The Reds will be ball number five in this evening's Carabao Cup quarter final draw.
Forest defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-1 on Wednesday evening courtesy of goals from Brennan Johnson (2), Jesse Lingard and Taiwo Awoniyi.
The victory means Steve Cooper's side will take part in their first League Cup quarter final clash since 1994.
The draw will take place live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of tonight's Manchester City vs Liverpool fixture, kick-off 8pm.
Carabao Cup quarter final ties will take place in the week commencing 9 January 2023.
1 Charlton Athletic
2 Leicester City
3 Manchester United
4 Newcastle United
5 Nottingham Forest
6 Southampton
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers
8 Manchester City/Liverpool