Luton Town dealt double blow ahead of Nottingham Forest clash as spending power ranked

Nottingham Forest will work towards hitting “small targets” as it reaches make-or-break time in the Championship campaign.

Boss Steve Cooper has barely veered from a tunnel-vision approach all season, focusing on where his team are and what they can do. And he has been keen to stress the Reds simply have to take their promotion push game by game, rather than look too far ahead.

Defender Scott McKenna says small goals are set for Forest to aim for. But their overarching aim is to maintain the momentum they have built up, as they head to Luton Town on Friday on the back of five straight league wins.

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Luton Town boss Nathan Jones has bemoaned “catastrophic” injury problems ahead of Friday’s crunch clash with Nottingham Forest.

The Reds make the trip to Kenilworth Road on the back of five successive league wins and a 10-match unbeaten streak in the Championship. It is a run which has put them firmly in promotion contention as the season reaches its climax.

The Hatters, too, are battling for a top-six spot. But Monday night’s 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield Town made it three games without a victory for Jones’ side.

They were also forced into a couple of substitutions against the Terriers, with Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu and former Forest midfielder Henri Lansbury having to come off. The former had to be helped off the pitch with a leg problem, while his teammate is said to have suffered a neck injury - which could make both potential doubts for the match against Steve Cooper’s men.

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Newcastle United are said to have already compiled a report on Nottingham Forest talent Brennan Johnson ahead of the summer transfer window.

The Reds youngster has lit up the Championship with his performances