Wood in Forest squad after six months out injured

Chris Wood's only Premier League goals this season came on the opening day against Brentford Striker Chris Wood will end his six-month injury lay-off by returning to the Nottingham Forest squad in Porto. The 34-year-old has been sidelined since October and had knee surgery in December but has travelled to Portugal for the first leg of Forest's Europa League quarter-final on Thursday. He scored 20 goals as Forest finished seventh in the Premier League last season but has managed just four in 13 games during an injury-hit campaign.

Boss Vitor Pereira said: "He has started to train with the team. He is available for the game. "He is working with us, we need to manage him a little bit physically but he has travelled.

It means he is available to be in the game tomorrow. "He is an experienced player, he scores goals and it's important to be ready for the team in this moment because we face a lot of challenges. " Wood last played for Forest when Ange Postecoglou was in charge and was unavailable during Sean Dyche's 114-day reign before Pereira replaced him in February.

The New Zealand international has made two appearances for Forest's Under-21 side as he stepped up his recovery, including scoring in a 3-0 win over Newcastle last month. Wood's career-best goal haul last season underlined his importance to Forest. They scored 58 league goals in the league - averaging 1.