Cliff Notes – LIVE Updates Nottingham Forest host Malmö FF
- Nottingham Forest aims to build on their recent European form as they face Malmö FF at the City Ground, seeking a crucial victory in the competition.
- Sean Dyche emphasises the importance of home advantage, urging his players to capitalise on the support from the fans.
- Malmö FF arrives with a strong squad, looking to upset the hosts and secure vital points in their European campaign.
LIVE Updates: Nottingham Forest host Malmö FF
Sean Dyche and Nottingham Forest’s European adventure continues as they welcome Malmö FF to the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest breezed past Malmo in the Europa League to strengthen their grip on a play-off place.
Skipper Ryan Yates, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Nikola Milenkovic scored to ensure a comfortable win, in a repeat of the 1979 European Cup final when Forest beat the 24-time Swedish champions.
Forest recorded three successive wins for the first time since the turn of the year – the drop-off in their form during the second half of last season the reason why they are in the Europa League and not the Champions League.
But they are now two points off the top eight – automatic qualification for the last 16 – with three games left.
“The mentality we’re trying to build here, it’s one game at a time. I’ve never lost sight of that,” said manager Sean Dyche.
“If you take care of results it starts looking after itself and you don’t have to constantly look at the tables if you are winning games – certainly enough of them. We have laid down some really good markers, for us, some internal markers of what the group should expect from themselves.