Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool betting tips: FA Cup preview, predictions & odds

By Stephen Drennan Published: March 18, 2022 4:47 pm
Last Updated: March 19, 2022 1:42 am

Nottingham Forest

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Liverpool FC

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Colback, Jack
Silva, Alexandre

90'

78'

Jota, Diogo

Zinckernagel, Philip
Mighten, Alexander

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Davis, Keinan
Surridge, Sam

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Lolley, Joe
Cafu

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Keita, Naby
Henderson, Jordan

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Fabinho
Thiago

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Elliott, Harvey
Minamino, Takumi

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Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex
Diaz, Luis

60'

Gomez, Joe

Starting lineup

Horvath, Ethan1

Yates, Ryan22

Spence, Djed2

Lolley, Joe23

Johnson, Brennan20

Garner, James37

Zinckernagel, Philip11

Davis, Keinan9

Colback, Jack8

Worrall, Joe4

Figueiredo, Tobias3

1Alisson

15Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex

12Gomez, Joe

20Jota, Diogo

67Elliott, Harvey

9Firmino, Roberto

8Keita, Naby

3Fabinho

21Tsimikas, Kostas

4Van Dijk, Virgil

5Konate, Ibrahima

Substitutes

Samba, Brice30

Mbe Soh, Loic6

Bong, Gaetan13

Laryea, Richie14

Cafu18

Ojeda, Braian21

Mighten, Alexander17

Silva, Alexandre19

Surridge, Sam16

13Adrian

32Matip, Joel

6Thiago

14Henderson, Jordan

17Jones, Curtis

63Beck, Owen

18Minamino, Takumi

23Diaz, Luis

27Origi, Divock

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Liverpool have the upper hand in the head-to-head, with 56 wins to Nottingham Forest’s 30, from their 115 encounters in English football. In the FA Cup though, Liverpool’s dominance shines through with six wins to one over Sunday’s opponents. Forest’s win was a 2-0 victory from the first meeting between the sides in the competition back in 1895.

The gulf in the two sides has grown in the past twenty-plus years since Forest’s relegation from England’s top-flight. Liverpool are currently being tipped for a possible quadruple while Forest are pushing for a late run into the play-off places after a terrible start to their league campaign.

Therefore, 101 Great Goals’ prediction for this match is Nottingham Forest 0 – 3 Liverpool and is available at odds of 8/1.

Alternatively, you can bet on any Forest win at 11/1 against Klopp’s Reds at home on Sunday.

Or, back any away win for Liverpool at 1.25/1 here at the City Ground.

You can find odds of 6/1 for any draw between Forest and Liverpool on Sunday.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JANUARY 05: The number 18 on the back of the shirt of Takumi Minamino of Liverpool during the FA Cup Third Round match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield on January 5, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

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Match preview

This match was once the most anticipated match of the season when Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest would face Bob Paisley’s Liverpool. Forest – the only team with more European Cup wins than top-flight league victories – and Liverpool were British football’s most successful clubs in European football at the time. This remained the case until Alex Ferguson equalled Forest’s two European cups in the late 1990s with a famous last-gasp victory over Bayern Munich.

Liverpool were famed for their patient approach to squad building, recruiting young players and giving them time in the reserves to learn the ‘Liverpool Way’ before finally replacing an old legend who no longer had the legs to do what Bob required.

Clough, on the other hand, liked the recruitment side of the game and believed he could sell and replace players at ease. Something he later regrated after dismantling a winning side as the likes of Justin Fashanu failed to replace the goals of Trevor Francis – a player Clough made English football’s first one-million pound man.

Recruitment could also be the theme on Sunday as talented young players look to show the world what they can do against one of the best sides in the world right now. Djed Spence, their 21 year old right back, has been linked with a summer move to the Premier League with Sunday’s opponents Liverpool rumoured to be amongst his suitors. Liverpool could be in the market for an understudy to Trent Alexander-Arnold and the London-born Spence has been tipped as a possible option. Players like James Garner and Brennan Johnson are also amongst the best players under the age of twenty-one in English football’s second tier.

Above all else though, it is a football match to be won against a quality opponent. Another potential ‘giant killing’. A chance to get to a domestic cup semi-final for the first time since the days of Clough. They have taken the hard road to get here too, having to beat Premier League sides Arsenal and Leicester as well as one of the Championship’s top sides in Huddersfield.

This suggests they won’t be overawed by the occasion, or see it as merely a chance to put themselves in the shop window but a chance to continue their FA Cup journey one step further. That could largely depend on the strength of the side Liverpool put out to face them. With Klopp confirming in his press conference that Alisson will be starting the match, it sounds like Liverpool will go pretty strong here to keep dreams of a quadruple alive.

Takumi Minamino Goalscorer – The Japan international is Liverpool’s top scorer in this competition so far this season with three goals. With Klopp likely to give minutes to fringe players like Taki (pictured above), he is likely to start here and is 7/1 to score the game’s opener on Sunday. Or 2.6/1 to bag a goal at any time during the game against The Tricky Trees.

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 06: Joe Worrall celebrates with teammate Djed Spence of Nottingham Forest after scoring their team’s third goal during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City at City Ground on February 06, 2022 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Nottingham Forest team news

Defenders Max Lowe and Steve Cook are both ruled out for the match against Liverpool with groin and ankle injuries respectively. Loïc Mbe Soh has been struggling all season with injury and hasn’t featured much since the early part of the season. This means Joe Worrall (pictured above), Scott McKenna and Tobias Figueired are the likely men to make up their back three.

Lewis Grabban has missed Forest’s last seven league games with an ankle problem. He is expected to return to the squad here but faces a battle to win back his place over Keinan Davis who scored a brace last week against Reading.

LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 16: Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool battles for possession with Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on March 16, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Liverpool team news

The breaking news on Friday morning following Liverpool’s 0-2 win over Arsenal was that Trent Alexander-Arnold (pictured above) has sustained a hamstring injury and would likely be out for at least a few weeks. It is likely he would have been rested for this game anyway and then has a further two weeks over the international break to be back in time for upcoming games against Watford, Benfica and Manchester City.

Mohamed Salah was only fit enough to be an impact sub from the bench against Arsenal. He felt some pain in his foot after the game once again and it is likely he will be given a full rest here with Takumi Minamino replacing him in the side. James Milner and Konstantinos Tsimikas are also expected to return here at right and left back respectively amongst a host of likely changes as Jurgen Klopp aims to give some minutes to his fringe players.

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