FA Cup · ENG · Round 4

Nottingham Forest
0 - 1 Full time
Watford

City Ground, Nottingham

Lineups

Nottingham Forest4-1-4-1
DD1De Vries
EL2Lichaj
JH25Hobbs
KW6Wilson
CC8Cohen
DV24Vaughan
OB35Burke
GG22Gardner
JG37↓83'Grant
JW19↓68'Ward
DB23Blackstock
CP18Pantilimon
AN2Nyom
SP5Prödl
CC15Cathcart
NA16Aké
IA21↓72'Anya
BW23Watson
AG17Guédioura
AA22Abdi
TD9↓72'Deeney
NA11↓86'Amrabat
Watford4-4-1-1

Nottingham Forest substitutes

38 Ben Osborn ↑68'
17 Nélson Oliveira ↑83'
3 Bojan Jokic
26 Dimitar Evtimov
5 Matthew Mills
4 Michael Mancienne
34 Tyler Walker

Coach: Dougie Freedman

Watford substitutes

7 José Manuel Jurado ↑72'
24 Odion Ighalo ⚽↑72'
14 Juan Paredes ↑86'
1 Heurelho Gomes
25 Jose Holebas
3 Miguel Britos
8 Valon Behrami

Coach: Quique Sanchez Flores

Match events

Second half
60'Jamie Ward
68'↑ Ben Osborn ↓ Jamie Ward⇄
72'↑ Odion Ighalo ↓ Troy Deeney⇄
72'↑ José Manuel Jurado ↓ Ikechi Anya⇄
83'↑ Nélson Oliveira ↓ Jorge Grant⇄
83'Nordin Amrabat
86'↑ Juan Paredes ↓ Nordin Amrabat⇄
89'Odion Ighalo 0 - 1⚽
90'Eric Lichaj

Where to watch FA Cup

United Kingdom HomeTNT Sports (most ties), BBC (14 matches per season free-to-air, incl. the final)

Official broadcasters for the 2026-27 season. Rights can change during the season — always confirm with the broadcaster before subscribing.

Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 30 January 2016, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Nottingham Forest wins5Draws4Watford wins

12 past meetings on record. Biggest Nottingham Forest win: Nottingham Forest 4–2 Watford (2014). Biggest Watford win: Nottingham Forest 0–3 Watford (2013).

6 Mar 2021Watford 1 - 0 Nottingham ForestChampionship
2 Dec 2020Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 WatfordChampionship
15 Apr 2015Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 WatfordChampionship
21 Oct 2014Watford 2 - 2 Nottingham ForestChampionship
30 Jan 2014Nottingham Forest 4 - 2 WatfordChampionship
25 Aug 2013Watford 1 - 1 Nottingham ForestChampionship
26 Jan 2013Nottingham Forest 0 - 3 WatfordChampionship
22 Dec 2012Watford 2 - 0 Nottingham ForestChampionship
11 Feb 2012Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 WatfordChampionship
24 Sep 2011Watford 0 - 1 Nottingham ForestChampionship
Show all 12 past meetings
5 Feb 2011Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 WatfordChampionship
6 Nov 2010Watford 1 - 1 Nottingham ForestChampionship