Nottingham Forest will be looking for their first Championship win under Sabri Lamouchi against Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon.

The Reds have taken one point from their opening two league games against West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United, but did pick up their first win under their new head coach against Fleetwood Town in the EFL Cup this week.

Lamouchi made nine changes to his side for the 1-0 victory at the City Ground, with the Forest boss hinting after the match that some of his players impressed him and that he could make changes for this game.

Birmingham have made an encouraging start to the season under Pep Clotet - taking four points from their opening two league games against Brentford and Bristol City - and will be looking to make it back-to-back away wins this weekend.

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Here is how we expect Forest to line-up against Birmingham at the City Ground...

Lamouchi made nine changes to his side for the 1-0 win over Fleetwood in midweek, but we expect him name a similar line-up to the team that drew 1-1 against Leeds United at Elland Road last weekend.

Aro Muric has started both Championship matches for Forest so far this season and we expect him to return to the side in goal ahead of Brice Samba.

Lamouchi is likely to go with a similar back four to the one he did against Leeds, meaning Michael Dawson will probably return to partner Joe Worrall at centre-back.

Jack Robinson has been very consistent so far this season and is likely to return at left-back, but we could see one change to the back four from the draw against Leeds.

Carl Jenkinson impressed on his debut against Fleetwood in midweek, so there's a chance that he could keep his place in the side at right-back ahead of Matty Cash.

Samba Sow looked very good against Fleetwood in midweek, so there's a chance that he could keep his place in the side, but we expect Lamouchi to go with the more experienced Ben Watson in midfield.

Alfa Semedo has been one of the standout performers for Forest this season. He was rested for the win over Fleetwood, but we expect him to return to the side in midfield.

Tiago Silva was excellent for Forest in midweek and took his goal really well. There's a chance that he could keep his place in the side in midfield.

The front three of Joe Lolley, Albert Adomah and Lewis Grabban are all capable of scoring goals and causing problems for the Birmingham defence.

The trio earned themselves a rest in midweek, but should to return to the starting line-up this weekend.