Nottingham Forest head to second-from-bottom Stoke City on Friday evening, knowing three points will take them top of the Championship.

It’s five years since the Reds last topped the second tier (if you ignore the few hours they spent their on the opening weekend of the 2017/18 campaign), and a positive result would see sydney leroux jersey 2019 carli lloyd jersey 2019 them extend their unbeaten league run to eight games.

They did suffer somewhat of a hammering rose lavelle jersey 2019 in the EFL Cup, with Arsenal thumping them 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium, while the Potters also bowed out but to carli lloyd youth jersey lower-league opposition – Crawley Town beating them on penalties.

Last weekend’s goalless draw at Brentford did end a run of four losses, though they are five points rose lavelle jersey 2019 from safety, above only Huddersfield Town who they face on Tuesday.

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Five points from the last nine available have moved Wigan Athletic away from the bottom three, and they will look to continue their good run at Fulham in Friday’s samantha mewis youth jersey other fixture, while Saturday’s action kicks off in the Capital as Queens Park Rangers host West Bromwich Albion.

The two side both sit on sixteen points – one off the top going into this round of fixtures while Preston North End are in third place, just one point above opponents Bristol City.