Brighton vs Nottingham Forest LIVE!
The FA Cup quarter-final action continues this afternoon with an intriguing all-Premier League showdown on the south coast. Brighton will be out for revenge against high-flying Nottingham Forest, who thrashed them 7-0 in a remarkably one-sided clash at the City Ground only last month. Chris Wood netted a hat-trick that day, but is absent here after sustaining a hip injury while away on international duty with New Zealand.
Forest will hope to defy the absence of their influential top scorer and continue a fairytale season under Nuno Espirito Santo by sealing a place in next month’s Wembley semi-finals for the first time since 1991 with a fourth straight victory across all competitions. But they surely won’t find things quite as easy this time as Brighton seek a third trip to the last four in the last six years.
Fabian Hurzeler should have all of captain Lewis Dunk, Matt O’Riley and Solly March back from injury at the Amex Stadium, while Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma are expected to start for the Seagulls after knocks. Follow Brighton vs Nottingham Forest live below!
39 mins: Brilliant defending from Milenkovic to deny Mitoma the chance to latch onto Rutter’s through ball.
31 mins: Sels scrambles to parry out Estupinan ‘s shot from range.
26 mins: Best chance for Brighton so far as Ayari shoots from range, with the ball narrowly deflected out for a corner.
Nothing comes of that, however.
24 mins: Brighton are really struggling to string many passes together here.
17 mins: First big save as Verbruggen denies Awoniyi at the near post!
13 mins: Van Hecke heads clear two Forest corners in quick succession.
The visitors are starting to see much more of the ball.
08 mins: Still yet to see much in an attacking sense from either team here.
04 mins: A lively atmosphere here but not a lot in the way of action to report on.
The warm-ups are underway!
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