📏 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest head into this fixture after a 0-0 FA Cup stalemate vs Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that game, Nottingham Forest had 47% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Brighton & Hove Albion had 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Nottingham Forest won the match 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Over their past six fixtures, Nuno Espírito Santo's Nottingham Forest have hit the target a combined total of 10 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.67.

Looking at their past form shows that Nottingham Forest:

• have not lost a league tie with Manchester United in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 8 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.

Manchester United

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Manchester United will come into the match following a 0-3 Premier League win with the defeat of Leicester City in their previous outing.

In that game, Manchester United managed 46% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Manchester United, the scorers were Rasmus Højlund (28'), Alejandro Garnacho (67') and Bruno Fernandes (90'). Leicester City got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

In their previous 6 clashes, Manchester United have amassed a total of 13 goals. Manchester United have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 6 goals go against them. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Manchester United haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 01/02/2023 shows that Nottingham Forest have won 2 of them & Manchester United 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 from The Reds and 11 coming from The Red Devils. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league match between these clubs was Premier League match day 15 on 07/12/2024 when it ended Manchester United 2-3 Nottingham Forest.

On that occasion, Manchester United had 72% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Rasmus Højlund (18') and Bruno Fernandes (61').

Nottingham Forest had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Nikola Milenković (2'), Morgan Gibbs-White (47') and Chris Wood (54') scored.

The match was refereed by Darren England.

📋 Team News: Nottingham Forest

Carlos Miguel (Hamstring injury) and Eric da Silva Moreira (unknown injury) aren’t available for Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo.

In all likelihood, The Reds should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolas Dominguez, Elliot Anderson, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Taiwo Awoniyi.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester United

Manchester United boss Rúben Amorim has not got a full squad to pick from. Ayden Heaven (unknown injury), Altay Bayındır (unknown injury), Jonny Evans (Muscle injury), Kobbie Mainoo (Muscle injury), Luke Shaw (Muscle injury), Amad Diallo (Ankle injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that The Red Devils could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Andre Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Leny Yoro, Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hoejlund.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Manchester United are likely to score a goal against this Nottingham Forest side, however that may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Nottingham Forest at the end of the 90 minutes. Hopefully this is a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 18:04 01/04/2025