Leicester will play Forest on Monday the 3rd of October. This is our grand update covering most aspects of that crucial fixiture coming up.
Leicester and also Forest are in desperate need of points as the two neighbours and rivals are on one and four points with both being the bottom teams of the table.
A difficult season so far for Leicester with massive fixtures vs. Spurs, Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal all of them being played. Despite a heavy fixture starting schedule hope to have seen more than one point in the kitty so far.
Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 20
NFO: 19
Injuries / Uncertainties:
LEI: Pereira, Bertrand, Ndidi, Daka
NFO: Niakate, Richards, Worrell, Mangala, Dennis, Gibbs-White, McKenna
Head to Head:
Last Three
FA Cup; 06.02.22, City Ground, 1-4
League Championship; 19.02.14, City Ground, 2-2
League Championship: 09.11.13, King Power, 0-2
Possible Line-Up: (4-3-3)
Leicester City: Iversen, Justin, Castagne, Faes, Evans, Mendy, D-Hall, Tielemans, Maddison, Vardy, Barnes
Nottingham Forest: Henderson, Williams, Worrall, Boly, Lodi, Yates, Freuler, O’Brien, Johnson, Awoniyi, Lingard
Predicted Result: 2-1 (Win)
Player in both camps, focus on, Neil Lennon
More players in both camps, read more
Focus On; Nottingham Forest
Nickname: Forest
Manager: Steve Cooper
Captain: Joe Worrell
Owner: Evangelos Marinakis
Kit Supplier: Macron
Kit Sponsor: BOXT
Stadium: City Ground, Nottingham
Capacity: 30,445
Wikipedia
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The football club was founded in 1865 and have played their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Trent, since 1898. Forest are one of four English clubs to have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League more than once and are one of two English clubs to have won the competition back-to-back. Forest have two stars above their club crest to commemorate their two European Cup victories, read more
Kit:
Forest’s first strip is one-colour shirt, with plain shorts and socks. The main body colour of the shirt is red. The shorts are plain white, while the socks are red and white, or just plain red.
Arch-enemy: Derby County, Leicester City, Notts County
Honors: Forest is a grand winner of great trophies, such as the European Cup won twice and also a winner of the 1st division in 1977/78
Domestic
1st Division / Premier League
Champions: 1977/78
Runners Up: 1966/67, 1978/79
Division Two /One /Championship
Champions: 1906/07, 1921/22, 1997/98
Runners-up: 1956/57, 1993/94
Promoted: 1976/77, 2021/22
Play-off Winners: 2021/22
Division Three / Three South / League One
Champions: 1950/51
Runners-up: 2007/08
Division Four / League Two
N/A
FA Cup
Winners: 1897/98, 1958/59
Runners-up: 1990/91
League Cup
Winners: 1977/78, 1978/79, 1988/89, 1989/90
Runners-Up: 1979/80, 1991/92
Europe
European Cup: 1978/79 (W), 1979/80 (W), 1980/81
UEFA Cup: 1983/84, 1984/85, 1995/96
Inter City Fairs Cup: 1961/62, 1967/68
Did You Know? The team have played their home games at the City Ground in Nottingham on the banks of the river Trent since since 1898. Their current badge was created in 1973 and designed by graphic artist David Lewis. It shows the river Trent underneath a tree representing the nearby Sherwood Forest – home to the legend of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Most Appearances: (D) Bob McKinlay (1951-1970), 692
Most Goals: (F) Grenville Morris (1898-1913), 217
Other Famous Players: Duncan McKenzie, Alan Hinton, Ian Storey-Moore, John Robertson, Viv Anderson, Tony Woodcock, Stuart Pearce, Roy Keane, Neil Webb, Des Walker, Nigel Clough, Wes Morgan, Henry Newton, Jesse Lingard, Peter Shilton
Record win: 14-0 v Clapton Orient, 17 January 1891
Record defeat: 1-9 v Blackburn, 10 April 1937
Official Website:
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
Unofficial Web Sites:
http://www.nottinghamforest.news
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