Nottingham Forest v Manchester City: FA Cup semi-final – live | FA Cup

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Morgan Gibbs-White leads the Forest team talk. It’s his side who kick off. Let’s play!

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Nottingham Forest: Sels, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Domínguez, Danilo, Anderson, Toffolo, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood

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Subs: Miguel, Morato, Sangaré, Awoniyi, Moreno, Jota, Elanga, Sosa, Boly

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Manchester City: Ortega, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Kovacic, Lewis, Savinho, Silva, Grealish, Marmoush

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Subs: Ederson, Doku, Nico, De Bruyne, Gündogan, Reis, Akanji, Khusanov, Foden

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A huge ask of 18-year-old Zach Abbott who slots in the Forest defence – he’s yet to play in the Premier League and is set to make just his third first-team appearance. Forest have Ryan Yates and Neco Williams suspended, with Ola Aina missing through injury.

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Hello, hello, hello and welcome to our coverage of another Wembley showdown. Yesterday was about the Eagles; who gets all the glory today?

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In one corner, Manchester City, their league monopoly over but the campaign picking up some momentum of late. They’ve made it to the last two FA Cup finals and a trophy to go with Champions League football would be a fine turnaround from where they were a few months ago.

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And then there’s Nottingham Forest, who haven’t reached the final since ‘91, who haven’t won it since ‘59. Nuno’s boys are having a dreamy season, their run in the cup built on stamina; they’ve got to this point on the back of three consecutive penalty shootout wins. I was greeted by a wave of Garibaldi red on my way to Guardian HQ this afternoon, with the pilgrims making their way from Kings Cross to Wembley. This should be fun.

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Drop me a line with all your thoughts, queries, wishes, concerns, song requests, whatever you fancy. Kick-off’s at 4.30pm BST.

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