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  13. What impact could Wood's return have on Forest?

    BBC Sport graphic comparing Nottingham Forest’s performance in the Premier League with and without Chris Wood since January 2023. With Wood: 67 games, 25 wins, 37.3% win rate, 1.4 average goals per game, and 1.4 average points per game. Without Wood: 59 games, 15 wins, 25.4% win rate, 1.1 average goals per game, and 1.0 average points per game.

    Chris Wood is nearing a return to first-team action.

    The Nottingham Forest striker, who has not played since injuring his knee against Chelsea in October, featured in the first half of a match for the club's under-21 side last Friday and scored the opener in a 3-0 win.

    If and when he returns, it will give boss Vitor Pereira another attacking option in both the Premier League survival battle and the latter stages of the Europa League.

    Asked last week whether Wood could return for Forest's first Premier League match back against Aston Villa, Pereira said: "I don't know, I don't have the information about it. But he is another leader, a fantastic player and character, and we need him for the last games."

    Wood was a leading light in Forest's exceptional 2024-25 season, scoring 20 league goals under Nuno Espirito Santo.

    While this was a spectacular career-high return, he scored a key equaliser against Manchester City in the second half of the 2022-23 season during an injury-hit initial loan from Newcastle and was Forest's top scorer with 14 league goals in the 2023-24 season after making the move permanent.

    A dramatic and chaotic drop-off by Forest this campaign has coincided with Wood's lengthy absence, elongated by requiring surgery in December.

    While not being overly impressive, Forest scored 58 goals last season - averaging 1.42 per game, with Wood providing 34.8% of them. This season they have scored 31 times in 31 games so far - a one goal per game average - with Wood scoring just twice on the opening day.

    Since his arrival at the City Ground in January 2023, Forest have played 67 games in which Wood has started, winning 25 times, and 59 games in which he has not, winning 15 times.

    Forest's win percentage with him starting is 37.3% with a points-per-game rate of 1.4, while it is 25.4% without him with a points-per-game of 1.0.

    His impact on their attacking output is shown in their goals per game dropping from 1.4 in games Wood starts to 1.1 in games he does not.

    Forest fans - how much have you missed Wood this season? And what impact could he have on the rest of the campaign when he returns from injury?

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  24. Forest may have finally found right formula with Pereira

    Nick Mashiter
    Football reporter

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    Nottingham Forest finally have some clarity.

    On a fourth manager of the season they may have found the right formula just in time.

    Sunday's 3-0 win at Tottenham, so vital in the relegation battle, was their first in the Premier League under Vitor Pereira.

    It was also Pereira's first win in the top flight in 11 months, having left Wolves in November winless this season.

    The Portuguese has brought a sense of harmony to the City Ground since February after the players failed to gel with Sean Dyche.

    The former Forest trainee lasted 144 days with the squad struggling to adapt to his methods and feeling there was too much focus on physicality and running over tactics.

    The squad are more comfortable under Pereira and feel there is a clearer picture while they also believe, tactically, he looks to get the best out of them.

    That comes after Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Dyche kept the door revolving at the club this season.

    Pereira's time at Wolves ended in huge disappointment as the season fell apart quickly following mistakes in the transfer market and losing Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri but he has a track record of making quick impacts.

    That has happened at Forest, even if it took five games for a Premier League victory. Forest beat Fenerbahce and Midtjylland to reach the Europa League quarter-finals and deserved more from a defeat by Liverpool.

    The 2-2 draw at Manchester City at the start of the month showed Forest's steel for the fight.

    They are still just three points clear of the relegation zone and still not safe but there is a sense, especially with Tottenham's downward momentum, Pereira can take Forest to safety.

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