Forest analysis: Stach spoils Glasner's party

[Getty Images] After running through four managers last season, Nottingham Forest will hope for the turbulence to be finally behind them. They have turned to former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner to bring more stability and better results, after Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou, Sean Dyche and Vitor Pereira were all sacked at various stages of the 2025-26 campaign. However, this opening defeat suggests there is still plenty of work ahead to reach there. Club owner Evangelos Marinakis termed Glasner "a winner" while announcing him as the new manager in the summer. The pressure will be on the Austrian, who won the the FA Cup, Conference League and Community Shield with the Eagles, to make immediate improvements to a side that finished 16th last campaign. Forest lined up in Glasner's preferred back three set up on Saturday with Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo and Jair Cunha making up their backline. Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande was denied a Forest debut by Anton Stach's late winner but he will be expected to solidify Glasner's defence this season. In midfield too, experienced Austria international Xaver Schlager featured for just the final 16 minutes with Ibrahim Sangare and James McAtee partnering to fill the hole left by Elliot Anderson, who joined Manchester City . Forest will be expected to strengthen further before the transfer deadline passes but Glasner will know there will be little patience if results do not improve.