Nottingham Forest team news — injuries, predicted line-up and fixtures
Nottingham Forest play at home to Coventry City on Sat 19 Sep, 18:30. 2 players are currently unavailable, with our expected return date for each below. Our model gives Nottingham Forest a 59% chance of winning that match and a 39% chance of a clean sheet.
Availability comes from our injury and suspension feeds; everything else on this page is a projection, recomputed through the day as odds, team news and line-ups land. The predicted eleven is the model's most likely starting XI, not a confirmed team sheet.
Nottingham Forest injury news and expected return dates
2 players are currently unavailable for Nottingham Forest. Nicolo Savona is expected back first, around Sun 11 Oct and Nikola Milenkovic is the longest absentee, around Sun 11 Oct. An expected return is an estimate and moves with the club's own updates.
| Player | Pos | Expected return |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolo Savona | DEF | Sun 11 Oct |
| Nikola Milenkovic | DEF | Sun 11 Oct |
Nottingham Forest predicted line-up — home to Coventry City
Our model's most likely starting eleven for Gameweek 5, ranked by how likely each player is to start. 11 of the eleven are 90% or better to start. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.
| Player | Pos | Chance of starting | Projected minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matz Sels | GK | 99% | 89 |
| Murillo | DEF | 99% | 88 |
| Neco Williams | DEF | 99% | 88 |
| Ousmane Diomande | DEF | 99% | 88 |
| Daniel Munoz | DEF | 99% | 85 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | MID | 99% | 85 |
| Xaver Schlager | MID | 99% | 85 |
| James McAtee | MID | 99% | 84 |
| Dan Ndoye | MID | 97% | 65 |
| Ola Aina | DEF | 96% | 75 |
| Liam Delap | FWD | 94% | 79 |
Nottingham Forest fixtures and how hard they look
The next 5 matches across every competition, with what our model makes of each: the chance Nottingham Forest win, the chance the opponent wins, the goals we expect Nottingham Forest to score and the chance of a clean sheet. The kindest of them looks at home to Coventry City at 59% to win; the hardest looks at home to Arsenal at 17%. These come from the betting market and our own team model, and they move as odds do.
| Competition | Date | Opponent | Win | Opp win | Expected goals | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL 5 | Sat 19 Sep, 18:30 | vs Coventry City | 59% | 17% | 1.90 | 39% |
| PL 6 | Sun 11 Oct, 15:00 | at Crystal Palace | 35% | 36% | 1.24 | 28% |
| PL 7 | Sun 18 Oct, 17:30 | vs Arsenal | 17% | 57% | 0.78 | 19% |
| PL 8 | Fri 23 Oct, 21:00 | at Ipswich Town | 44% | 28% | 1.52 | 31% |
| PL 9 | Sat 31 Oct, 16:00 | at Brentford | 28% | 45% | 1.20 | 21% |
Best Nottingham Forest picks in FPL for Gameweek 5
Morgan Gibbs-White is Nottingham Forest's highest projected scorer for the coming round at 6.3 points, 0.9 clear of Daniel Munoz. Predicted points come from expected goals, expected assists, projected minutes and clean-sheet probability converted into Fantasy Premier League 2026/2027 scoring.
| Player | Pos | Price | Predicted points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Gibbs-White | MID | 8.0 | 6.3 |
| Daniel Munoz | DEF | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Neco Williams | DEF | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| James McAtee | MID | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Murillo | DEF | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| Ousmane Diomande | DEF | 5.4 | 4.7 |
Nottingham Forest price changes tonight
Our projection for which Nottingham Forest players change price at the next update, from live net-transfer data. It moves through the day.
- Delap (FWD, 5.5) — 57% chance of a price rise tonight
- Murillo (DEF, 5.5) — 13% chance of a price rise tonight
- Ndoye (MID, 5.5) — 11% chance of a price rise tonight
- N.Williams (DEF, 5.0) — 5% chance of a price rise tonight
- McAtee (MID, 5.5) — 2% chance of a price rise tonight
- Aina (DEF, 4.5) — 84% chance of a price fall tonight
- Milenković (DEF, 5.5) — 74% chance of a price fall tonight
- Muñoz (DEF, 5.4) — 60% chance of a price fall tonight
- John (GKP, 4.5) — 58% chance of a price fall tonight
- O.Richards (DEF, 4.0) — 49% chance of a price fall tonight
Frequently asked questions
Who is injured for Nottingham Forest?
Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic are currently unavailable. Nicolo Savona is expected back around Sun 11 Oct.
What is Nottingham Forest's predicted line-up?
Our model's most likely XI is led by Matz Sels, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ousmane Diomande, Daniel Munoz. Every player above carries the model's own probability that he starts, which is the honest version of a predicted team sheet — it moves as team news lands.
Who do Nottingham Forest play next?
At home to Coventry City on Sat 19 Sep, 18:30. Our model gives them a 59% chance of winning and a 39% chance of keeping a clean sheet.