Nottingham Forest do not have to wait long for a chance to put things right. The Nottingham Forest vs Leeds Carabao Cup rematch lands at the City Ground on Tuesday, three days after Anton Stach’s late free-kick settled the Premier League opener in the visitors’ favour. The Guardian’s Ben Fisher, reporting from the ground, flagged the quick turnaround: Leeds are back in the East Midlands within 72 hours, with Daniel Farke’s side the same opponents and the venue unchanged.
It is Oliver Glasner’s second competitive match as Forest head coach, and the first chance for the Austrian to bank a win. The Reds enter the competition in the second round this season, having finished 16th in 2025-26 and with no European football to juggle — a schedule Glasner has framed as an advantage while he beds in his 3-4-2-1. Saturday’s 1-0 defeat, sealed when Stach’s whipped set-piece crept in at Matz Sels’s near post, was covered in full here.
What the Nottingham Forest vs Leeds Carabao Cup tie offers Glasner
A deeper squad than the one that lurched through four head coaches last season gives him room to look at players who did not start on Saturday, with Steven Benda, Tyler Bindon, Zach Abbott and Dilane Bakwa among the options. He was not writing off the opener either.
“I could see many encouraging things today,” Glasner told BBC Radio Nottingham afterwards.
Morgan Gibbs-White captains the Tricky Trees, and the skipper’s frustration was plain as Forest were rationed to moments by an impressive Leeds side. Team news for Tuesday is expected in the next 48 hours. Our full Glasner reaction piece has the rest of what the head coach said.
