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Preview: Valencia vs. Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups

:Headline: Preview: Valencia vs. Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups:
Sports Mole previews Friday's friendly clash between Valencia and Nottingham Forest, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Valencia and Nottingham Forest continue their preparations for the return to competitive action with a friendly in Greece on Friday evening.

At a time when Valencia occupy 10th position in La Liga, Forest sit in 18th place in the Premier League standings.


Match preview

When Forest return to action in the EFL Cup, it will be perceived that they have momentum behind them after victories over Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace.

However, that is not necessarily the case with Steve Cooper's team having now lost three successive friendly fixtures, the most recent defeat coming versus Olympiacos.

Pajtim Kasami netted the only goal of the game against a strong Forest XI which featured many of Cooper's regulars from domestic action during 2022-23.

With defeats also coming against Stoke City and Atromitos, Cooper will be increasingly eager to end their mid-season break on a high note against arguably their toughest opposition on the schedule.

Valencia are behind Forest in terms of their schedule ahead of resuming competitive matches, La Liga not getting back underway until the New Year.

The break arguably came at the wrong time for Gennaro Gattuso's team after they posted four points from meetings with Real Sociedad and Real Betis to move back into the mid-table spots.

Valencia prevailed from the latter by a 3-0 scoreline, and they picked up where they left off in a friendly with Clermont on December 9, securing a 4-2 triumph.

Samu Castillejo netted two of the goals, matching the amount of strikes that he has netted in Spain's top flight this campaign.

After this encounter, Valencia face one final encounter with AZ in a bid to prepare themselves for the trip to Villarreal on New Year's Eve.

Valencia form (all competitions):


Nottingham Forest form (all competitions):



Team News

Cooper will make numerous changes to his Forest XI, Morgan Gibbs-White the most likely to drop to the substitutes' bench after playing 82 minutes versus Olympiacos.

New addition Gustavo Scarpa featured for the remaining 29 minutes of that fixture and may be provided with a start in midfield.

Joe Worrall, Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis are also in line for starts, with Brennan Johnson potentially only being selected as a substitute having played over an hour last time out after representing Wales at the World Cup.

Given the amount of half-time changes which were made versus Clermont, Gattuso may decide to stick with the same Valencia starting lineup.

After representing Uruguay at the World Cup, it is unclear whether Edinson Cavani will return to the fold for this contest.

Valencia possible starting lineup:
Mamardashvili, Correia, Mosquera, Cenk, Gaya, Nico, Lato, Almeida, Lino, Perez, Duro

Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Henderson, Aurier, Worrall, McKenna, Toffolo, Colback, Yates, Scarpa, Dennis, Awoniyi, Surridge


We say: Valencia 1-1 Nottingham Forest

On the back of three friendly defeats, Cooper will be demanding more from his side. While that may not result in a return to winning ways, we expect the English outfit to do enough to earn a share of the spoils in Athens.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.




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