Luton Town travel to the East Midlands on Saturday, to take on Premier League high-flyers Nottingham Forest in the Emirates FA Cup third round (3pm GMT).
Following the departure of Rob Edwards, Paul Trollope and Richie Kyle, aided by Mick Harford, will take charge of the squad.
Under the leadership of Nuno Espírito Santo, Forest currently sit third in the Premier League having won their last six consecutive games.
The opposition
Last season, Forest just survived relegation to the Championship, finishing 17th with 32 points in total.
This season however, the Reds have had a flying start, winning 12 and drawing four of their first 20 Premier League games, defeating the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa in the process.
On Monday, Forest visited Wolves where they convincingly won 3-0, with the goals coming from Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi.
How to follow live
There are multiple ways to watch, listen or follow all the action from the City Ground.
If you cannot join us and are following from overseas in one of the countries listed below, you can watch the game with your domestic broadcaster.
Australia: Optus, Brazil: ESPN – Disney+, Bulgaria: IMG (Nova) – Nova Sport, Canada: Sportsnet, Cyprus: Cytavision – Cytavision Sports 6, Denmark: Viaplay, Finland: Viaplay, Greece: Cosmote TV – Cosmote Sport 5 HD, Hong Kong: PCCW – CH652 Live, Iceland: Viaplay, Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka): Sony – SonyLIV, Indonesia and Timor-Leste: BeIN Sports (S/L to MNC) – Indo BeIN Sports 1 – Same Day Delay, Israel: Charlton – Sport 1, Japan: U-Next – Live, Mainland China: MIGU Video (咪咕视频), Mobile HD (移动高清), China Mobile Magic Box (中国移动魔百和) – All Live, Malaysia: Astro – Astro Football – Delayed, Malta: Go Malta – TSN 8, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama: WBD – Max, Myanmar: Sky Net – Sports-1 Live, Netherlands: Viaplay, Norway: Viaplay, Kazakhstan: Khabar (Sub-license of Saran) – Sportplus – Delayed Only, Kyrgyzstan: UTRK (Sub-license of Saran) – UTRK Sport – Delayed Only, Portugal: Sport TV – Sport.TV2, Singapore: StarHub – Hub Sports 6, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela): ESPN – Disney+, Sweden: Viaplay, Taiwan: ELTA – Elta Sports Max 6, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos: BeIN Sports – Thai BeIN Sports 1 – Same Day Delayed, Turkey: TRT – Tabii Spor 3, USA: ESPN, Vietnam: FPT.
Not at the City Ground and not based in one of the listed countries? You can still listen to the match live with Simon Pitts (LTFC+ monthly subscribers only for this fixture) or follow game updates on our dedicated Match Centre.
Last time we met
We last met in March 2024 in the Premier League, when we hosted Forest at Kenilworth Road.
The game finished 1-1, with Luke Berry scoring in the 89th minute to rescue a point for the Hatters, equalising after Wood opened the scoring in the first half.
Officials
The referee for our fixture against Nottingham Forest will be Darren England.
68 yellow cards and three red cards have been handed out by England across his 16 games this season.
On Friday 27th December, England refereed the Premier League fixture between Arsenal and Ipswich Town, where he handed out two yellow cards.
We last had a game officiated by England in our previous fixture against Nottingham Forest back in March, where he handed out three yellow cards.
Referee: Darren England
Assistant Referees: Derek Eaton & Akil Howson
Fourth Official: James Linington
Fan information
The Nest is the closest venue to the City Ground, welcoming away supporters and lies on the direct walking route for supporters making their way from Nottingham Railway Station to the away end on foot (Google Maps location). In addition, for supporters travelling by car, there is parking at the nearby Meadow Lane car park (see here).
The 1000-capacity, indoor space will be open from 11am on matchday. The early kick-off will be displayed on Nottingham’s biggest indoor screen, with a giant bar offering a wide selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, plus there will be a street food trader to keep everyone fed too. For a better idea of what you can expect, check out the venue's Instagram page here.
Love Football. Protect The Game.
Luton Town Football Club has committed in its customer charter to providing safe match-day experiences for all supporters regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation, and this applies equally to home and away fixtures.
In the event that any Luton supporters do make discriminatory chants, the Club will work with the police and football authorities to help identify such individuals. Any such fans would then face the strictest club sanctions, including football banning orders that would prevent them attending any matches, in addition to any criminal charges.
Furthermore, we would like to warn against pitch incursions and the use of pyrotechnics or missiles – which could lead to potential prosecution.
The Club can also be held responsible for the behaviour of its supporters, which could lead to substantial fines being imposed.
As a diverse and inclusive football club, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our fellow EFL clubs in supporting the FA’s ‘Love Football. Protect the Game’ campaign and call on all fans to enjoy the game in a positive spirit.
If you are offended by any discriminatory abuse of any kind at any of our games, you can report it by clicking HERE, or by contacting your nearest steward immediately.
Alternatively, email [email protected] or report the incident via Kick it Out's free, confidential reporting app on the App Store and Google Play.
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