August 30, 2023 6:45 pm
Clarets travel to City Ground in Carabao Cup second round
Burnley begin their 2023/24 Carabao Cup campaign on Wednesday night (7:45pm) with a trip to Nottingham Forest.
The Clarets reached the quarter-finals of the competition last season after entering at the same stage and beating Shrewsbury Town and Crawley Town before suffering defeat at Old Trafford to Manchester United in the quarter-final.
Vincent Kompany’s side’s trip to Forest will be the first away fixture of the season with the first away league fixture to also come at the City Ground on 18th September.
Where to watch?
Tickets for this match went off sale at midday today and there is no pay-on-the-day option for Clarets travelling to the City Ground.
The game will not be streamed on Clarets+ due to the EFL and Carabao Cup rules and regulations and the match is not available on Sky Sports or TNT Sports.
There will however be audio commentary available from Phill Bird from 15 minutes before kick-off at 7:30pm.
Full match highlights, goals and interviews will be available to view after the match on Clarets+ and across all social media platforms.
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Nottingham Forest
Having secured a 16th place finish last season, Forest are enjoying their second consecutive season in the Premier League after manager Steve Cooper guided them back to the top-flight in 2022 following a 23-year absence.
Forest added over 20 new signings in their first season back in the PL across the summer and winter transfer windows with two former Clarets goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and striker Chris Wood amongst them.
Ahead of this season, the Reds made Wood’s loan move from Newcastle permanent in the summer and signed Anthony Elanga from Manchester United and goalkeeper Matt Turner from Arsenal.
Argentinian defender Gonzalo Montiel and youngster Andrey Santos arrived on season-long loans from Sevilla and Chelsea respectively with former Fulham and Hull City full-back Ola Aina joining on a free transfer.
Form Guide
Kompany’s side head into this cup tie having lost the opening two Premier League fixtures of the campaign.
Manchester City ran out 3-0 winners on the opening night before Aston Villa took all three points in Sunday’s Turf Moor clash.
Forest have lost two of their three league fixtures after an opening weekend defeat against Arsenal at the Emirates, Steve Cooper’s men followed it up with a 2-1 victory against Sheffield United at the City Ground.
Despite then being two goals ahead inside the opening four minutes at Old Trafford last weekend, United’s three goals saw Forest suffer a 3-2 loss in Manchester.
What Vincent Kompany said
“It’s an important game for us again to keep improving as much as we can and try get that first win.
“It’s a competition like last year that we felt we had a good run-in, like the FA Cup too and I think our fans enjoyed it.
“It would be nice to go on another run like that again and hopefully we can start that on Wednesday with a win.
“Every game is important for us and we can’t ever put on the shirt and treat it any differently than the fact we have to win.”
Last time we met
23/02/2016 – Turf Moor
The last time Burnley faced Forest in a competitive fixture was in the 2015/16 season in the Clarets title-winning Championship campaign.
Sam Vokes turned home the winner in the 68th minute to secure all three points for the hosts as Burnley moved close to promotion to the Premier League.
Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Mee, Tarkowski, Ward, Arfield, Barton, Jones, Boyd, Gray, Vokes
Nottingham Forest: De Vries, Lichaj, Mills, Jokic, Mancienne, Gardner, Tesche (Cohen 81), Vaughan (Blackstock 74), Osborn (Grant 82), Ward, Oliviera
