Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Blackpool
Match Time & Date:
07/01/2023
16:00
Prediction: 1-1
Nottingham Forest
All eyes will be on Bloomfield Road when Blackpool and Nottingham Forest face each other in the FA Cup last 64. The Seasiders do not seem to be at their sharpest, with the team failing to win the previous nine Championship games, but they should not be written off just yet. Defender Callum Connolly is banned for the FA Cup game, while both Bridcutt and Gabriel are out of contention with injuries.
Meanwhile, the Reds desperately needed a win against Southampton, and they managed to get one thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal. The Premier League side aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but Saturday’s game will be anything but a walk in the park for the visiting side. Since Blackpool are tough to beat at home, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. All Kouyate, Lingard, Richards, Biancone, and Niakhate are injured for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Chris Maxwell):
Chris Maxwell is a Welsh goalkeeper who was born in St Asaph on July 30, 1990. Maxwell began his youth career at Penrhyn Bay (1998-2000) and in 2000 he moved to Wrexham. The 188-cm-tall shoot-stopper made his first-team debut for Wrexham at the age of 18 and he played 76 league games for the club from 2008 to 2012.
During the 2008/2009 season he spent six months on loan at Welsh club Connah’s Quay Nomads and in 2012 he joined Fleetwood Town. Chris Maxwell made 110 appearances in the league for the Trawlermen and on May 16, 2016 he signed a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End. You should know that he managed to keep clean sheets in 38 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Due to his dual citizenship, Maxwell is capable of representing both Wales and Scotland at senior level, but he played for the Dragons at youth level, being capped for the U21 team 16 times.
Highlighted Team (Nottingham Forest):
Nottingham Forest, the club that are often referred to as Forest, were formed in 1865. They have been playing their home games at the City Ground since 1898 and the capacity of the stadium is 30,445. Nottingham Forest are regarded as one of the greatest English clubs as they won the European Cup on two occasions. In 1979 Forest outplayed Malmo (1-0) at the Olympiastadion in Munich in the final of the elite competition, with the team beating Hamburg in 1980 in the title game at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (1-0).
Nottingham Forest won the national championship in the 1977/1978 season, with the team finishing the campaign seven points clear of second-placed Liverpool. To make things even better for the fans, the City Ground outfit clinched the FA Cup trophies in 1898 and 1959. Derby County are regarded as Forest’s bitterest rivals and the two local rivals contest in the East Midlands derby. In their first ever meeting in the local derby Forest recorded a 3-2 win over Derby County.
