Head coach Steve Cooper makes one change to his Nottingham Forest starting line-up for tonight’s FA Cup quarter-final with Liverpool.
The two teams are facing each other for the first time in 23 years as they go head-to-head at the City Ground, with a place in the Wembley semi-finals at stake. For the Reds, it is the first time they have been in the last-eight of the competition since 1996.
Steve Cooper’s side have already seen off Arsenal, Leicester City and Huddersfield Town in the cup. But they will come up against a Liverpool team which has lost just three times in all competitions all season.
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Already without striker Lewis Grabban and defenders Steve Cook and Max Lowe, Forest then suffered another injury blow in midweek. Scott McKenna was forced off late on in Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory over QPR and now faces up to five weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring problem.
In McKenna’s absence, the Reds switch to a four-man back line ahead of goalkeeper Ethan Horvath. Jack Colback again fills in at left-back, in place of Lowe, with Djed Spence on the right, and Joe Worrall and Tobias Figueiredo in the centre.
Ryan Yates - on a run of four successive games with a goal - partners James Garner in the centre of the pitch. Joe Lolley comes into the side, in place of McKenna, linking up with Brennan Johnson and Philip Zinckernagel to support front man Keinan Davis.
Making up the substitutes’ bench are Brice Samba, Loic Mbe Soh, Gaetan Bong, Richie Laryea, Sam Surridge, Alex Mighten, Cafu, Xande Silva and Braian Ojeda.
Forest: Horvath, Spence, Figueiredo, Worrall, Colback, Yates, Garner, Johnson, Zinckernagel, Lolley, Davis. Subs: Samba, Mbe Soh, Bong, Laryea, Surridge, Mighten, Cafu, Silva, Ojeda.
