Nottm Forest are well in the running for knockout football in the Europa League, given their four points from three matches so far.

They are favourites to add to their tally when going to the Austrian champions Sturm Graz on Thursday night, but Graz have won both of their home European matches so far this season and are in need of points themselves to progress in the competition.

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📈 Sturm Graz v Nottingham Forest Form & Tactics

Sturm Graz have won the last two titles in Austria, but it is looking very tight at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga at this stage. Indeed, Graz now find themselves fourth in the table after back-to-back league defeats, and they only managed to scrape through in the Austrian Cup on penalties against second-tier Admira Wacker.

In the Europa League, they have one win and two defeats from their opening three matches. Their win came at home against Rangers, but they lost to Midtjylland and Celtic. This came off the back of a fairly humiliating Champions League qualification exit to Bodø/Glimt, who thrashed them 0-5 in Norway to effectively seal the tie after one leg.

Nottingham Forest may well be on their third manager of the season, but Sean Dyche is coach who can be relied upon to steady the ship. He delivered a very competent 2-0 victory over Porto in his first match, and then, although they lost to a very good Bournemouth team, their performance against an in-form Manchester United in gaining a 2-2 draw was also positive.

Forest remain in the Premier League relegation zone, though, having not won since opening day, so there is definitely work to be done. In Europe, they have won one, drawn one, and lost one, but they have scored twice in each fixture so far.

📔 Sturm Graz v Nottingham Forest Formation & Team News

Sturm Graz tend to operate in a 4-diamond-2 shape, one rarely seen in the English domestic game. It does allow a lot of flexibility in midfield, and also allows them to play a partnership up front, but potentially it does allow a lot of room down the flanks and a lot of work rate on the full-backs.

Tochi Chukwuani is out because of a red card sustained in the match at Celtic Park. Other than that, there are no new injury concerns for Jürgen Säumel.

Sean Dyche has immediately implemented a 4-2-3-1 shape with genuine wingers providing width, Morgan Gibbs-White given freedom, and then a really hard-working and solid six in behind them.

Chris Wood is not expected to be back for this match, so Taiwo Awoniyi is expected to continue to lead the line. Douglas Luiz tweaked his hamstring to join Dilane Bakwa, Ola Aina, and Oleksandr Zinchenko on the treatment table for Forest.

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