Brighton v Nottingham Forest LIVE: Score and updates from fascinating FA Cup quarter-final
Brighton host Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup quarter-finals with the aim of reaching the final four and moving one step closer to the final at Wembley.
Fabian Hurzeler’s men will also hope to avenge their worst result of the year when they were beaten 7-0 by Forest in the Premier League a month ago.
Forest will be the favourites to progress to the next round which would be a fine reward for their outstanding season. Nuno Espirito Santo has led his team up to third in the Premier League table and they will have eyes on qualifying for the Champions League.
Should they be victorious at the Amex Stadium, Forest will reach their first FA Cup semi-final since 1991 while for Brighton they are seeking to reach a first final in this competition since 1983, although they have made two semi-finals in the past six seasons.
Follow all the FA Cup action and updates with our live blog below:
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 34 mins
Not the most convincing moment from Sels in the Forest goal as he’s tested for the first time.
Estupinan decides to have a go from basically central Brighton – he’s miles out and his shot is more of less down the middle but bounces in front of Sels and he unconvincingly scoops the ball away with his arms. Luckily there are no Brighton players following in. It was a bit awkward but not that awkward
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 31 mins
Aina gets in behind Van Hecke but his ball from the byline is scrambled away in the centre of the box. Brighton struggling to get into a rhythm here.
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 28 mins
Best moment for Brighton so far as Ayari lasers a first-time shot towards goal from distance and it deflects wide.
Estupinan’s corner is towards Van Hecke at the back post but play is quickly stopped for a foul and Forest can clear.
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 25 mins
We’ve been lacking clear-cut chances in this one so far. Perhaps not a huge surprise given everything that’s at stake.
Forest have probably had marginally the better of things for what it’s worth.
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 21 mins
Another Forest corner as Hinshelwood slides in to block the ball behind.
It falls dangerously in the box but it’s bundled behind for another corner. Anderson with the outswinger, a shade too high for Milenkovic and Minteh completes the clearance.
SAVE! Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 17 mins
First save of the game as the ball spins to Awoniyi to the right of the Brighton goal, he strikes it low across the keeper but Verbruggen sticks out a foot to make a decent stop.
It was pretty well-struck by Awoniyi, who has replaced the injured Chris Wood up top for Forest today, but a save Verbruggen would always expect to make
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 14 mins
Cagey stuff so far in this quarter-final
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 12 mins
Minteh forced to concede the corner with a good tackle on Williams but again it’s well defended initially by Brighton and then a Forest player is caught offside to end any lingering danger.
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 8 mins
Lovely work by Ayari as he receives a bit of a hospital pass from Estupinan but calmly traps it and flicks it out to Mitoma, who can run at Aina. The Forest man makes the tackle but that should be a fascinating battle down the Brighton left
Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest, 6 mins
The atmosphere is rocking here at the Amex. A real big fight feel to this one – both sides know winning the FA Cup is a very realistic goal this season.
We were wondering how Forest would line up with their midfield today and it appears that Yates and Anderson are sitting in front of the back four, Dominguez a little further ahead and Danilo out to the left.
