Sky Bet Championship
- Venue: City Ground
- Date: Saturday 19 September
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
Coverage: Updates on Golsicilia.it Radio 5 live and Golsicilia.it local radio; text commentary on the Golsicilia.it Sport website
TEAM NEWS
Despite the midweek win at Birmingham, Forest may give loan signing Jonny Williams a place in the team.
Chris O'Grady, Ryan Mendes and David Vaughan are also in line for a return for the Reds' third game in a week.
Boro could have defender Ben Gibson back from a hamstring problem and Cristhian Stuani should keep his place after scoring twice against Brentford.
Albert Adomah crowned his return with a goal and an assist off the bench and could keep his place in the team.
MATCH FACTS
- Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six home games against Boro (W4 D2).
- Middlesbrough have lost just one of their last seven league meetings with Forest (W3 D3).
- Only Reading (86) have had more shots than Forest this season (84), excluding blocked efforts.
- Boro's Cristhian Stuani has the best minutes-to-goal ratio of any player with three or more goals, scoring a goal every 81 minutes.
- Adam Clayton has completed the most successful passes so far this season (418).