Nottingham Forest vs Derby County; Sky Bet Championship
Nottingham Forest vs Derby County. Sky Bet Championship.
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Friday 6 November 2015 22:59, UK
Nottingham Forest have Henri Lansbury and David Vaughan available after suspension for the visit of East Midlands rivals Derby on Friday night, live on Sky Sports.
The pair have served their respective three and one-match bans, although fellow midfielders Michael Mancienne (knee) and Robert Tesche (foot) are expected to lose their race to be fit again for the Friday night clash.
Mancienne has been out for the past month while Tesche was injured in the opening game of the season at Brighton. Both players will now not be involved until Forest travel to Brentford on November 21 following the international break.
Reds boss Dougie Freedman is seeing his injury list shorten but he still remains without Kyle Ebecilio (hamstring), Andy Reid (groin), Chris Cohen (knee), Matty Fryatt (pelvis) and Britt Assombalonga (knee).
George Thorne is available for Derby after a one-match suspension while Tom Ince will return from injury against his old club.
Ince, who endured a miserable loan spell at the City Ground last season, has missed the last two games with an ankle injury but is fit again.
Craig Forsyth suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament against QPR in midweek and is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Rams head coach Paul Clement has Chris Baird and Max Lowe as cover at left-back.
Fellow defender Stephen Warnock did not suffer concussion on Tuesday night and will be in the squad that makes the short trip along the A52, despite nursing a cut above an eye.
Nottingham Forest have been priced up as the 23/10 outsiders by Sky Bet for victory over East Midlands rivals Derby in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Friday night.
The Rams have been made Sky Bet's 23/20 favourites for the win and the draw is on offer at 12/5.
Both of Forest's last two games at the City Ground have finished 1-1 and another 1-1 draw can be backed at 5/1 with Sky Bet.
Three of Derby's last four victories on the road have seen both teams score and Sky Bet go 100/30 that the Rams win at the City Ground with both teams finding the back of the net.
Watch Nottingham Forest v Derby County live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 7pm on Friday night.