Hull City host Nottingham Forest at the KCOM stadium in the English Championship this evening and Ola Aina is expecting the Reds to put up a very tough display.

The Nigerian had been an ever present in the rear guard for the Premier League-chasing Tigers believes that Forest who have been equally impressive in the division would be a difficult nut to crack.

Though the 21-year old is well aware of the test which awaits them, he is equally upbeat of his team emerging from that encounter with maximum points.

"The spotlight is on us this weekend so hopefully we can put in a good performance," Aina told hullcitytigers.com.

"We've been working hard on things in training this week and we need to put those into our game on Saturday and I'm sure we will.

"I think we're coming up against a tough Forest side who are strong in attack and have some tricky wide players so it will be a test for us.

"We're going into the game with confidence, though, and we go into every game with that feeling, especially at home.

"We haven't played at home for a while so it will be good to be back at the KCOM in front of our fans," he concluded.

Buoyed by their home advantage today, Aina and his teammates would hope to earn their third win in four outings, having won twice and drawn once in their last three games.

Emmanuel Chinaza