Exeter City vs Nottingham Forest LIVE SCORE: Grecians take shock lead but are pegged back by Sosa equaliser

GOAL! Exeter 1-1 Nottingham Forest

A beardown effect from the Prem side.

And they're backmost level, with Sosa scrambling successful a scrappy equaliser.

GOAL! Exeter 1-0 Nottingham Forest

The magic of the cupful is alive.

A shocker from Forest keeper Carlos Miguel, who spills a regular transverse into the way of Josh Magennis.

The Northern Irish guardant smashes into the apical country - and the extortion comes disconnected astatine St James' Park.

Exeter vs Nottingham Forest underway

Kick-off nether the lights astatine St James Park, wherever there's a febrile, old-fashioned cupful ambiance successful this celebrated aged stadium.

A existent trial for the Premier League broadside this 1 - Nuno has made 10 changes successful each with Ipswich waiting successful the 5th round.

Nott an casual task

Forest statesman tonight's clash successful the antithetic presumption of being the highest-ranked squad near successful the competition.

Exeter brag Caldwell said: "It's a Premier League squad that's doing highly well.

"They are truly astonishing radical this twelvemonth with however precocious they are up the table, pushing for a Champions League place.

"We cognize however hard a task this is going to be. We're truly excited and truly looking guardant to it."

Giant-killing inbound?

League One broadside Exeter person won conscionable 1 of their past 9 games crossed each competitions.

That was successful the 3rd circular past period against Oxford United.

And brag Gary Caldwell has drilled a consciousness of "Why not us?" into his players earlier KO.

Here's however they lineup for tonight's clash nether the lights...

Exeter XI: Whitworth, Niskanen, McMillan, McDonald, Turns, Harper, Richards, Francis, Mitchell, Trevitt, Magennis.

Cup for it

Forest's past FA Cup triumph came mode backmost successful 1959.

But you get the feeling this impressively drilled squad is well-suited to tourney football.

Here's however Forest enactment up, with Nuno ringing the changes. A unsafe crippled - conscionable inquire Liverpool...

Gibbs-White, Wood, and Elanga are each named among the subs.

Forest XI: Carlos Miguel, Danilo, Boly, Sangare, Toffolo, da Silva, Moreno, Sosa, Yates, Jota Silva, Awoniyi.

Team quality imminent

The 2 teamsheets are astir successful for our last FA Cup necktie of the 4th round.

Will Nuno Santo ringing the changes for high-flying Forest, contempt Liverpool's humbling conscionable down the roadworthy successful Plymouth connected Sunday?

We'll soon find retired - the City players got a rousing reception arriving up of a afloat location astatine St James' Park.

Draw successful full

Just successful lawsuit you've been surviving nether a stone since yesterday, here's however the ties came retired of the hat.

We've 1 much necktie to travel tonight, with Forest making the agelong trek down to Exeter.

• Preston North End vs Burnley
• Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
• Crystal Palace vs Millwall
• Manchester United vs Fulham
• Newcastle vs Brighton
• Bournemouth vs Wolves
• Manchester City vs Plymouth
• Exeter City/Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town

Eyes connected the prize

Plymouth Argyle were the large communicative of circular four, knocking retired Premier Leaguer leaders Liverpool astatine Home Park.

The Pilgrims person been rewarded with a lucrative travel to look Man City.

Asked however overmuch the necktie could make for the club, Chairman Simon Hallett told the BBC: "We've yet to enactment retired the nonstop figures, but I americium going to accidental it's going to beryllium determination betwixt £600,000 and £1million.

"When we played Liverpool 8 years agone Anfield had a capableness of conscionable implicit 50,000 - we made astir £700,000.

"So I deliberation we should bash a small spot amended this time. The Etihad I judge has a capableness of astir 62,000, truthful we deliberation it should beryllium determination betwixt £600,000 and £1m.

"Much much important than the wealth - and the wealth volition beryllium bully - is that it's going to beryllium a large time retired for astatine slightest 15,000 of our fans."

Caldwell - Why can't it beryllium us?

After helping Wigan to FA Cup occurrence successful 2013, Exeter City brag Gary Caldwell is retired for a daze contiguous against Forest.

He told The Guardian: "It was an astonishing accomplishment for such a tiny club.

"In this competition, a nine ever rises supra what it tin do.

"I said to the players astatine the commencement of this year: ‘Why can’t that beryllium us?’"

Best finishes successful the FA Cup

• Manchester United: Winners (13)
• Manchester City: Winners (7)
• Aston Villa: Winners (7)
• Newcastle: Winners (6)
• Wolves: Winners (4)
• Nottingham Forest: Winners (2)
• Preston North End (2)
• Cardiff City: Winners (1)
• Ipswich Town: Winners (1)
• Burnley: Winners (1)
• Crystal Palace: Final
• Milwall: Final
• Fulham: Final
• Brighton: Final
• Plymouth Argyle: Semi-finals
• Bournemouth: Quarter-finals
• Exeter City: Quarter-finals

FA Cup winning Exeter manager hopeful of c-upset

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell believes his broadside tin upset Nottingham Forest successful tonight's tie.

Caldwell was the skipper of Wigan Athletic erstwhile they lifted the FA Cup successful 2013 and volition anticipation to transmission that aforesaid magic tonight.

Caldwell said "We cognize we are monolithic underdogs, but with the magic of the cupful determination is ever that anticipation of an upset and we judge that astatine our precise champion we tin bash that"

Lancashire derby successful the FA Cup

Burnley volition question to the Deepdale to look rivals Preston North End successful the adjacent circular of the FA Cup.

The 2 sides volition preview the cupful necktie erstwhile they conscionable for their Championship lucifer this Saturday, February 15, besides astatine the Deepdale.

Burnley haven't mislaid to Preston since 2015, winning doubly and drafting doubly successful that time.

London rivals look off

Fierce rivals Crystal Palace and Milwall volition clash astatine Selhurst Park successful the FA Cup 5th round.

The 2 sides past met successful 2020, successful the 3rd circular of the competition, wherever The Eagles bested The Lions 2-1 astatine The Den.

Milwall volition person their enactment chopped retired for them if they are to scope an FA Cup quarter-final for the archetypal clip since 2019.

They haven't beaten Crystal Palace since New Years Day 2011.

Will VAR beryllium utilized successful the 5th round?

Yes. VAR volition beryllium introduced from the FA Cup 5th round.

The FA said successful a statement: "Video Assistant Referees (VAR) volition lone beryllium utilized successful the 2024-25 Emirates FA Cup from the Fifth Round onwards.

"It has been agreed that VAR volition beryllium utilised for each lucifer successful the Fifth Round of the contention done to the Final astatine Wembley Stadium, and volition not beryllium successful cognition for the Third and Fourth Rounds.

"VAR has lone been utilized successful the Emirates FA Cup antecedently for matches astatine Wembley Stadium and astatine Premier League grounds owed to the infrastructure, workforce and costs that are required for its operation.

"This determination ensures that determination is simply a accordant refereeing attack for each clubs taking portion successful the aforesaid signifier of the competition."

Ties successful focus

There are 3 each Premier League ties successful the 5th circular of the FA Cup.

Manchester United invited Fulham to Old Trafford for the 2nd clip this season.

The 2 sides met successful the quarter-finals of the contention successful 2023 wherever The Red Devils emerged 3-1 victors implicit a 9-man Fulham side.

Newcastle big Brighton astatine St James' Park.

The Seagulls ran retired 1-0 winners erstwhile the 2 teams met successful the Premier League past October.

Bournemouth look disconnected against Wolves astatine the Vitality Stadium.

The Cherries person had Wolves' fig successful caller meetings, winning 3 and drafting erstwhile successful their past 5 encounters.

FA Cup gully recap

• Preston North End vs Burnley
• Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
• Crystal Palace vs Millwall
• Manchester United vs Fulham
• Newcastle vs Brighton
• Bournemouth vs Wolves
• Manchester City vs Plymouth
• Exeter City/Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town

Tonight successful the FA Cup

Exeter City look Nottingham Forest successful the last lucifer of the 4th circular tonight.

The victor of the clash volition look Ipswich successful the 5th circular adjacent month.

Wait for large trophies

• Manchester United: One year
• Manchester City: One year
• Aston Villa: 29 years
• Nottingham Forest: 35 years
• Ipswich: 44 years
• Wolves: 45 years
• Burnley: 65 years
• Newcastle: 70 years
• Preston: 87 years
• Cardiff City: 98 years
• Millwall: N/A
• Brighton: N/A
• Exeter: N/A
• Fulham: N/A
• Plymouth: N/A
• Bournemouth: N/A
• Doncaster: N/A
• Crystal Palace: N/A

Cup for it

An improbable victor could get their hands connected the FA Cup this twelvemonth aft galore of the Premier League's apical clubs crashed out.

When is the FA Cup 5th round?

The FA Cup 5th circular fixtures are scheduled for the archetypal play of March.

FA Cup gully successful full

• Preston North End vs Burnley
• Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
• Crystal Palace vs Millwall
• Manchester United vs Fulham
• Newcastle vs Brighton and Hove Albion
• Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Manchester City vs Plymouth
• Exeter City/Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town

Fans blast 'rigged' draw

One happening is much accepted successful the FA Cup than daze results - fans suggesting the gully is "rigged".

This clip that verdict was arsenic emphatic arsenic ever pursuing the 8 pairings for the fifth-round.

One instrumentality wrote: "Absolute hole these FA Cup Draws. City get a bully casual gully astatine home."

A 2nd wrote: "City getting Plymouth? ohio the FA Cup is RIGGED."

A 3rd commented: "Fix For City."

A 4th said: "City astatine location to Plymouth is the astir rigged draw."

A 5th claimed: "Of people City person Plymouth…rigged."

And different added: "CITY VS PLYMOUTH THIS DRAW IS RIGGED."

South London derby lined up

Crystal Palace volition big section rivals Millwall successful what is acceptable to beryllium a feisty FA Cup 5th circular derby.

Discussing the South London derby, Palace brag Oliver Glasner said: "I americium told it volition beryllium a large derby. But it is bully playing astatine location and it volition beryllium a large crippled for our fans.

"They volition beryllium precise assertive but playing astatine location to a Championship broadside means we person to win. I privation to spell to Wembley.

"As agelong arsenic you are successful the contention you tin triumph it. We volition spell for it. I don’t cognize if it volition enactment but we volition spell for it, definitely."