Nottingham Forest-Fiorentina, the probable formations of the friendly

The City Ground in Nottingham, one of the historical facilities of soccer d’across the Channel, will host on Sunday evening, with kickoff at 8:45 p.m. Italian time (7:45 p.m. local time) the preseason friendly between hosts Nottingham Forest and Fiorentina: another challenge with an international flavor for Stefano Pioli’s lineup, which already faced Leicester on Sunday, losing 2-0.

The Forest (where former viola player Milenkovkovic plays) has been one of the surprises of the Premier League 2024-2025, and for most of the league it was in the Champions League zone before slipping into the Champions League.

Forest (where former violet player Milenkovic plays) was one of the surprises of the 2024-2025 Premier League, and for much of the championship was in the Champions zone, before slipping in the final part of the season out of the top five positions.

Seventh place was nonetheless worth qualifying for the Europa League, which guarantees the Reds a return to Europe for the first time since the 1995-1996 season, when they participated in the UEFA Cup, stopping in the quarters.

B Fiorentina, on the other hand, is looking for a few more certainties than Sunday’s disappointing performance, inevitably conditioned by the different period of form than Leicester, which will already start its season in the Championship on Sunday. On the pitch, Pioli will rely on Kean as the main reference of the attack, with Fazzini and Gudmundsson backing him up from three quarters.

Probable lineups

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-2-3-1): Sels; Jair, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato; Sangaré, Anderson; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Igor Jesus. All. Espirito Santo.

FIORENTINA (3-4-2-1): De Gea; Comuzzo, Pablo Marí, Ranieri; Dodo, Fagioli, Mandragora, Gosens; Fazzini, Gudmundsson; Kean. All. Pioli.