Chris Sutton
BBC football expert

Nottingham Forest's home record was decent last season - it had to be, to keep them up. They picked up 30 of their total of 38 points at the City Ground, which was the 10th-best total in the top flight.

Forest will need more of the same on their own turf this time around. I do see them winning this one for starters, but that's got a lot to do with how Sheffield United are shaping up.

Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom has got a heck of a job on his hands to beat the drop after losing his best players this summer without replacements arriving.

Palace were much better than Sheffield United last week, and Forest could run out comfortable winners too.

Steve Cooper's side showed a bit of spirit against Arsenal in their first game, and he has plenty of options in attack, which is always a good problem to have.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

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This is the first top-flight meeting between these sides since the first Premier League season back in 1992-93.

The Blades won 2-0 on the road in their most recent Premier League meeting in May 1993, a result which relegated Forest.

The sides have met 33 times since, mostly in the second tier with some FA Cup and play-off meetings too.

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Sheffield United have won their first away league game in just one of the last 17 seasons (D5 L11) in any division and are winless in their last 11 since beating Oldham 2-0 in 2011-12.

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Ola Aina will play "wherever" on the pitch if it means he can be involved and help the team.

The 26-year-old, who was Nottingham Forest's first signing of the summer when he joined from Torino, felt there were positives to take from their 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in their first game of the new campaign.

Speaking to BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast, the Nigeria defender said: "Everyone has worked hard in pre-season and they worked hard last season as well, so lots of positives from that game that we can compete. Hopefully we can do that for the rest of the season.

"A shame we couldn't get something out of the game, maybe we left it too late, but it shows that we can compete and we showed that in glimpses on Saturday against a top side. If we continue to do that throughout the season we definitely can get results and hopefully do well in this campaign."

Aina took up a position on the left side of the defence at the Emirates despite preferring to play on the right, but insisted this wasn't an issue adding: "I'm happy to play wherever, I just want to play and enjoy my football. If the gaffer wants to play me up top one day I wouldn't mind, as long as I'm on the pitch playing, so I don't mind where.

"I do work hard, try and give it 100% all the time and leave everything on the pitch. Have fun and just enjoy it."

Nottingham Forest won their last three Premier League home games in the 2022-23 campaign.

They have not won four in a row at the City Ground as a top-flight side since January 1996.

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Anthony Elanga feels it would be "amazing" if he can use his experiences from Manchester United to help Nottingham Forest progress this season.

The 21-year-old Sweden forward, a £15m summer signing, made an instant impact by coming off the bench to assist on his Forest debut in their narrow defeat to Arsenal at the weekend.

He told BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast: "It's a historical club in itself and the coach, the staff here and the players they have - young, hungry and ambitious players wanting to win wanting to get better, wanting to elevate their own game.

"I feel like that could just help Forest to where they deserve to be. I feel like this season we could really show teams who we are and what we're capable of doing.

"You look at what some of those [United] players have won in the past and you'd be silly not to take advice from them. But, I always tried to listen and take as much advice as I could from the players that were there, bring it here, bring some of that experience with me of playing against teams in big European competitions.

"I just tried to learn as much as I could and if I can bring that here and try and help this team even one percent, that would be amazing for me. I am just ready to do that this season."

Listen to the full episode here.

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No Gustavo Scarpa for Nottingham Forest tonight.

The 29-year-old Brazilian midfielder joined Olympiakos on a season-long loan earlier today.

He only made 10 appearances for Forest after joining from Palmerias in January.

Steve Cooper makes two changes to the Nottingham Forest starting line-up who lost to Arsenal in their season opener.

Taiwo Awoniyi, Forest's top scorer from last season, and Neco Williams are the two players to come into the side in place of Ola Aina and Ryan Yates.

Nottingham Forest XI: Turner, Worrall, Mangala, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Aurier, McKenna, Danilo, Boly, Williams, Awoniyi.

Subs: Horvath, Kouyate, Wood, Toffolo, Niakhate, Elanga, Yates, Freuler, Hwang Ui-Jo.

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Sheffield United also make two changes from the side who lost to Crystal Palace last time out.

Midfielder Gustavo Hamer, who signed last week from Coventry City, makes his debut for the Blades.

Vini Souza also comes into the starting line-up with stalwarts George Baldock and Chris Basham dropping out.

Midfielder Tom Davies who signed for the club on a free transfer following his departure from Everton, could feature from the bench.

Sheffield United XI: Foderingham, Ahmedhodzic, Egan, Robinson, Norwood, Lowe, Hamer, Traore, Osula, Souza, Osborn.

Subs: Davies, Trusty, Basham, Davies, Larouci, Marsh, Brooks, Seriki, Hackford.

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