Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest: Confirmed XIs as team news emerges at Bramall Lane | OneFootball

Sheffield United host Nottingham Forest in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final this afternoon.

The team news has just emerged at Bramall Lane, with Paul Heckingbottom opting for an unchanged XI from the side that wiped the floor with Fulham last weekend to secure fifth.

That means Ben Osborn continues at right wing-back ahead of George Baldock, whilst there’s an axis of Iliman Ndiaye and Morgan Gibbs-White leading the line; two of the division’s form players.

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Who did Sheffield United face on the opening day of the Championship season?

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As for Forest, they’ve welcomed Keinan Davis back onto the bench and reverted to something like a full strength starting line-up from the side that faced Hull City on the final day of the season.

Steve Cooper has selected the same side that faced AFC Bournemouth in the penultimate game of the season, as Steve Cook, Scott McKenna, Djed Spence, Jack Colback, Ryan Yates, Brennan Johnson and Sam Surridge all return.

Sheffield United XI: Foderingham; Basham, Egan, Robinson; Osborn, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens; Berge, Gibbs-White; Ndiaye.

Subs: A. Davies; B. Davies, Baldock, Hourihane, Osula, Norrington-Davies, Jebbison.

Nottingham Forest XI: Samba; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Spence, Yates, Garner, Colback; Zinckernagel; Johnson, Surridge.

Subs: Horvath; Figueiredo, Davis, Laryea, Mighten, Cafu, Lolley.

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What year were Forest founded?

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