Nottingham Forest will put their five-match unbeaten run on the line on Saturday when they face Blackpool in a 'Kids for a Quid' encounter at The City Ground (kick-off 3pm).
The Reds beat Derby in their last home outing and since then have claimed back-to-back 1-1 draws at Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich.
Billy Davies is pleased with the progression shown by his side and the challenge is for that to continue this weekend.
Blackpool's unbeaten start to the campaign came to an end last weekend in the East Midlands as they lost to Leicester.
But Ian Holloway's men bounced back in style in midweek with a 2-1 win over high-flying Newcastle.
Team news
Billy Davies will be forced to make at least one change to his starting line-up with Joe Garner ruled out by suspension.
He collected his fifth booking of the season at Ipswich which now, under revised rules, incurs an immediate one-game ban.
Nathan Tyson is on course to return to the Forest squad. He has missed the last two games after becoming a father again.
Long-term injury victims Julian Bennett and James Perch will again be missing.
Blackpool are likely to be without Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Danny Coid, Stephen McPhee and Daniel Nardiello, while Ben Burgess is a doubt with a knee injury.
Their key man
Brett Ormerod really should need little introduction to Forest fans.
He did, after all, play a key role in the club's dramatic promotion from League One two seasons ago while on loan at The City Ground from Preston.
He scored twice in 13 appearances for The Reds - including one in the final day win over Yeovil that secured a place in the Championship.
The veteran striker returned to his former club Blackpool last season and has re-established himself as a firm favourite of the fans.
He was the toast of Bloomfield Road in midweek after opening his goal account for the campaign against Newcastle, cancelling out Andy Carroll's opener and setting Blackpool on the road to victory.
What the record books say
Forest will be aiming to break a sequence of draws against Blackpool.
The Reds have beaten The Seasiders 28 times down the years - Blackpool have 22 wins over Forest to their name - but 22 games have finished deadlocked, including their last three meetings.
It finished 1-1 when they met at Bloomfield Road in April, despite Forest taking an early lead.
They went in front with virtually their first meaningful attack Dexter Blackstock pounced to poke home Joel Lynch's excellent cross from the left after nine minutes.
Isaiah Osbourne squandered a golden opportunity to make it 2-0 after good work by Joe Garner before Blackpool hit back, courtesy of Brett Ormerod.
The veteran striker, who had a spell on loan at The City Ground the season before, knocked Forest out of their stride as he fired home an equaliser 16 minutes before the break.
Forest regained their composure after the break and could have snatched maximum points.
It took a superb save from the home side's goalkeeper Paul Rachubka to keep out a Chris Cohen free-kick 22 minutes from time after Ian Evatt had been sent-off for pulling down Joe Garner after he had broken clear.
James Perch went close to snatching a winner but saw his goal-bound shot blocked following a goal-mouth scramble.
And Forest had to rely on a stunning save from Paul Smith, who somehow managed to claw away a Stephen Crainey free-kick with 10 minutes remaining.
Forest: Smith, Lynch, Chambers, Morgan, Breckin (McCleary 45), Perch, Cohen (McGugan 85), Garner, Gunter, Osbourne (Earnshaw 70), Blackstock. Subs not used: Redmond, Thornhill.
Blackpool: Rachubka, Baptiste, Barker, Evatt, Crainey, Small (Coid 70), Southern, Adam, Vaughan, Campbell, Ormerod (Jorgensen 90). Subs not used: Gilks, Burgess, Hughes.
Where they currently stand
Forest - 16th
Blackpool -11th
Where they finished last season
Forest - 19th
Blackpool - 16th
Saturday's City Ground encounter with Blackpool is a 'Kids for a Quid' fixture, entitling youngsters aged under 16 to gain admission for just £1. Tickets are still available.
