SABRI NOTT SLIPPING UNDER RADAR

Championship: 3pm

SABRI LAMOUCHI says his Nottingham Forest side have no chance of going under the radar.

A seven-game unbeaten run has put Lamouchi’s men on the tails of the automatic promotion spots – two points behind second-placed West Brom after hauling in 17 points from the last 21.

But the City Ground boss (right) laughed off any suggestion that they have somehow appeared out of the blue.

He said: “I don’t think we are under the radar because we are one of the biggest clubs in the Championship and everyone wants to beat us. At the beginning of the season, people would have been surprised to see us at the top end of the table, but not now.”

Confidence is high in the Forest dressing room after a superb 1-0 win at fellow promotion hopefuls Brentford on Tuesday night.

And Lamouchi hopes they can build on that at Birmingham, adding: “It will be tough. They have different qualities and different players from Brentford, but it will be extremely tough.”

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Championship: 12.30pm

HULL new boy Marcus Maddison is out to prove he can cut it in the Championship.

The in-demand winger has joined Hull on loan from Peterborough amid interest from a host of second-tier clubs.

The 26 year old, has been the standout player in League One since being plucked from non-league in 2014.

After jumping up a level, Maddison (right) is preparing to face Brentford today and he said: “Stepping up to the Championship is what I needed – and wanted – to do.

“I’m grateful to be given the chance to do that and my only focus is on replicating my form at this level.”