Bristol City 0-0 Nottingham Forest: Hosts earn replay at City Ground after goalless draw

Match report as Bristol City and Nottingham Forest fought out a goalless FA Cup draw; Forest avoid fate West Ham suffered in the third round at Ashton Gate when Championship side produced a memorable upset against Premier League opposition; Fourth-round replay takes place at City Ground

Friday 26 January 2024 22:31, UK

Bristol City and Nottingham Forest fought out a goalless FA Cup draw and will replay their fourth-round tie at the City Ground.

Forest will be glad to avoid the fate West Ham suffered in the third round at Ashton Gate when the Sky Bet Championship side produced a memorable upset against Premier League opposition.

But Nuno Espirito Santo's side will not welcome the extra game amid their battle to stay in the top flight.

Forest shaded the clearest openings during what was a pretty even affair but, in the end, had to settle for a rematch and the first clean sheet of Nuno's seven-game reign.

City — 13th in the Championship and 17 places below Forest in the football pyramid — fielded 10 of the team that started the West Ham win, with Jason Knight replacing Joe Williams in the Robins' midfield.

Forest were unchanged from the side that lost a five-goal Premier League thriller at Brentford last weekend.

There was heartening news on the bench as the influential Morgan Gibbs-White returned following a two-game injury lay-off, and the England Under-21 international came on at half-time to good effect.

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City, roared on by another capacity crowd, began on the front foot and Tommy Conway was snuffed out twice by Andrew Omobamidele.

Conway was the hero against the Hammers, scoring in both games, but the young striker missed the target from 10 yards when unmarked,