Nottingham Forest can enjoy FA Cup success against Ipswich even if Nuno Espirito Santo rests stars

There are a couple of big questions hanging over Nottingham Forest as they head into the Monday night FA Cup quarter-final with visiting Ipswich Town.

The first is how seriously Nuno Espirito Santo สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน categorises the competition when his side are serious contenders to finish in the top four of the Premier League, the second is whether they can pull out of their current blip.

Injuries to key players would seriously threaten to disrupt Forest’s charge towards Champions League football next season but winning the FA Cup would bring major silverware to the City Ground for the first time since retaining the League Cup and winning it for a fourth time in 1990.

Forest are third in the table but one point from the last nine means they are just seven clear of Aston Villa who are tenth. Their home form has superb as they are unbeaten in their last seven league matches on the banks of the Trent, winning five alongside draws with Liverpool and Arsenal – and with those two powerhouses already out of the FA Cup there’s no obstacle left on the road to Wembley that cannot be cleare.

The Tractor Boys face a similar dilemma; do they go all out for Cup glory and risk losing crucial players as their battle to stay in the top flight looks increasingly desperate?

They are five points behind Wolves which can be clawe back but are leaking goals and missing a string of players for this last-16 tie.

Both sides reste key components in the last round, when Forest scrape through by winning a penalty shout-out at Exeter while Ipswich won 4-1 at Coventry and this could simply be won by the side which wants it more.

Ipswich have not kept a clean sheet in their last eight outings but have score in their last six while Forest have prevente the opposition from scoring just twice in their last eight games but have score in 14 of their last 16 matches.

There have four or more goals in five of the last seven Forest forays and the same goes for Ipswich so the obvious bet is to take the 9/4 with Unibet and for more than 3.5 this time around and the 5/2 with and for Forest to win and both teams to score.