FOREST 4 - 2 ARSENAL - Sun Jan 07, 2018 (FA Cup)
- Date:
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 (4:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Arsenal
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- FA Cup
- Round:
- 3
- Score:
- 4-2 (Won)
- Half-time: 2-1
- Season:
- 2017-18
- Referee:
- Jonathan Moss
- Sponsor:
- 888Sport
- Attendance:
- 27,182
- Forest Tier / Pos:
- 2/14th
- Opp Tier / Pos:
- 1/6th
- NEXT GAMES:
- Next Game:
- Aston Villa (League Tier 2)
- FA Cup:
- Hull City
- Arsenal:
- Sep 24, 2019
- GAME COUNT:
- FA Cup:
- 396 (of 406)
- Competitive:
- 5408 (of 5721)
- Total:
- 7146 (of 7500)
Review
Wow. Brazil has got us playing like we should have been playing all season, and has us beating Arsenal. Brereton had a great game, Lichaj scores twice and we get a deserved win. Onto the fourth round!
FOREST
Manager: Gary Brazil (3)
Goals
Eric Lichaj (20)
Eric Lichaj (44) - Eric Lichaj last goal
Ben Brereton (64) (Pen)
Kieran Dowell (85) (Pen)
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | GK |  Jordan Smith | |
| 2 | D |  Eric Lichaj  (20) (44) | |
| 6 | D |  Armand Traore | |
| 42 | D | Joe Worrall 88 89 | |
| 4 | M | Michael Mancienne (c) | |
| 24 | M |  David Vaughan | |
| 17 | F | Ben Brereton (64) | |
| 11 | D | Ben Osborn | |
| 20 | M | Kieran Dowell (85) off for Matt Mills (90) | |
| 14 | M | Matty Cash off for Barrie McKay (87) | |
| 16 | F | Zach Clough off for Tyler Walker (56) | |
| Subs | |||
| 30 | GK |  Stephen Henderson | |
| 5 | D | Matt Mills on for Kieran Dowell (90) | |
| 31 | M |  Andreas Bouchalakis | |
| 10 | F |  Barrie McKay on for Matty Cash (87) | |
| 35 | F | Jason Cummings | |
| 39 | F | Apostolos Vellios | |
| 34 | F | Tyler Walker on for Zach Clough (56) |
Lineup
| Num | Pos | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | GK | David Ospina 85 |
| 16 | D | Rob Holding |
| 4 | D | Per Mertesacker (c) 88 |
| 2 | D | Mathieu Debuchy 84 (87) |
| 61 | D | Reiss Nelson |
| 30 | M | Ainsley Maitland-Niles |
| 69 | M | Joe Willock (65) |
| 35 | M | Mohamed Elneny |
| 23 | M | Danny Welbeck |
| 14 | F | Theo Walcott |
| 17 | F | Alex Iwobi |
| Subs | ||
| 54 | Matt Macey | |
| 21 | Calum Chambers | |
| 63 | Jordi Osei-Tutu | |
| 32 | Chuba Akpom (87) | |
| 43 | Josh Da Silva | |
| 62 | Eddie Nketiah (65) | |
| 22 | Jeff Reine-Adelaide |