Nottingham Forest are through to the FA Cup Fourth Round for the fourth time in five seasons after Saturday’s comfortable victory over Luton Town.
Nuno made 11 changes to his starting XI for the tie with managerless Luton, but the strength of their squad was highlighted with a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Ryan Yates and Ramon Sosa.
They easily put themselves in the hat for Sunday’s fourth-round draw and they can now turn their attention to Tuesday’s crunch Premier League clash with Liverpool, which could determine whether Forest really are in a title race.
But today at least they can now sit back and wait safe in the knowledge that they’ve already secured their own place in the draw, which takes place on Sunday 12 January , following the conclusion of Arsenal v Manchester United which kicks off at 3pm.
Hosted by Kelly Somers, the draw will be made by Martin Keown and Mark Schwarzer on BBC One, potentially around 5pm – but that’ll depend on when the Arsenal v Man United game finishes, a game which conceivably head into extra time and penalties, which will occur if they’re required.
The 32 ties take place from Thursday 9 January through until Monday 13 January
The full list of ball numbers is below…
1 Southampton or Swansea City 2 Arsenal or Manchester United 3 Exeter City 4 Leyton Orient or Derby County 5 Burnley 6 Aston Villa 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 Manchester City 9 Millwall or Dagenham & Redbridge 10 Liverpool 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 Preston North End or Charlton Athletic 13 Chelsea 14 Blackburn Rovers 15 AFC Bournemouth 16Mansfield Town or Wigan Athletic 17 Tamworth or Tottenham Hotspur 18 Hull City or Doncaster Rovers 19 Stoke City 20 Leicester City 21 Plymouth Argyle 22 Coventry City 23 Newcastle United or Bromley 24 Everton 25 Wycombe Wanderers 26 Birmingham City 27 Leeds United 28 Nottingham Forest29 Cardiff City 30 Ipswich Town or Bristol Rovers 31 Fulham 32 Crystal Palace or Stockport County
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