Reading manager Nigel Adkins has made two changes ahead of their Championship game against Nottingham Forest.

Jobi McAnuff and Hal Robson-Kanu have been sidelined with a foot and a calf injury respectively.

Stephen Kelly replaces the suspended Kaspars Gorkss, while Nick Blackman replaces McAnuff. Danny Guthrie is named captain for the Royals today.

David Vaughan is still out with a thigh problem for Nottingham Forest, while Simon Cox is on the Reds bench after recovering from a virus. Darius Henderson is suspended for the game.

Reading: McCarthy, Kelly, Cummings, Gunter, Pearce, Guthrie, Williams, McCleary, Blackman, Pogrebnyak, Sharp

Nottingham Forest: Darlow, Jara, Lascelles, Hobbs, Lichaj, Chalobah, Lansbury, Reid, Paterson, Mackie, Halford