Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup third round tie between Nottingham Forest and West Ham at the City Ground (12pm kick off UK time).

GOAL! Forest 1-0 West Ham. Abdoun dinks a sublime penalty down the middle.

George Moncur trips Jamie Paterson in the area. Abdoun to take it...

PENALTY to FOREST!

Matt Jarvis sends in the set piece but it's easy for Karl Darlow.

Downing skips down the left and arcs over a dangerous cross that is headed out for a corner.

West Ham's youthful side have shown little sign of nerves thus far as Forest probe for an opening.

CUP HISTORY: Forest have won the cup on two occasions. They first won the trophy in 1898 and most recently in 1959. West Ham won the cup in 1975 and 1980 but were beaten on penalties by Liverpool in the 2006 Final in Cardiff.

The teams have met five times in the FA Cup. Forest's victory in the 1991 semi final is their only FA Cup success against West Ham. The Hammers have won each of the other four FA Cup meetings between the two.

Abdoun's cross from the right is miscued by debutant, Driver but he recovers to make a good block-tackle on Greg Halford.

Henri Lansbury leads the charge for Forest but is just put off his stride as he bore down on goal. West Ham clear.

STAT: West Ham have conceded 11 goals in their last four matches. In contrast, Nottingham Forest have kept four clean sheets in their last six matches.

Djamel Abdoun jinks down the right but overruns the ball before he can whip in the cross. Bright start from the hosts.

Today's referee is Martin Atkinson. His record this season: 19 matches - Three red cards, 58 yellows.

KICK OFF! West Ham get us underway.

STAT: The teams most recently met in the fourth round in 2011, when West Ham won 3-2 at Upton Park. The last two FA Cup meetings between the two have ended in a 3-2 home win for West Ham.

Billy Davies' pre-match views in the tunnel: "It's all about consistency. We are playing very well and the message to the players is quite simple: 'Keep trying to win games.' Four defeats in 24 matches shows this group has been excellent... It doesn't matter (how weak West Ham are). Every single game in the cup is difficult. It doesn't matter whose name is on the teamsheet. We need to do our job right and approach the game in the right way."

STAT: West Ham have won seven of the last nine meetings between the sides. Forest haven’t beaten the Hammers in the cup since the 1991 semi-final at Villa Park, which they won 4-0.

Forest striker Simon Cox: "We are very much looking forward to it. It is a chance for the players to test themselves against Premier League opposition. The players who might not have played a lot of football recently could get a chance. It is going to be a tough task but, if we get to the promised land of the Premier League next season then we will be going up against this sort of team every week."

Sam Allardyce: "My point of view is that it is not a pressure game. We have only 14 players available so the U21s and the youngsters will be tested. At the end of the day, everybody outside the game and inside the game says, 'when are you going to start playing your youngsters?' Then if I play them people say 'Oh, you're undermining the FA Cup'. We had a few digs about that when we played Tottenham in the Capital One Cup, and we won. My job is to put the best team out based on our situation."

Stewart Downing captains a youthful Hammers side that includes three debutants. Danny Whitehead, Callum Driver and Sebastian Lletget all start, with new recruit Jaanai Gordon on the bench. Meanwhile, Billy Davies has made just two changes to the team that drew at Reading. Guy Moussi and Djamel Abdoun replace Nathaniel Chalobaha and Jamie Mackie.

With the line-ups now in the public domain, there is a lot of chatter on Twitter backing Forest to triumph. ODDS: Nottingham Forest to win: 2.15... West Ham United to win: 3.5... Draw: 3.1