Striker Junior Agogo will be missing once again as Nottingham Forest aim to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive at Hartlepool.A calf injury will again keep the Ghana international on the sidelines for the crunch clash, which could see the Reds climb into the top two with a victory or their hopes of a top-two finish end should results fail to go their way.

But Forest boss Colin Calderwood will be able to call on Brett Ormerod after the on-loan forward recovered from a stomach bug which forced him off at half-time in last week's win over Luton.

Left-back Julian Bennett will also be fit to take his place after the defender's groin strain proved to be not as serious as first feared.

Defender Kelvin Wilson will hope for a return to the starting line-up after being named among the substitutes against the Hatters following his recovery from a thigh problem.

Winger Arron Davies (hamstring) hit the comeback trail for the reserves in midweek after missing the last nine games, but the match will come too soon for the Welshman, while Will Hoskins (back) misses out again.

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