Fulham at Nottingham Forest

Fulham's match with Nottingham Forest kicks off Saturday at 10am EDT on Peacock.

Fulham's worst performance of last season came at Forest when Fulham shamefully gave up three goals on three shots in the first half and made three subs after 33 minutes in more of a show of frustration from Silva than an attempt to come back in a game that was clearly already lost. Let's just stay away from 3's was the lesson of that match.

When Forest came into that match back in April they were tied on points with Luton and out of the relegation zone just based on goal differential. The situation is far different now with Forest one of just four teams who haven't lost yet. Their biggest win came at Liverpool who had looked like a title challenger prior to that match. However, they also drew at home to Wolves, so their performance has been a bit uneven. They gave up two goals for the first time last weekend when they needed a goal deep in the second half to earn a draw with Brighton. The big news out of that match was Gibbs-White's double yellow that saw him sent off with only about 10 minutes to play. Nuno was also shown a red so Forest will face Fulham without their best player and their manager sitting in the stands.

Fulham will have an almost fully fit squad with only Vinicius and Cuenca out. Expect the lineup to be the same as against Newcastle which means 7 players who started for Fulham in that disaster back in April will have a chance to redeem themselves. Fulham sits just a point and a place behind Forest, so we should have a much more competitive match than either of the games last season.