Nottingham Forest meet Swedish side Malmo 

Fresh from their convincing Premier League triumph over champions Liverpool, Nottingham Forest welcome Swedish side Malmo to the City Ground for matchday five in the Europa League on Thursday night.

While the Tricky Trees sit 23rd in the 36-team League Phase table and three points behind the top nine, the Sky Blues are still searching for their first win and find themselves down in 32nd place.

The miserable 39-day reign of Ange Postecoglou is now a distant memory for Nottingham Forest supporters as they are enjoying life under new head coach Sean Dyche, who has steadied the ship and restored believe at the City Ground in admirable fashion.

Seven points have been accumulated across Forest’s last three Premier League games, with three picked up in their deserved 3-0 away triumph over a floundering Liverpool outfit at Anfield last weekend, a result which has seen the Tricky Trees climb out of the relegation zone.

Dyche’s men have also picked up four points in their last two Europa League matches, with an eye-catching 2-0 home victory over Portuguese giants Porto followed by a goalless stalemate with Sturm Graz in Austria three weeks ago, in which Morgan Gibbs-White missed a first-half penalty.

Still in contention to secure last-16 qualification, Forest will be looking to extend their unbeaten home run under Dyche to four matches when they face a Malmo outfit who have lost their last two European away games by an aggregate score of 8-0 – losing 5-0 to Copenhagen in the Champions League qualifiers and 3-0 to Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.

Taking into account Malmo’s poor start in the League Phase at Nottingham Forest’s upturn in form under Dyche, the hosts will be regarded as favourites on Thursday and should have enough quality to get the better of their Swedish counterparts, even if several changes are made to their lineup.

Credit: sportsmole.co.uk

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