Your Guide To Sunday's Clash With Nottingham Forest

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31 Jan 2022
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The City Ground awaits for Leicester City as the Club's Emirates FA Cup campaign continues with a fourth-round tie at Nottingham Forest.

The Foxes, who defeated fellow Premier League outfit Watford in the last round, take on Steve Cooper's Sky Bet Championship side, following their success over Arsenal last time out in the competition. Leicester go into the clash as cup holders, lifting the famous trophy at Wembley last May.

Ahead of the first showdown with Forest in eight years, on Sunday (4pm kick-off), LCFC.com has all you need to know in one place...

Who's starring on LCFC Radio? 

Former Foxes captain Matt Elliott scored a brace to win the final of the League Cup in 2000.

Ahead of the clash in Nottingham, 90 minutes before kick-off, Matchday Live begins on LCFC Radio at 2:30pm. Presenter Dan Bates will be joined by Gerry Taggart as the former City defender provides his thoughts on the tie, alongside plenty of pre-match content and interviews.

Then, from 3:50pm, live commentary begins with Chris Parrott alongside League Cup-winning former Foxes captain Matt Elliott. They'll provide live and free coverage throughout the encounter with Steve Cooper's men, before another half-an-hour of analysis, including Taggart, follows at full-time. 

All pre and post-match programming can be found across @LCFC social media on matchday, while in-play commentary is also free on the dedicated LCFC.com Match Centre.

When does everything happen? 

Sunday's clash will be Leicester's first visit to the City Ground in eight years.

All the key matchday timings for Leicester City’s second FA Cup fixture of the season...

Event Time
Matchday Live begins on LCFC Radio 2:30pm
Team news confirmed on @LCFC social media 3pm
BBC One coverage gets underway* 3:30pm
Live commentary on LCFC.com 3:50pm
Kick-off 4pm
Full-time  5:50pm
Match of the Day on BBC One* 10:30pm
Highlights on LCFC.com & LCFC social media 12pm (Monday)


* United Kingdom only

What happened last time against Forest?

Riyad Mahrez was on the scoresheet in City's last clash with Forest in 2014.

Championship champions-elect Leicester City were eight points clear at the top of the second-tier table following a typically eventful 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in February 2014. 

On 29 minutes, a defensive mix-up left home goalkeeper Karl Darlow stranded and allowed Jamie Vardy to put City ahead. A header from Jamie Paterson made it 1-1, before Andy Reid's penalty handed Forest a one-goal advantage.

After Paul Konchesky's red card for the visitors, Leicester won a spot-kick of their own, however, with Kevin Phillips seeing his effort saved. Undeterred, Leicester recycled the ball and Riyad Mahrez converted from close range with eight minutes to spare.

When can I catch match highlights?

The Foxes are into this stage of the competition after beating Watford at King Power Stadium in the third round.

Highlights will be available across the Club's digital channels - on LCFC.com and @LCFC social media - from 12pm the following day (Monday).

All times GMT.