Date: Friday 24th January Competition: FA Cup 4th Round Venue: The City Ground Kick-Off: 20:00 Billy Davies will be hoping that their passage to the next round of the FA Cup is as easy as the last round, where they beat Premier League West Ham United 5-0. This time they face League One Preston North End Simon Grayson's Preston seen off Championship side Ipswich Town in the previous round and will be hoping to do it again against another team in the league above them. Team News Forest defender Eric Lichaj is available once again, while Guy Moussi, Darius Henderson, Matt Derbyshire, Radoslaw Majewski and Djamel Abdoun are also available. However, Henri Lansbury sits out through suspension. Defenders Jack Hobbs and Jamaal Lascelles may not be risked after missing the league game against Blackburn Rovers. Chris Cohen, Kelvin Wilson and Dexter Blackstock will certainly miss out. Lilywhites veteran striker Kevin Davies serves the first of his three match ban after picking up a red card against Coventry City. Scott Wiseman is eligible to play as he didn't feature for Barnsley in the third round of this competition. Stats Preston have not won at The City Ground since October 2003, while Forest have been successful in two of the last three meetings between the sides. Forest are unbeaten in ten games in all competitions. This is the eighth meeting in the FA Cup, with Nottingham Forest winning three times and Preston twice. The first-ever meeting between these sides in all competitions was an FA Cup quarter-final in 1892, which Nottingham Forest won 2-0. Nottingham Forest have won this competition twice - in 1898 and 1959 - and were beaten by Tottenham in the 1991 final. Preston have also won this competition twice - in 1889 and 1938 - and have been runners-up on a further five occasions. (BBC Sport/Opta) Likely Line-UpsNottingham Forest: Darlow, Jara, Halford, Collins, Harding, Vaughan, Moussi, Mackie, Paterson, Reid(c), Cox Preston North End: Rudd, Wiseman, Buchanan, Kilkenny, Clarke, Wright, Welsh, Holmes, Garner, Gallagher, King Prediction Nottingham Forest 2-0 Preston North End
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