After a couple of disappointing results, Nottingham Forest Football Club will look to get their Championship playoff push back on track as they face Preston North End at Deepdale tomorrow with their hosts in eighth place in the table hoping to close the gap on the Reds to just four points.

Forest, currently fifth, will also have one eye on Swansea City’s result against Leeds this weekend as the Welsh side in seventh have 63 points (five short of Forest on 68) and will be at the City Ground on Wednesday knowing two wins for them will have them very much in contention for one of the four playoff places.

With just four games to play now it looks very much like Leeds and West Brom will be promoted automatically leaving Brentford and Fulham all but guaranteed a semi-final berth and the Reds along with Cardiff have it all in their own hands if they are to cement their place in the top six.

Having blown a late lead against Derby and slipping to a dismal home defeat on Tuesday verses Fulham things are much tighter in the race for the playoffs than perhaps they should have been but Forest know a win at Preston will get them back on track to their intended target and promotion ambition. Anything other than victory however and the Reds will be looking nervously over their shoulder with the last three games of the season to play.

Forest Manager Sabri Lamouchi said of Tuesday’s performance verses Fulham “I was frustrated and disappointed but my job is to keep the team relaxed and positive. To play four games in nine days, they are not machines.”

“Of course, we made some mistakes and we weren’t so brilliant, but the opponent was the same.”

“It is not easy to watch Championship games at this moment without fans, without intensity and without the usual atmosphere. Now, every day, the target is to work with quality, not quantity, to prepare for the next one the best we can.”

Ahead of the Reds trip to Lancashire tomorrow Lamouchi stated “Preston had a great result in Sheffield and we know how hard it is to get points there. We will face a team with confidence but tired like us.”

“It will be a tough game, of course. I remember Preston here, they played with a good dynamic and with good players. They are a good team, I like the manager and he has done a great job there. It will be a very difficult game for us.”

Kick off tomorrow is 3pm with the match available to season ticket holders and subscribers via iFollow.

*Main image @jpdphotography Forest last won at Deepdale in 2014.