Still without a win six games into his Nottingham Forest tenure, Ange Postecoglou risks further fan backlash if his side fall short against Newcastle United at St James' Park in Sunday's Premier League scrap.
The Tricky Trees fell to a miserable 3-2 Europa League defeat to FC Midtjylland on Thursday, the night after the Magpies thumped Union SG 4-0 in the Champions League, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
NEWCASTLE vs. NOTTINGHAM FOREST
NEWCASTLE
Out: Tino Livramento (knee), Yoane Wissa (knee)
Doubtful: Jacob Ramsey (ankle)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon
FOREST
Out: Ola Aina (thigh), Oleksandr Zinchenko (groin), Douglas Luiz (hamstring)
Doubtful: Murillo (knock)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Sels; Savona, Morato, Milenkovic, Williams; Dominguez, Anderson; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood