Nottingham Forest’s late gallop for automatic promotion back to the Premier League is a remarkable turnaround for a club that was rock bottom of the Championship in September and has been absent from the top flight since 1999.
The Reds are 11 games unbeaten and are comfortably the form team in the second tier, with 27 points from a possible 33, as they travel to top-six rivals Luton on Friday.
Forest’s revival this season began with the appointment of Steve Cooper in the autumn, following the dismissal of Chris Hughton and six defeats in seven matches.