All you need to know ahead of Nottingham Forest's visit to the Cardiff City Stadium on Good Friday (kick-off 3pm).
Nottingham Forest return after the international break with a tough trip to South Wales to face Cardiff City. The Bluebirds have had a resurgence under Mick McCarthy's stewardship and are firmly in contention for a play-off spot.
The Reds will be looking to chalk up an important three points on the road and will be hoping for a similarly positive performance away from home to the one produced at Brentford last time out.
Cardiff were the victors in the reverse league fixture, with Forest claiming the victory in the FA Cup meeting between the sides in January, while The Reds secured all three points in the same fixture last season.
Team news
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“The international break has been good on both sides of it, with extra work on the training ground but also being able to give the players and staff some time off. It is important to have that rest and recovery, for those that have played a lot of games and you always hope that you have the balance right going into the next game.”
Chris Hughton
“We are really excited about next season, with the fans being back and everything like that, but we have to focus on getting the job done this season and progressing up the table, doing as well as we can and finishing as strongly as we can."
Alex Mighten
Read more from the pre-match press conferences with Chris Hughton and Alex Mighten.
From the opposition
Cardiff return from the international break eager to continue momentum following their South Wales derby victory over Swansea City, according to manager Mick McCarthy.
He said: "Having done it [against Swansea], it will count for nowt if we don't back it up now. We need to back it up with a really good performance against Nottingham Forest. You can't guarantee the win, ever. All you can try and guarantee is a good performance.
"That's what I said to the lads: if you perform well, more often than not you'll win games. We have been playing well, we've been hard to beat, so long may that continue.
"The difficulty is I guess, from the intensity that we've had, people go away and it gets a bit splintered and fractured as they come back in the day before, everybody together for the first time.
"You've got to try and get back to that intensity, the way we were playing and those performances and it's not easy."
Form
How the teams have fared in the last five games:
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Live coverage
Nottingham Forest supporters will be able to watch Friday's game at Cardiff City (kick-off 3pm) live on Forest TV.
The Reds make the journey to the Cardiff City Stadium looking to get back to winning ways following the international break and supporters in the UK can watch the game for £10 (please note this price is set according the EFL regulations). To purchase a video match pass, please sign into your account and then click here.
Supporters should be aware that for the final eight games of the current season, the video feed will still be provided by iFollow. Having taken on feedback from supporters, the club will be switching to a brand-new video production in the summer ready for the 2021-22 season.
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Referee
The referee in charge of Friday's game is Gavin Ward from Surrey. Ward has taken charge of one Forest game so far this season, the 2-0 defeat away at Reading in December in which Ryan Yates was sent off.
Ward has officiated 26 games so far this season in the Championship and League One, showing 87 yellow cards and three red cards. Overall, Ward has refereed eight Forest matches in his career, with The Reds winning two - both away from home - and losing five.
Graham Kane and Andrew Fox will be the assistant referees, with Matthew Donohue the fourth official.
Other fixtures
To be played at 3pm on Friday unless otherwise stated:
Bournemouth vs Middlesbrough
Bristol City vs Stoke
Derby vs Luton
Millwall vs Rotherham
Preston vs Norwich
QPR vs Coventry
Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday
Wycombe vs Blackburn
Barnsley vs Reading (5.30pm)
Birmingham vs Swansea (8pm)
Huddersfield vs Brentford (Saturday, 12.30pm)