Nottingham Forest could be without as many as nine players for Thursday’s Europa League clash with Malmo at the City Ground.

Ola Aina (thigh), Douglas Luiz (thigh), Chris Wood (knee), Oleksandr Zinchenko (hip), Dilane Bakwa (unspecified) and Angus Gunn (knee) all remain sidelined with injuries. Gunn is also ineligible along with Taiwo Awoniyi , Omari Hutchinson and Jair Cunha who were not selected in Forest’s Europa League squad.

After securing a deserved over reigning Premier League champions Liverpool last weekend, Sean Dyche will be tempted to stick with the same starting lineup on Thursday, but he is expected to freshen up his team in a few positions.

John Victor will hope to earn a recall between the sticks at the expense of Matz Sels

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