Nottingham Forest vs Bury. Carabao Cup First Round.
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Nottingham Forest win 10-9 on penalties.
Tuesday 14 August 2018 09:12, UK
Nottingham Forest manager Aitor Karanka is expected to make wholesale changes for his team's Carabao Cup first-round appointment with Bury at the City Ground on Tuesday (kick-off 7.30pm).
Karanka is keen to rest some of the players involved in Forest's opening three games - an eight-day schedule that saw them tackle Bristol City, West Brom and Reading.
With Wigan next up in the league, Karanka could look at the likes of Matty Cash, Luke Steele and Jack Robinson as potential starters. And there might also be an opportunity for latest squad addition Sam Bryam, who joined Forest last week on a season-long loan from West Ham.
Bury head to Nottingham on the back of a battling league display against MK Dons, going down to a 1-0 defeat in stoppage time. Shakers manager Ryan Lowe will be tempted to retain the majority of his team on duty in that game.
But there could be a first start of the season for Jay O'Shea, who went on 14 minutes from time against MK Dons. O'Shea suffered an injury during pre-season, before gradually working his way back to full fitness and looking sharp in a solid all-round team display.
This will be the first meeting between Nottingham Forest and Bury since March 1998, when Forest won 3-0 in a second-tier match.
Nottingham Forest have won five of their last six games in all competitions against Bury (L1), including a 7-0 win in their last League Cup encounter in September 1980.
Nottingham Forest have progressed from six of their last seven first round matches in the League Cup - their only loss coming against Walsall in 2015-16.
Bury have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 11 League Cup first round games, last keeping a shutout against Sunderland in 2007 (W3 L8).
Nottingham Forest have scored 29 goals in their last 12 League Cup games against lower league opposition (average of 2.4 goals per game), scoring in each encounter.
