Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 3-1 FA Cup victory versus Reading.

In that game, Manchester United had 78% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Manchester United, the scorers were Casemiro (54', 58') and Fred (66'). For their opponents, Reading had 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Amadou Mbengue (72') was the scorer for Reading.

Three or more goals per match have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Manchester United have participated. Opposition teams scored 6 of them in these games while Manchester United bagged a total of 14. With no two games being the same, time will tell if that trend shall persist in this game.

Nottingham Forest

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In the course of their six most recent matches, Steve Cooper's Nottingham Forest have seen their goal attempts be successful 6 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 14/09/1996 reveals that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Nottingham Forest. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Manchester United have been dominant against them, finishing as winners in 100 per cent of those matches played.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.

📋 Team News: Manchester United

Diogo Dalot (Hamstring Injury), Christian Eriksen (Ankle Injury) and Donny van de Beek (Knee Injury) won’t be able to feature for Manchester United gaffer Erik ten Hag.

📰 Team News: Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper has some current player fitness concerns. Cheikhou Kouyaté (Hamstring Injury), Dean Henderson (Thigh Problems), Omar Richards (Fractured Leg) and Giulian Biancone (Knee Injury) won’t be making appearances.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Manchester United can and should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Nottingham Forest could well find it tough to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be getting the chances to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a pretty comfortable 3-1 margin for Manchester United when all’s said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 01:25 28/01/2023