Forest need a victory to stay up whilst the Sky Blues know that a victory would lift them to the mid-table position that City boss Chris Coleman has demanded.
"Nobody felt sorry for us when we were in trouble and the season is very much alive for us" said Chris Coleman to the CT.
"It is imperative that we finish in mid-table, the target which we set, and we are right in there with a good chance of doing that.
"We have got a game in hand and we have to capitalise on that.
"We know Forest are going to come for us hard because they are desperate for the points. We have got to make sure we are a match for them, and if we do that we have got a good chance.
"We need to get back to the way we were playing prior to the Plymouth game. We went down to Selhurst Park and played very well and should have won the game, so I want to see a bit more of that.
"We gave the players a few days off after Monday's game against Charlton and they came back bright and lively.
"It's difficult but we have to focus really hard. We need a point to be mathematically safe and we are a point away from our goal of being half way, so there is light at the end of the tunnel and we have to concentrate on that."