Nottingham Forest plays a friendly match against Elche on Friday night as part of their preseason preparations.
In the weeks leading up to their match at the Pinatar Arena Football Center in July, both the Premier League and La Liga teams had gone undefeated thus far in their respective seasons.
Nuno Espirito Santo will be optimistic about putting Forest in a situation where they can start the new Premier League season next month, especially as he has the entire preseason at his disposal.
They have won their first three games, therefore they are currently well on their way to reaching that level of consistency and conditioning.
Following a 3-0 triumph at Chesterfield, Forest traveled to Spain where, on July 19, they defeated Sunderland 1–1, securing a thrilling tie.
Four days later, the East Midlands team defeated Millwall 2-1 thanks to goals from Chris Wood and Callum Hudson-Odoi. The match had to be rescheduled because of the intense heat in Murcia.
Though it’s not ideal to play another game three days after that encounter, Nuno will be hoping that the trip will help his team moving forward.
Elche defeated Al-Ittihad, one of the biggest teams in the Saudi Pro League, 2-0 to kick off the preseason in style.
After that, they triumphed 3-0 at CF Intercity, with their cause aided by a send-off for their opponents. However, Sebastian Beccacece would have seen the match as helpful for gaining momentum.
