Billy Davies is hoping two key players will swop the Nottingham Forest treatment room for the team bus tomorrow.

The Forest boss hopes his squad for the clash with Preston at Deepdale (kick-off 3pm) will be boosted by the returns of Robert Earnshaw and Kelvin Wilson.

The pair missed last weekend's home win over Swansea through injury but are on course to reclaim their places in Davies' plans.

He told us: "Hopefully we'll have one or two players coming back in, guys like Robert Earnshaw and Kelvin Wilson, and there's obviously big decisions to be made.

"But it's not just about this game. We've got to look at Tuesday's game at Barnsley and the fact that we have got five games coming up in a short space of time.

"The message to our fans is clear: Get behind every player in a red jersey; give them the support they deserve and need and hopefully we'll get over the line and get something done."

Forest will be without former Preston skipper Paul McKenna, who is facing several weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury.