottingham Forest treatment room after he was forced off during the early stages of Saturday’s stalemate with Manchester United. The Brazilian joins Angus Gunn, Chris Wood ,Dilane Bakwa, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ola Aina on the sidelines for the visitors.
Sturm Graz: Bignetti; Oermann, Aiwu, Lavalee, Karic; Stankovic; Horvat, Rozga; Kiteishvili; Malone, Jatta
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Savona, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams; Anderson, Sangare; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus
Anything else catch the eye?
Siding with a Nottingham Forest success alongside under 4.5 goals will boost the odds about an away win to a much more enticing 11/10 on BOYLE Sports.
This bet would have paid out in each of Forest's two victories this season, including their aforementioned 2-0 win over Porto a fortnight ago.
Moreover, this combination would have clicked in six of the hosts’ seven defeats across all competitions this season.
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