Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo will need to conduct late checks on a couple of fitness doubts for Monday's Premier League battle with Tottenham Hotspur in North London.

The Tricky Trees will endeavour to snap a two-game losing run in the English capital, where they will arrive with a near fully-fit squad, but both Ola Aina (calf) and Taiwo Awoniyi (thigh) are doubtful.

Santo unsurprisingly refused to give much away in his pre-game press conference, simply stressing that the pair will need assessing over the weekend, but he otherwise has all of his troops available to him.

Should Aina fail to make the cut again, expect Neco Williams to bomb down the right-hand side while Alex Moreno occupies the left flank, and the ever-present Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic will shield Matz Sels as ever.

Ryan Yates and Danilo are banging on the door for midfield starts, but Nicolas Dominguez and Elliot Anderson should reprise their partnership, while Manchester City-linked Morgan Gibbs-White is a shoo-in further forward.

However, Santo's one alteration should come in the final third, as Anthony Elanga will surely demote Jota Silva; the latter is yet to score a Premier League goal as a starter, but he has struck three times as a substitute.

Elanga and Gibbs-White are primed to join Chris Wood and Callum Hudson-Odoi in a familiar attacking setup, as Forest aim to improve on a measly return of two goals from their last four matches.

Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Anderson, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

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Written by
Ben Knapton