WATFORD v NOTTINGHAM FOREST Venue: Vicarage Road Date: Tuesday 21 October Kick-off: 19:45 BST Team News Watford: Slavisa Jokanovic is wary of rushing Troy Deeney back into Watford's starting XI following a month out with a hamstring injury. One player who is fully fit, according to Jokanovic, is Ikechi Anya. Craig Cathcart and Keith Andrews are both still out with calf injuries but are expected to return to full training on Wednesday. Gabriele Angella is out for the rest of October, while Gabriel Tamas is likely to be unavailable for the remainder of the season. Team News Forest: Henri Lansbury picked up his fifth booking in seven matches on Saturday and is suspended for this game. Forest are without Andy Reid, Chris Cohen and Jack Hobbs through injury. Recent History: Nottingham Forest won the last meeting 4-2 at the City Ground in January - their only win in the last five meetings. Nottingham Forest have won only one of the last six meetings at Vicarage Road. Their only win there since 2005 was 1-0 in September 2011. Current Form: Watford are unbeaten in their last six games, winning three. Their last defeat was 1-0 at Charlton on 13 September. The Hornets have lost only one of their seven home games in all competitions this season Nottingham Forest have not won any of their last six games in all competitions, losing two. Their last win was 5-3 against Fulham at home in the Championship on 17 September. Forest have lost two of their last three away games in all competitions, after losing none of their first six games on the road. 1 Watford 12 11 24 2 Derby 12 12 23 3 M'boro 12 9 23 4 Norwich 12 10 21 5 Forest 12 9 21 6 Ipswich 12 6 20
Looks as if there are only a couple of hundred tickets still available in the home stands. Anyone know what numbers of travelling fans Forest have? If they bring a lot it could be a cracking atmosphere under the lights.
Really looking forward to this match, should be a good one. What odds on Assombalonga to score against us?
thanks so much for the thread M Frenchie . This is going to be a good indication of how we will go but i'm feeling confident! i think i might go with a 3-1 home win .
There isn't much optimism on the various Forest boards - 3-0 to us seems to be the most common prediction, which probably means they will win!
I'm torn between the 0 & 1 against as I felt happier with the defence on Saturday, but I feel sure we will get 3.
How bad is The Storm down there & is there a chance it might stop the match being played? Speaking from the relatively calm and balmy NE of Scotland...
We are unbeaten in 6 and they haven't won in 6 which I am convinced can only mean one thing, a Forest victory!
Blowing a gale here in rural Hampshire so I'm hoping it will have calmed down a bit for the drive up this afternoon and for the game. I'm going for a 2-1 home win...but then I don't think I've predicted a correct Hornets score all season.
Really looking forward to this one. Since Vydra has been playing in this deeper roll he has been looking awesome and very difficult to pick off his late runs but tonight will be a real test for us and I think Forest will set up to allow us onto them and look to play on the break; this will therefore bring out the best in our midfield so I predict a win obviously with either Abdi, Tozser or a late McGugan strike sealing the victory.
Tonights Officials: Referee: Dean Whitestone Assistant Referees: Barry Holderness and Elliott Kaye Fourth Official: Nicholas Kinseley Dean Whitestone has been in charge of two Championship games this season, handing out five yellow cards, but no red ones. I think that this will be his first visit to Vicarage Road.
None of the usual streaming sites are certain if they will be able to show the game tonight. It has been on, then taken down, so wait and see I think.
