Forest rue Braga chaos as Dyche hunts a striker
Forest chase first league double over Brentford. Dyche’s side reeling after Braga loss; 17th in league. Awoniyi, Hutchinson back; Wood out. Brentford strong at home; Igor Thiago in form. Prediction 2-0.
Chelsea consider a loan for Douglas Luiz despite his Forest stint from Juventus. Luiz has eight league games for Forest; loan could be terminated for Stamford Bridge switch, per Ornstein.
Dyche says Forest are “working” on a striker, with Lorenzo Lucca targeted, after a 1-0 Braga loss. Ndoye led the line with Igor Jesus injured and Awoniyi unregistered. “One minute of madness” cost them.
Dyche made seven changes at Braga: Ndoye up top, Gibbs-White, McAtee, Bakwa start; Morato in for Murillo; Yates with Douglas Luiz. Braga dropped Joao Moutinho. Chelsea links to Luiz lingered pre-match.
Gibbs-White missed a penalty, then Yates scored an own goal within 54 seconds as Forest lost 1-0 at Braga. Elliot Anderson saw red. Dyche’s rotated XI face a must-win v Ferencvaros to reach top eight.
