forest (from): Darlow, Jara, Hutchinson, Ward, Halford, Collins, Cohen, Guedioura, Lansbury, Reid, Majewski, McGugan, Cox, Sharp, Blackstock, Evtimov, Harding, Moussi, Greening, Tudgay.
Forest team news: Winger Stephen McLaughlin should return to training this week after being sidelined recently with an ankle injury.
But his first-team debut is not immediately on the horizon as he works to regain his fitness.
Darius Henderson is also unavailable, as he sits out the second match of his three-match ban following his controversial sending off at Cardiff.
Forest will monitor the fitness of Sam Hutchinson, who featured in midweek at Middlesbrough, but has struggled to play two games in a week due to his ongoing knee problems.
Gonzalo Jara is a ready made replacement for the Reds.
Billy Davies must decide whether to stick with his front-line partnership of Billy Sharp and Simon Cox or bring Dexter Blackstock – or even Marcus Tudgay – into the fray.
Barnsley (from): Steele, Hassell, Jones, Wiseman, Cranie, O'Brien, Perkins, Cywka, Harewood, Mellis, Scotland, Dagnall, Noble-Lazarus, O'Grady, Alnwick, Patterson, Clark, Rose, Kennedy.
Barnsley team news: Stephen Foster is definitely out of the game as he is set to miss the remaining games after picking up a calf injury.
Stephen Dawson is also suspended and won't be involved. But Tom Kennedy could make a return following injury.
