Luton manager Kevin Blackwell will be without key striker Paul Furlong for the potentially crucial FA Cup clash with Nottingham Forest.Furlong, 39, has only just returned from a hamstring injury but picked up his fifth booking of the season against Oldham last week and misses out with a one-match ban.

The winners will host Liverpool in the third round and after the Hatters entered administration last month the potential £250,000 windfall from the televised match could be crucial.

Midfielder Matthew Spring returns after missing the Oldham clash with flu and Calvin Andrew will replace Furlong after the postponement of Saturday's clash with Millwall allowed him to rest a knock.

Paul Peschisolido and Sam Parkin (both ankle) remain a long way from fitness and are joined on the sidelines by fellow long-term casualties Richard Langley (broken leg) and Paul Underwood.

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