{"id":145226,"date":"2023-10-19T17:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=145226"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:23:40","slug":"taiwo-awoniyi-set-for-early-return-from-injury-nigeria-and-nottingham-forest-boosted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/taiwo-awoniyi-set-for-early-return-from-injury-nigeria-and-nottingham-forest-boosted\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwo Awoniyi set for early return from injury: Nigeria and Nottingham Forest boosted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are mixed feelings in the camp of Nottingham Forest following the latest update on the injury status of Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi.<\/p>\n<p>The forward has been out due to injury since the beginning of this month. The injury made him miss the game against Crystal Palace and the international break.<\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, the team has missed his services following his excellent start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cooper would be eager for his star forward, who was nominated for the <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/taiwo-awoniyi-nominated-for-premier-league-player-of-the-month\/\">EPL Player of the month of August<\/a>, to return to action.<\/p>\n<h2>Positive Taiwo Awoniyi news for Nottingham Forest<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122393\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-122393\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"Taiwo Awoniyi in action for Nottingham Forest\" width=\"696\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-20x14.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-80x55.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-467x320.jpg 467w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-60x41.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-696x477.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-1068x731.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-1920x1315.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119-613x420.jpg 613w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Icon_72262119.jpg 2001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/super-eagles-star-taiwo-awoniyi-makes-forest-history\/\">Taiwo Awoniyi<\/a> is close to a return from an injury that has sidelined him for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The former Union Berlin striker was due to be out for about a month, but latest reports suggest his recovery is ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwo Awoniyi was spotted in a workout on grass, indicating he is close to full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forest manager Steve Cooper, Taiwo Awoniyi is not far off from training and will be assessed next week to ascertain his return date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">N&#39; FOREST | Cooper has revealed Montiel picked up a calf injury on international duty with Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Aurier was injured in GW8 and is a doubt. Awoniyi is &quot;not far off some training&quot; and will be assessed next week. <\/p>\n<p>Aina, Tavares, Danilo and Felipe remain out.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FPL<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFFC<\/a> \ud83c\udf33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ookmVAe5YD\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ookmVAe5YD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fantasy Football Scout (@FFScout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFScout\/status\/1714970419566952720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Other Nottingham Forest injury report<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145229\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-145229\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"serge aurier out with taiwo awoniyi\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ICONSPORT_AP-12562625-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Icon sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Taiwo Awoniyi is progressing well from injury, Nottingham Forest has concerns in other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cooper said Serge Aurier was injured in week eight and remains doubtful for this weekend. The coach also stated that Argentine right-back Gonzalo Montiel suffered a calf injury while on international duty.<\/p>\n<p>Ola Aina, Nuno Tavares, Danilo and Felipe remain out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taiwo Awoniyi <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Groin<\/strong><br \/>\nHe suffered a groin injury during the 1-1 draw with Brentford. He suffered a similar problem last season, but it was on the opposite leg this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuno Tavares <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Groin<\/strong><br \/>\nOn his first start for Forest, the full-back was forced off 40 minutes into the defeat at Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ola Aina<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Muscle<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth Aina and Tavares missed the Brentford game with muscle injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danilo<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Suspected hamstring<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Brazilian had been due to feature against Burnley in the Carabao Cup, but a late change was made as he suffered a hamstring problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Felipe<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Knee<\/strong><br \/>\nA knee issue prevented the defender from being involved in any of the Reds\u2019 pre-season games, and he barely trained during the summer. He is yet to get on the pitch for the first team this season but was on the bench against Burnley in the Carabao Cup and at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serge Aurier<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Injury: Unknown<\/strong><br \/>\nThe defender seemed to pick up an injury in the first half against Palace. He received some treatment on the pitch and carried on until the break but was replaced by Gonzalo Montiel for the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are mixed feelings in the camp of Nottingham Forest following the latest update on the injury status of Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi. The forward has been out due to injury since the beginning of this month. The injury made him miss the game against Crystal Palace and the international break. Undoubtedly, the team has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1014,"featured_media":126973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[14475,1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Barend Prins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145241,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145226\/revisions\/145241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145226"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=145226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}