Forest facing fitness issues for Blues visit

THE swift counterattacking football of Nottingham Forest has been one of the stories of the Premier League season so far.

- MATT JONES

However, they could be without a number of their main goalscoring weapons when Everton visit this weekend.

Forest have shocked everyone this term, as they sit third in the top flight and have already progressed into an FA Cup semi-final.

That follows recent seasons embroiled in relegation battles and PSR issues.

They look certain to be playing some sort of European football next season and after the 2-1 loss to Aston Villa last weekend they will be desperate to get back to winning ways against the Blues.

Nuno Espirito Santo may need to come up with a new attacking plan for the fixture though.

The team's two main centre-forwards - Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi - were absent for the trip to Villa Park.