Confirmed Nottingham Forest v West Brom line-ups: Grabban starts, Gayle on the bench

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Nottingham Forest take on West Bromwich Albion at the City Ground this evening…

Nottingham Forest starting line-up: Pantilimon; Darikwa, Figueiredo, Fox, Osborn; Guedioura, Colback; Dias, Carvalho, Lolley; Grabban.

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Smith, Dawson, Robinson, Watson, Goncalves, Murphy, Hillal Soudani.

West Bromwich Albion starting line-up: Johnstone, Adarabioyo, Bartley, Hegazi, Gibbs, Phillips, Livermore, Brunt, Barnes, Morrison, Rodriguez.

West Bromwich Albion substitutes: Myhill, Townsend, Barry, Harper, Burke, Robson-Kanu, Gayle.

Nottingham Forest are back in action this evening as they take on relegated West Bromwich Albion, with both sides looking for their first win of the season.

Forest drew 1-1 away at Bristol City on Saturday afternoon to open their season, with Daryl Murphy grabbing an equaliser for Aitor Karanka’s side.

However, Murphy has been left out of the Forest side tonight, with new signing Lewis Grabban handed a first competitive start for the club in attack.

Costel Pantilimon starts in goal, with Tendayi Darikwa, Tobias Figueiredo, Danny Fox and Ben Osborn lining up across the back four in front of him.

Adlene Guedioura and Ben Colback start in holding midfield, with Gil Dias, Joao Carvalho and Joe Lolley supporting lone striker Grabban this evening.

Murphy, Michael Dawson and Diogo Goncalves are on the bench, alongside Jordan Smith, Jack Robinson, Ben Watson and El Arabi Hillal Soudani.

Meanwhile, West Brom opened their season with a shock 2-1 home defeat to Bolton Wanderers, and the Baggies need to bounce back quickly.

Sam Johnstone starts in goal, but it’s unclear how West Brom will line up defensively as three central defenders start in Kyle Bartley, Ahmed Hegazi and new signing Tosin Adarabioyo, with the Manchester City loanee making his debut.

Kieran Gibbs also features, along with Jake Livermore, Harvey Barnes, James Morrison, Jay Rodriguez, Chris Brunt and Matt Phillips, with major questions over the formation used.

Hal Robson-Kanu is dropped to the bench, alongside Boaz Myhill, Conor Townsend, Gareth Barry, Rekeem Harper, Oliver Burke and new signing Dwight Gayle.