New signing Simon Cox only makes the Nottingham Forest bench as Dexter Blackstock is preferred up front this afternoon.
Another summer signing from West Brom, Simon Gillett, makes his debut while Chris Cohen misses the game with a knee injury.
New Bristol winger Paul Anderson only makes the bench against his former club.
Nottingham Forest:
Camp, Moloney, Halford, Collins, Harding, Gillett, McGugan, Guedioura, Majewski, Reid, Blackstock
Subs: Evtimov, Hutchinson, Greening, Lascelles, McGoldrick, Cox, Tudgay
Bristol City:
Heaton, Woolford, Adomah, Cunningham, Foster, Pearson, Mark Wilson, Stead, Fontaine, Carey, Skuse
Subs: Gerken, James Wilson, Elliott, Kilkenny, Anderson, Pitman, Morris