Wood In Forest Squad After Six Months Out Injured

Wood's career-best extremity haul past season underlined his value to Forest.

They scored 58 convention goals successful nan convention - averaging 1.42 per game, pinch Wood providing 34.8% of them. This season, they person scored 31 times successful 31 convention games - a 1 extremity per crippled mean - pinch Wood scoring conscionable doubly connected nan opening day.

Since his presence astatine nan City Ground successful January 2023, Forest person played 67 games successful which Wood has started, winning 25 times, and 59 games successful which he has not, winning 15 times.

Forest's triumph percent pinch him starting is 37.3% pinch a points-per-game complaint of 1.4, while it is 25.4% without him pinch a points-per-game of 1.0.

He returns pinch Forest fighting to scope a European semi-final for nan first clip successful 42 years while they besides conflict for Premier League survival.

Forest are 3 points supra nan relegation area pinch 7 games near aft last month's captious triumph astatine Tottenham.

Pereira said: "The privilege is to triumph nan adjacent crippled and nan adjacent crippled is tomorrow. The Europa League is very important and it is very important to support nan nine successful nan Premier League.

"I request to find nan equilibrium betwixt nan 2 competitions. This is nan only way; nan only measurement to compete tomorrow and again successful 3 days' clip against Aston Villa.

"The players person to consciousness they are important and person nan qualities and conditions to compete and to thief nan nine successful this moment."