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Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Team news

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo says Danilo had successful surgery earlier this week after breaking his ankle in their opening game but that they must be "patient" about his return.

Ryan Yates, who missed the Carabao Cup defeat against Newcastle United on Wednesday due to illness, will be assessed.

Wolves' Boubacar Traore needs to have surgery after sustaining a knee injury in the mid-week fixture.

Nelson Semedo is available after serving a three-match ban that carried over from last season.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last 11 league games against Wolves, beating them 2-0 at Molineux in January 2018.

  • Wolves are unbeaten in their last six away league games against Nottingham Forest, since a 3-1 loss in March 2013.

  • Both Premier League meetings at the City Ground have ended in a draw: 1-1 in April 2023 and 2-2 in April 2024.

Nottingham Forest

  • Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their two opening league games for the first time since 2018 in the Championship.

  • They have taken four points from their opening two Premier League games this season. They last avoided defeat in their opening three games in a top-flight season in 1995-96, going on to finish ninth.

  • They have recorded a league-high 37 shots and 16 shots on target in the Premier League so far this season.

  • Chris Wood can become only the second player to score in both of Forest's opening two Premier League home games, after Stan Collymore in 1994-95.

  • Nuno Espirito Santo took charge of a club record 114 Premier League games with Wolves, while he's yet to lose against his former club in two matches against them.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Wolves have lost their last five Premier League matches. They last had a longer losing run when losing the final three games of 2020-21 and opening three games of 2021-22.

  • They have conceded eight goals in their opening two Premier League games, becoming the first side in top-flight history to have done so on more than one occasion.

  • Among current top-flight clubs, Wolves and Southampton are on the joint-longest run of Premier League matches without a clean sheet (14).

  • Wolves have won just one of their last 20 Premier League matches in August (D9, L10), a 1-0 triumph at Everton last year.

  • They have failed to score a goal from outside the penalty area in their last 46 Premier League games.

  • Matheus Cunha has been involved in 17 goals in his last 19 top-flight starts for Wolves, scoring 11 and assisting six. He's scored three times in two games against Nottingham Forest during this run.