Blackpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest: Championship strugglers knock Premier League side out of the FA Cup

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Marvin Ekpiteta scores against Nottingham Forest

Championship strugglers Blackpool humbled Premier League broadside Nottingham Forest successful the FA Cup 3rd round.

The Seasiders are successful the relegation portion successful the 2nd tier but took a 17th-minute pb done Marvin Ekpiteta.

Forest, who changed their full starting XI, spurned a big of chances to gully level astatine Bloomfield Road.

Ian Poveda, CJ Hamilton and Jerry Yates struck successful the 2nd fractional earlier Ryan Yates claimed a consolation.

The fourth-round gully takes spot connected Sunday astatine 16:05 GMT.

Forest's thrilling tally to past season's quarter-finals buoyed their yet successfully propulsion for a long-awaited promotion backmost to the Premier League.

But Steve Cooper's squad enactment suggested that Forest were blessed to sacrifice a tally successful this season's contention to absorption connected avoiding an contiguous instrumentality to the Championship.

Blackpool's James Husband volleyed narrowly wide of the acold station earlier Forest failed to woody with Hamilton's left-wing transverse and Shayne Lavery's scuffed changeable recovered Ekpiteta. The centre-half, who had stayed guardant pursuing a corner, stabbed the shot past Wayne Hennessey from 12 yards.

Forest were connected apical either broadside of half-time, with Ekpiteta making made a mates of important blocks successful the 2nd half.

But Neco Williams gave the shot distant successful his ain fractional to Blackpool substitute Yates, whose his tally into the container resulted successful on-loan Leeds winger Poveda bundling the shot in.

Hamilton exchanged passes with different sub, Kenny Dougall, earlier hitting a good volley wrong the acold station from the near broadside of the box, and Yates wrapped up a good triumph with a half-volley via the crossbar from Poveda's cross.

Line-ups

Blackpool

Formation 4-4-2

1Maxwell
24Lyons
21Ekpiteta
34Thorniley
3HusbandSubstituted forThompsonat 90+1'minutes
19Lavery
16Carey
28PatinoSubstituted forDougallat 68'minutes
22HamiltonSubstituted forRogersat 78'minutes
26Poveda-OcampoBooked astatine 64mins
18BeesleySubstituted forYatesat 59'minutes

Substitutes

9Yates
12Dougall
15R Williams
23Thompson
25Rogers
32Grimshaw
41Moore
42Trusty
44Squires

Nottm Forest

Formation 4-3-1-2

13Hennessey
7N WilliamsSubstituted forMbe Sohat 79'minutes
3S Cook
26McKenna
15Toffolo
45FewsterSubstituted forYatesat 65'minutes
8ColbackBooked astatine 45mins
31Furtado Scarpa
14O'BrienSubstituted forJohnsonat 68'minutesBooked astatine 80mins
16Surridge
25Dennis

Substitutes

1Henderson
4Worrall
5Mangala
6Mbe Soh
20Johnson
22Yates
32Lodi
41Hammond
49Osong

Referee:James Linington

Attendance:8,750

Live Text

Match ends, Blackpool 4, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 4, Nottingham Forest 1.
Attempt missed. Kenneth Dougall (Blackpool) near footed changeable from much than 35 yards misses to the right.
Goal! Blackpool 4, Nottingham Forest 1. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Harry Toffolo with a cross.
Substitution, Blackpool. Dominic Thompson replaces James Husband.
Attempt missed. Jordan Thorniley (Blackpool) header from the close broadside of the six gait container is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sonny Carey with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Wayne Hennessey.
Attempt saved. Ian Poveda-Ocampo (Blackpool) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the apical near corner.
Foul by Loïc Mbe Soh (Nottingham Forest).
Morgan Rogers (Blackpool) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Goal! Blackpool 4, Nottingham Forest 0. Jerry Yates (Blackpool) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the apical close corner. Assisted by Ian Poveda-Ocampo with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Scott McKenna.
Attempt missed. Jerry Yates (Blackpool) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Ian Poveda-Ocampo.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Morgan Rogers.
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest).
James Husband (Blackpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Emmanuel Dennis (Nottingham Forest).
Andrew Lyons (Blackpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Loïc Mbe Soh replaces Neco Williams due to the fact that of an injury.