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Nottingham Forest will host Luton Town at the City Ground on Saturday in the third round of the 2024-25 FA Cup campaign. The hosts go into the weekend high on confidence and will look to continue their remarkable form.
Nottingham Forest got knocked out of the cup in the fifth round last season by eventual winners Manchester United and will go into their opening FA Cup fixture looking to go further. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have been the surprise performers of the English Premier League so far sitting in third place tied on points with second-place Arsenal.
Luton Town meanwhile are in poor form having picked up a fourth consecutive defeat in a 2-1 loss to QPR on Sunday. The visitors, who were eliminated from this tournament in a fifth round 6-2 battering from eventual runners-up Manchester City, have had a disastrous season and are currently two points off the relegation zone in the EFL Championship.
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Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two sides have met on 69 previous occasions going into this weekend's fixture. Forest have won 27 of those meetings, 19 have ended in draws while Luton have won the remaining 23.
- The hosts are winless in their last six games in this fixture.
- Forest are two-time winners of the FA Cup, winning the cup competition in the 1897–98 season and the 1958–59 season.
- Luton Town's highest-ever finish in the cup was as runners-up in Forest's most recent FA Cup triumph in the 1958–59 season.
- The hosts have the joint-second best defensive record in the English top flight with only 19 goals conceded.
- The visitors have the second-worst defensive record in the EFL Championship with 44 goals conceded in 26 matches.
Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town Prediction
Forest are comfortable favorites going into this cup tie and should cruise to an easy victory to continue their wonderful season.
The Hatters will rely mostly on "the magic of the cup" if they are to get an unlikely win. They have, however, lost their last 10 away matches and could see that streak extend here.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton Town
Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Forest
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last six games between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No (Both sides have found the back of the net in just two of the hosts' last nine matches)
