Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest live stream
| Kick-off: Saturday, January 7, 3pm GMT / 10am ET / 7am PT |
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Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest live stream: match preview
Things have been anything but bright for the team in orange lately. It's been two months since Blackpool last tasted victory, though there's cause for optimism as Nottingham Forest visit Bloomfield Road today. The Garibaldi haven't won an FA Cup game in nine years, and, with their priorities elsewhere, Steve Cooper has opted to rest many of his key personnel for this one. Here's how to watch a Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest live stream online wherever you are.
Gary Madine is conspicuous by his absence not only from the Blackpool team but the squad as a whole, with Jake Beesley starting in his place. Callum Connolly is suspended, so Andy Lyons makes his debut at right-back. Josh Bowler returned to Blackpool – on loan from Forest – this week, but he's ineligible to play against his parent club. Fellow new signing Morgan Rogers, the towering 20-year-old Man City winger, however, could make his first appearance off the bench.
As expected, the Forest first XI is much-changed, with teenager Billy Fewster and attacking midfilder Gustavo Scarpa making their first starts for the club. Cooper has even rotated his goalkeepers, handing Wayne Hennessey a rare start, while Emmanuel Dennis and Sam Surridge are paired together up front.
A winless stretch of nine games has seen Blackpool drop to third from bottom in the Championship, and even more frustrating for the Seasiders is that all but one of the five defeats they've suffered during the sorry run has come by a single goal.
Jerry Yates, by far their top scorer with nine in all competitions, last found the back of the net in October, and was dropped by Michael Appleton last weekend amid rumors of an impending move away. He's on the bench again today. Others, like Madine, have chipped in but nobody has been able to consistently notch, and an unfortunate habit of going down to 10 men hasn't helped matters.
Forest have found their stride, with their last seven games yielding four victories and just a single defeat, but with a League Cup quarter-final and Premier League survival taking priority, Cooper has decided to treat his main men to an afternoon off.
Today's game is being shown on subscription streaming services ESPN+ in the US and Paramount Plus in Australia. Here's how to get a Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest live stream and watch this FA Cup fixture online from wherever you are.
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