Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed his Nottingham Forest team to play Manchester United at the City Ground tonight.
The head coach has announced his squad and it’s been confirmed on social media.
Confirmed Nottingham Forest team to play Manchester United
Nottingham Forest XI: Turner; Williams, Felipe, Murillo, Toffolo; Yates, Danilo; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Origi; Awoniyi
Substitutes: Vlachodimos, Kouyate, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Niakhate, Reyna, Omobamidele, Ribeiro, Gardner
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United: What’s the story?
Well, this has to be viewed as a huge opportunity for Forest to reach the last eight of the FA Cup.
Forest and United have reasons to fancy tonight. For Forest, the players won’t have forgotten the win over tonight’s opponents in December.
Nuno Espirito Santo is renowned for taking the FA Cup seriously and he will hope for a strong performance tonight.
Forest were beaten 4-2 by Aston Villa at the weekend and a return to home comforts will be beneficial tonight.
Interestingly, both teams do have some injured players and it will perhaps be a game of whoever utilises their squad better tonight.
Erik ten Hag will be desperate to see his United team prevail tonight, with the FA Cup their only chance of a trophy this season.
In the grand scheme of things, Forest have bigger fish to fry but on home soil, the Reds will want to put on a show for their fans tonight.
Forest have to start finding a winning formula and hopefully, a big win can be achieved this evening.
Broadcast details
Tonight’s game is shown live on BBC One. If that’s not convenient, Colin Fray will have you covered on BBC Radio Nottingham on the usual frequencies.
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