Nottingham Forest forward Chris Wood has been named Premier League Player of the Month for October.Wood has been recognised after a brilliant run of form for Forest, with the 32-year-old having

He becomes the first Reds player to win the award, and also the first from New Zealand to pick up the prize. Wood scored four goals in the top flight last month, helping Forest stay unbeaten in their three Premier League matches.

While big-name players are commonly picked in FPL, the cost-effective options are usually the ones that are the differentiators

Nottingham Forest fans would probably be forgiven for thinking that any minute they are going to wake up and find that the 2024-25 season so far has all been a collective dream. After ten games of the campaign they are third in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been named as the Premier League's manager of the month for October. Forest took seven points from their three games in the month, drawing at Chelsea before beating Crystal Palace and Leicester.