Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Blackpool
Match Time & Date:
17/01/2024
20:45
Prediction: 2-1
Nottingham Forest
Blackpool will be aiming to build on a 2-0 win over Exeter when they take on Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup replay. The Seasiders are eager to secure the Championship promotion, but they have big ambitions for the FA Cup as well. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be midfielder Albie Morgan, who scored a brace in the triumph over the Grecians.
The Reds, on the other hand, were not in action in the Premier League at the weekend. In the original fixture at the City Ground the two teams played out a 2-2 draw, but we are tempted to put our money on Blackpool this time out as all Ibrahim Sangare, Cheikhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate, Serge Aurier, and Ola Aina are on international duty. Important Forest attacker Taiwo Awoniyi continues to miss out with a knee injury.
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.
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