Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Sunderland

Nottm Forest v Sunderland: Preview

Updated: August 26, 2008, 5:25 PM UK

Sunderland boss Roy Keane will be without striker Michael Chopra for the Carling Cup second-round trip to Nottingham Forest.

The former Newcastle forward begins a three-match ban following his sending-off in pre-season, but new signings Djibril Cisse and David Healy will be included in the squad.

Anton Ferdinand will not make the trip even if he signs from West Ham as he is recovering from a hamstring problem, however Kieran Richardson should be fit despite picking up a rib injury at Tottenham at the weekend. Dwight Yorke, Kenwyne Jones and Martyn Waghorn remain on the injury list.

Keane will return to Forest admitting "the best manager'' he ever played for was right to come down hard on him.

The Black Cats boss is presented with the task of negotiating a way past Forest after bowing out of the same competition at Luton and then the FA Cup at home to Wigan last season, both at the first attempt.

He said: "I won't be resting anybody. I made that mistake last year at Luton and I have not forgotten that. That is very much in my mindset.

"They were two big cup games that I haven't forgotten about.''

Keane will walk back into the City Ground convinced Brian Clough's spirit still keeps a watching eye over the club he guided to the pinnacle of European football.

The Irishman spent three of his formative years working under one of the most celebrated managers of his or any other generation, and is eternally grateful for the education he was given, even when that meant finding himself on the wrong end of Clough's famously withering rhetoric.

But as during his hugely successful time with Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, Keane has few complaints about the code of discipline which operated there.

He said: "What you have to remember about Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough, to be fair to them, people talk about that side of it and they were very hard, but also very fair.

"Hard and fair is fine with me. Cloughie and Alex Ferguson were very hard with me, but I have to say when I look back now, generally they were fair with me as well, and that's what I try to do with my own players.

"Don't get me wrong, we are all different. It depends what time of day you might catch somebody. You might catch somebody on a bad day.

"But I look back at Brian Clough, particularly when he questioned a lot of my stuff - I had one or two incidents with him and I look back now to when he sent me back from Jersey for a drinking incident, and he was spot-on.

"He was just being fair with me. I was no angel.''

Forest central defender Kelvin Wilson should return to Colin Calderwood's side for the highly-anticipated encounter.

A back spasm prevented Wilson from featuring in Saturday's 3-2 win over Watford, but he has recovered and could slot straight back in the starting XI at the expense of Ian Breckin.

Attacking duo Andrew Cole and Nathan Tyson are both expected to continue their rehabilitation from injury against the Black Cats.

Cole, who joined Forest after being released by Sunderland earlier in the summer, came off the bench to make his competitive debut at the weekend after overcoming a calf problem.

Fellow forward Tyson, meanwhile, was also introduced as a substitute in the same game after being sidelined by a hamstring injury and made an instant impact, scoring the winner at the City Ground. Calderwood has hinted the pair will now play some part against Roy Keane's men, but neither is likely to start.

Long-term injury absentees Paul Anderson (thigh) and Joe Garner (knee) remain out, while Lewis McGugan (torn thigh muscle) is expected to make his comeback after the international break. Arron Davies (calf) is also ruled out.