Chris Willock and Ilias Chair almost work a one-two to get into the Forest box, but the weight of numbers at the back just smothers them out of it.

Lively period of the game. End to end.

Brennan Johnson gets a corner out of the QPR defence, after he darts into the right channel and is picked out perfectly by Djed Spence for Forest.

Smart run.

Short corner is cleared, Jack Colback shoots but it's blocked.

Forest still pressing. Eventually Rangers get it back.

Overambitious effort from Chris Willock for QPR, after Lyndon Dykes forced a loose touch from the visitors defence.

The ball broke to him about 30 yards out and he sort of coasted a shot at goal which just swept harmlessly through to Brice Samba.

QPR playing out from the back but Forest hassling and harrying in midfield.

Max Lowe and Djed Spence are really hugging the touchlines for the visitors, trying to stretch the play and pull Rangers out of position, and Forest are pinging the ball out wide to unleash them.

It could be a busy night for Sam McCallum and Albert Adomah.

Former Forest winger Albert Adomah has gone down, got a rake of the studs down the back of his Achilles from Joe Lolley.

Painful one but he's back up and jogging, a little gingerly.

QPR get the kick off all wrong and Forest are quick to pounce through Joe Lolley.

Lolley picks it up about 40 yards out and drives toward goal, plays in Brennan Johnson and the Wales international raps an early shot just wide.

Rangers still getting into the groove, first shot inside a minute.

Andy Davies is the referee tonight.

His last two Rangers games have been defeats by Barnsley - with Rob Dickie sent off in a 3-0 loss at Oakwell last season.

Forest haven't fared much better under him either, with the 4-0 EFL Cup defeat by Wolves his last game of theirs to be reffed.

He shrills his whistle, and QPR get us under way with Stefan Johansen.

All sides join in a round of applause to mark those who died in conflicts around the world, with Remembrance Sunday on the horizon.

The Last Post will follow.

Poignant moment.

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Teams are out at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, where the lights are on and the pitch looks a rich and vibrant green.

Not far away now.

BBC local radio

Stop what you're doing (other than doing the below).

Look at this live text.

And, *listen to the local radio commentary if you're within their transmission area.

(Hence the asterisk)

Both BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Nottingham are in attendance for this one.

As someone who thinks day of the week stats are a load of tripe, I bring you this next one begrudgingly.

QPR have lost 20 of their last 22 Friday night matches, apparently. That's just coincidence.

They don't often get good results against Forest either, winning just four of their last 19 league meetings, losing eight and drawing seven.

Is that coincidence too? Probably. But not as tenuous as a supposed Friday night 'hoodoo'.

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It was all going so swimmingly for Steve Cooper following his arrival as Nottingham Forest boss.

The Reds had won their last four and were on a run of six unbeaten since Chris Hughton's departure, but then came Fulham and a 4-0 defeat last Sunday.

In fairness, although the scoreline says otherwise, Forest weren't really 4-0 bad. The first and second goals were ultimately avoidable, even if the third was beautifully constructed, and the fourth was a penalty.

Had Lewis Grabban scored when alone in the box at 1-0, it might well have been a different game. He didn't. We'll see just how strong Forest's mettle is tonight, as they look to pick themselves up again.

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Forest might find themselves on the end of a QPR side with a sense of injustice and retribution after their midweek EFL Cup defeat by Sunderland.

They lost 3-1 on penalties to their League One opponents but that was only after Charlie Austin's effort was chalked off for offside, despite some heated and impassioned appeals from the Rs players and fans.

There were ample chances to win the game regardless, but for Lee Burge saving from Austin and Yoann Barbet, while Lyndon Dykes also had an effort stopped.

Time to get back on the horse, especially after last weekend's injury time loss to Peterborough as well.

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They love to see skill down at the 'Loft, or the KPFS as it's now known.

From the classy, impish Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles' swagger and Gerry Francis bossing the midfield; Glenn Roeder's swerve, Roy Wegerle's golden touch and Sir Les' relentless goalscoring through to Trevor Sinclair's bicycle kick brilliance, Lee Cook's darting and weaving and Adel Taraabt's languid genius.

The current team has some quality within it too. Stefan Johansen can pick a pass, Rob Dickie is a mix of Alan McDonald's steel and Roeder's silk while Ilias Chair is another maverick to add to the roster of such Rangers favourites over the years.

Leading them is a man whose spell at Forest never quite got going, Mark Warburton. He's certainly managed to get the Rs rolling nicely though.

Three changes to the QPR side, as Jordy de Wijs, Andre Dozzell and Chris Willock come in for Jimmy Dunne, Dominic Ball and Charlie Austin, who all drop to the bench.

As for Forest, it's just the one switch, with Joe Lolley moved into attack for Philip Zinckernagel.

QPR: Dieng; Dickie, De Wijs, Barbet; Adomah, Johansen, Dozzell, McCallum; Willock, Dykes, Chair

Subs: Archer, Dunne, Odubajo, Amos, Ball, Gray, Austin

Nott'm Forest: Samba; Worrall, Figueiredo, McKenna; Spence, Yates, Colback, Lowe; Lolley, Grabban, Johnson

Subs: Horvath, Bong, Ojeda, Garner, Mighten, Zinckernagel, Taylor

How do.

One team that hit the ground running and are spluttering a little of late against another that is just purring into life.

QPR v Forest. Let's set the scene.

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Tonight's focus is on West London, where just off the curving South Africa Road, four steep-banked, tightly-compacted stands tucked in among the estates and the housing blocks fit together to form the atmospheric Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.

Home, to the boys in the blue and white hoops of Queens Park Rangers, or QPR to you.

Tonight, they play host to the boys in Garibaldi red. Nottingham Forest have headed down the M1 and hit the concrete, closely-knit streets of Shepherd's Bush.

It all starts here.