The FA Cup fourth spherical concludes on Tuesday evening as Nottingham Forest face League One aspect Exeter Metropolis away from dwelling.
The weekend’s motion confirmed that there is nonetheless life within the cup, and Liverpool’s exit to Plymouth has opened up the competitors with Arsenal and Chelsea out as properly. Forest, given how properly they’ve carried out within the Premier League this time period, will fancy their probabilities of having fun with a deep run.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s aspect downed Championship strugglers Luton City 2-0 within the third spherical final month, whereas Exeter upset Oxford United to advance. Since then, although, Tuesday’s hosts have did not win in League One and so they head into this cup tie off the again of three consecutive defeats.
Forest, in the meantime, emphatically recovered from their 5-0 loss at Bournemouth two weeks in the past by placing seven previous Brighton in a outstanding Premier League victory final weekend.
Right here is 90min’s information to Tuesday’s FA Cup fourth spherical tie.
Exeter vs Nottingham Forest H2H document (All Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Exeter |
Nottingham Forest |
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Stevenage 4-1 Exeter – 01/02/25 |
Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton – 01/02/25 |
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Exeter 2-6 Leyton Orient – 28/01/25 |
Bournemouth 5-0 Nottingham Forest – 25/01/25 |
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Exeter 1-3 Blackpool – 25/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton – 19/01/25 |
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Peterborough 1-1 Exeter – 21/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool – 14/01/25 |
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Birmingham 1-0 Exeter – 18/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton – 11/01/25 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
ITVX, ITV 1 UK, STV Scotland, UTV |
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United States |
ESPN+, ESPN App |
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Canada |
Sportsnet World Now, Sportsnet Now, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet Now Plus |
Exeter’s downturn can’t be attributed to accidents, and supervisor Gary Caldwell is ready to have a full cohort of gamers accessible for Forest’s go to.
We’ll seemingly see an analogous beginning XI from their third-round victory over Oxford Utd, with a again three defending Joe Whitworth’s objective. Demetri Mitchell scored a brace in Exeter’s 3-1 triumph final month, and he’ll seemingly function off the shoulder of striker Josh Magennis.
Exeter predicted lineup vs Forest (3-4-2-1): Whitworth; Fitzwater, Hartridge, Francis; McMillan, Woods, Richards, Harper; Mitchell, Watts; Magennis.
Nuno Espirito Santo made wholesale modifications for the third-round overcome Luton, and we must always anticipate comparable rotation from final week’s beatdown of Brighton. Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wooden are prone to occupy the bench, with star defenders Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic additionally incomes respite.
A scarcity of accidents has been key in Forest’s success this time period, and Callum Hudson-Odoi is their solely concern heading into this fixture after Danilo made his comeback from a long-term leg harm final month.
Hudson-Odoi is unlikely to characteristic with a groin harm.
Forest predicted lineup vs Exeter (4-2-3-1): Miguel; Williams, Boly, Morato, Toffolo; Yates, Dominguez; Jota, Anderson, Sosa; Awoniyi.
Championship strugglers Plymouth accomplished an almighty upset on Sunday, and Exeter will certainly be emboldened by what went down at Residence Park.
They will not be going through Forest’s strongest XI on Tuesday evening with Espirito Santo seemingly to make use of the extremities of his squad given their present Premier League place. They’re looking a Champions League berth and the supervisor can have one eye solid in the direction of Saturday’s journey to Fulham.
Regardless of the rotation and the projected depth of Exeter’s defence, Forest are unlikely to face any main points on Tuesday evening. They need to advance into the fifth spherical with out a lot fuss.
