All eyes will be on the City Ground as Sean Dyche begins his tenure as Nottingham Forest’s third manager this season and his baptism of fire in a Europa League tussle with Porto is unlikely to be pretty watching for home fans expecting a swift turnaround.

In fact, there may be little immediate difference from Ange Postecoglou’s ill-fated 39-day reign, with the Tricky Trees facing a testing trip to Bournemouth when their Premier League fixtures resume on Sunday before they face Manchester United on the banks of the Trent the following weekend.

Former Everton and Burnley boss Dyche has been brought in to solidify a defence which has conceded eight goals in its last three matches, including the 3-0 home defeat to Chelsea which cost Big Ange his job and the 3-2 reverse to visiting FC Midtylland in the outing before that.

Forest’s best performance under ex-Celtic and Tottenham coach Postecoglou was their opening Europa League foray when they drew 2-2 at Real Betis but they will be  hard-pressed to gain maximum points against Porto, who have won ten of their 11 matches this season with the only exception being a 0-0 draw at home to Benfica before the...