Predicted Nottingham Forest side to face Blackburn: Formation change for vital clash?

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Here is how we expect Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers will line-up ahead of their Championship meeting.

To be played on Friday 14th April 2017 at 15:00. Venue: City Ground, Nottingham

Odds: Forest 21/20, Draw 23/10, Blackburn 9/4

Nottingham Forest welcome Blackburn Rovers to the City Ground for a Good Friday Championship clash.

The significance of the game will not have gone unnoticed by either set of supporters; as Forest sit three places above Blackburn – who currently take up a relegation place with just five games remaining.

Both sides head into the encounter knowing that an away win for Tony Mowbray’s Rovers will close the gap between Mark Warburton’s Forest team to just two points. However, Rovers are in the midst of a three game losing run, whilst Forest can look towards an impressive victory over play-off prospects Huddersfield Town last time out.

Indeed, the victory over the Terriers saw Warburton utilise a three-man back line – a system that, considering the importance of the game’s outcome, may revert to a more familiar 4-2-3-1 for the visit of Blackburn.

If Warburton opts to return to a previously used and familiar formation, then Eric Lichaj is set to take up the right back slot – and with the fitness concern surrounding Armand Traore fading, the former Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers man could get the nod at left back.

Subsequently, Ben Osborn is anticipated to be deployed in a potentially more effective left wing berth – with Ben Brereton, Zach Clough and Jamie Ward completing Warburton’s attacking make-up.

Meanwhile, opponents Blackburn will again rely on 37-year-old Wes Brown to help their injury issues in defence – for a game that they may well see as a must-win, considering their current form and relegation-looming plight.

Here is our predicted line-up for both Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers, in full: