Nottingham Forest – Bristol City

The Championship representative will play honourably at Nottingham

The opponents for the replay of the 1/16 final match in Nottingham started the FA Cup at the last stage. Bristol City got a rather serious opponent in the face of West Ham United. In the first game in London, the representative of the Championships managed to impose a struggle on the "Hammers" and equalise in the second half after a goal conceded in the fourth minute. In the replay at Bristol, the hosts scored a quick goal, to which West Ham had no answer, also due to the suspension of Benrahm in the 51st minute. Nottingham Forest also solved their questions at the last stage by the results of two matches. The first game on the Foresters' pitch was almost lost, but the team managed to beat Blackpool with two goals conceded by 27 minutes. In the second encounter, the League One side came back from two goals down, but Nottingham managed to score the decisive goal in the second extra time. In the first match between the rivals a fortnight ago, you could fall asleep on the pitch. The teams played 0-0, and Bristol City didn't even bother to score once against Nottingham Forest. The winner of the duel in the 1/8 finals will play with Manchester United, which "Foresters" recently beat at home walls with a score of 2:1. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.53 on their victory. Nottingham Forest approaches the upcoming meeting as the sixteenth team of the Premier League. The Foresters are only two points ahead of the relegation zone team, which does not allow them to relax in the championship for a second. Two full days after the reception of Bristol City, the hosts will start a month-long "marathon" in the Premier League, during which they will have to play with Newcastle, West Ham United, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Brighton. As if after a series of such opponents not to fall into the relegation zone at all..... Bristol City have much more opportunities to focus on the nearest meeting. The team occupies the fourteenth place in the Championship, with no risks of finding themselves in the relegation zone and no prospects to fight for promotion. We bet that the visitors will give the favourite serious opposition and finish the game with dignity.