Dyche reveals an unbelievable tally of Forest players ruled out before taking on Liverpool.

There was always a feeling that this weekend could deliver mixed emotions for both sides, and the latest news from the Forest camp has only reinforced that ahead of our visit to Nottinghamshire.

According to Liverpoolfc.com, Forest boss Sean Dyche turned up to his press conference with a written list of injured players, confirming that just one player might return for the clash.
He explained that Callum Hudson-Odoi – who scored the winner in this fixture last season – “has made good progress” and is “definitely being considered for the squad”.

Dyche added: “He’s close… at least we can think about having him back involved, which is a positive.”

The update comes at a time when Forest are dealing with injuries across several areas of their squad.

Liverpool’s own concerns heading into the Forest trip

Although Forest’s problems are significant, we also have fresh issues to manage. Arne Slot recently confirmed that Conor Bradley and Florian Wirtz “can’t play” against Forest, calling the situation “far from ideal”.

Slot noted that “maybe one or two players will have to play out of position”, hinting at more rotation. Both players’ muscle problems follow a busy run of fixtures for club and country.

Forest’s injury list keeps growing as Liverpool seek momentum

Dyche said no other players are close to returning.
Chris Wood is awaiting another scan, Douglas Luiz needs more time, Angus Gunn is still unavailable, and Ola Aina, Dilane Bakwa, Oleksandr Zinchenko and young keeper Aaron Bott are all “progressing but not with the team yet”.

This lengthy list will heavily influence Forest’s approach, though our own situation also matters.

One positive for us is that Alisson “trained last week and this week”, raising hopes that our world-class goalkeeper could return if he gets through the final session. His absence coincided with a difficult run in which we won only three of eight matches.