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Manchester United 3:0 Nottingham Forest

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    Date: Tuesday, December 27 2022
    Kickoff Time: 2000 Hrs GMT
    Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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    League Form Guide

    5. Manchester United: WDWLW
    18. Nottingham Forest: DWLDW


    Previous League Meetings

    Nottingham Forest 1—8 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest 0—4 Manchester United

    Manchester United 4—1 Nottingham Forest

    Manchester United 5—0 Nottingham Forest


    All-Time League Record

    Manchester United wins: 44
    Nottingham Forest wins: 29
    Draws: 23


    Pre-Match Pressers

    Erik ten Hag




    Steve Cooper





    Team News

    Manchester United

    Axel Tuanzebe, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez and Raphaël Varane ruled out. Diogo Dalot doubtful.

    Nottingham Forest

    Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Omar Richards, Moussa Niakhaté and Dean Henderson ruled out. Morgan Gibbs-White and Serge Aurier doubtful.


    Know the opposition

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    Nottingham Forest Football Club (nicknamed The Tricky Trees or The Garibaldi) is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club was founded in 1865 when a group of players met at the Clinton Arms on Nottingham's Shakespeare Street, and J. S. Scrimshaw's proposal to play football instead was agreed. At the same meeting that the club would purchase twelve tasseled caps colored Garibaldi Red (named after the leader of the Italian Redshirts freedom fighters). Thus the club's official colors were established. In their early years Forest were a multi-sports club. As well as their roots in bandy and shinty, Forest's baseball club were British champions in 1899. Forest's charitable approach helped clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion to form. In 1886, Forest donated a set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves – the then South London team still wear red. Forest also donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a site to play on for Brighton.

    In 1878–79 season Forest entered the FA Cup for the first time. Forest's application was rejected to join the Football League at its formation in 1888. Forest instead joined the Football Alliance in 1889. They won the competition in 1892 before then entering the Football League. In 1905, Nottingham Forest toured South America to play a series of friendly matches in Argentina and Uruguay. They would be followed for other English and Scottish clubs that visited the region, contributing to the spread and develop of football in South America during the first years of the 20th century. Brian Clough was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975, twelve weeks after the end of his 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United. Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer as Gordon had been for him at Derby County and Leeds United. The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor reign was the 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup. Forest led the First Division for most of the season and were confirmed as 1977–78 Football League champions after a 0–0 draw against Coventry City on 22 April 1978, becoming one of the few teams (and the most recent team to date) to win the First Division title the season after winning promotion from the Second Division. Subsequently they became one of four English clubs to have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League more than once and one of two English clubs to have won the competition back-to-back. Forest have two stars above their club crest to commemorate their two European Cup victories.

    In total the club has won two European Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one League title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and one FA Charity Shield. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football since its admission to the Football League, with the exception of five seasons in the third tier. Their fiercest rivalry is with Derby County, with whom they contest the East Midlands derby. The two clubs have met a total of 109 times, with Forest claiming the most victories (43), the longest win streak (5), and the longest unbeaten run (10) which runs from the 11th March 2018 to the present day. Leicester City were widely considered to be Forest's main East Midlands rivals prior to Brian Clough's success at both Derby and Forest. The ferocity is now most fiercely felt by fans who live around the Leicestershire-Nottinghamshire border.[citation needed] Forest's other regional rival is Sheffield United, based in the neighboring county of South Yorkshire. They play their home games at City Ground.


    Referee

    Anthony Taylor.


    Familiar Faces

    Jesse Lingard (2000—22) and Dean Henderson (2011—on loan)

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    Team should be...

    -----------------De Gea-----------------
    AWB--Lindelof--Martinez--Shaw
    ----------------Casemiro----------------
    ---Fernandes----------Eriksen---
    Antony------Martial------Rashford

    Subs: Dubravka, Varane, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, VDB, Garnacho, Elanga

    Wrapping Varane up until tougher games come, desperately need to sign an attacker in the window
     
    charlenefan said:
    Team should be...

    -----------------De Gea-----------------
    AWB--Lindelof--Martinez--Shaw
    ----------------Casemiro----------------
    ---Fernandes----------Eriksen---
    Antony------Martial------Rashford

    Subs: Dubravka, Varane, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, VDB, Garnacho, Elanga

    Wrapping Varane up until tougher games come, desperately need to sign an attacker in the window
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    Agree with the team unless Varane is back and fit. We can’t afford to drop points.
     
    charlenefan said:
    Team should be...

    -----------------De Gea-----------------
    AWB--Lindelof--Martinez--Shaw
    ----------------Casemiro----------------
    ---Fernandes----------Eriksen---
    Antony------Martial------Rashford

    Subs: Dubravka, Varane, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, VDB, Garnacho, Elanga

    Wrapping Varane up until tougher games come, desperately need to sign an attacker in the window
    Click to expand...
    Is Dalot injured?
     
    DDG

    Malacia Lindelof Martinez Shaw

    Casemiro Eriksen

    Antony Bruno Rashford

    Martial
     
    DdG

    Shaw
    Lindelof
    Maguire
    AWB

    Casemiro
    Eriksen

    Rashford
    Bruno
    Antony

    Martial
     
    We're due to give someone a bit of a twatting, so hopefully its here. I'd be surprised if we didn't allow Varane and Lisandro the day off and bring them back in from the New Year. Maguire, Lindelof or Casemiro should handle these.
     
    charlenefan said:
    Team should be...

    -----------------De Gea-----------------
    AWB--Lindelof--Martinez--Shaw
    ----------------Casemiro----------------
    ---Fernandes----------Eriksen---
    Antony------Martial------Rashford

    Subs: Dubravka, Varane, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, VDB, Garnacho, Elanga

    Wrapping Varane up until tougher games come, desperately need to sign an attacker in the window
    Click to expand...
    This. Hopefully we'll have Dalot and Varane back in the starting 11 soon, ideally before City and Arsenal games. in January.
     
    I’m feeling confident we can get something from this one. Our home form is coming together with victories over The Scouse, Spurs and Palace before the WC. Time to start picking up points on the road. Henderson can’t play but Jesse is bang on form at the moment.

    We’ll likely play a 433 - something like:

    Hennessy

    Aurier (if recovered)
    Cook
    McKenna
    Lodi

    Yates
    Frueler
    Mangala

    Johnson
    MGW
    Lingard
     
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    I'm pretty sure Varane & Martinez aren't back for this one? Maybe I'm just making it up. If Maguire is still unwell then maybe Martinez would be brought back earlier as I doubt EtH will want to go into PL games with Midfielders in Defence.

    de Gea
    Malacia Lindelof Martinez Shaw
    Casemiro Eriksen
    Antony Bruno Rashford
    Martial​

    Maybe Magurie over Martinez depending on what that situation is.

    Hopefully we are back to full strength for Wolves if Dalot has recovered too.
     
    It'll be interesting to see what the defence looks like, the rest should pick themselves.
     
    Hopefully some good link ups between Martial, Rashford and Antony
     
    3-1. Erik, don't be like that horse-headed twat fecking cnut prick arse fanny hole horrible shitfaced England manager and play Rashford who is in excellent form.
     
    Desperately need the 3 points here. Let’s put lingard back in his place too. 3-0 to us. Think we’ll go on a decent run now up until the city game on the 14th of Jan.
     


    What is this bastard doing? Celebrate after the season. Get back to Manchester already :mad:
     
    This is a potential banana skin if our central back 2 aren’t playing. On the attacking front we desperately need a squad player to join the ranks in case Rashford or Martial get injured
     
    Rashford hat-trick incoming. He could run to the Trafford Centre and back in the time that Forest's dogshit slow centre backs run 20 yards.
     
    Will the Aldi version of gianluigi Buffon be playing or is he loan tied?
     
    charlenefan said:
    Team should be...

    -----------------De Gea-----------------
    AWB--Lindelof--Martinez--Shaw
    ----------------Casemiro----------------
    ---Fernandes----------Eriksen---
    Antony------Martial------Rashford

    Subs: Dubravka, Varane, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, VDB, Garnacho, Elanga

    Wrapping Varane up until tougher games come, desperately need to sign an attacker in the window
    Click to expand...

    So sad that after all those money spent, our game changer from the bench is an 18 y.o. on his debut season.
     
    The Urban Goose said:
    Rashford hat-trick incoming. He could run to the Trafford Centre and back in the time that Forest's dogshit slow centre backs run 20 yards.
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    They are slow but then that’s why we changed formation and are much more solid now. Besides, we have Yates and Frueler to do the running and both are niggly and horrible to play against.
     
    Forest Red said:
    They are slow but then that’s why we changed formation and are much more solid now. Besides, we have Yates and Frueler to do the running and both are niggly and horrible to play against.
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    We have this chap called Casemiro. He’s a right character :drool:
     
    TheReligion said:
    We have this chap called Casemiro. He’s a right character :drool:
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    Yates Vs Casemiro is going to interesting. As we’ll sit deep and try to break at pace, how quick are Man Utd’s defenders?
     
    Forest Red said:
    Yates Vs Casemiro is going to interesting. As we’ll sit deep and try to break at pace, how quick are Man Utd’s defenders?
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    Depends who plays. You’re playing us at a good time really given the majority have been deep in the World Cup. It’s doubtful Varane and Martinez will play and they are first choice, whilst Dalot has a strain and will likely be rested.

    We don’t defend as high line as people think though really.
     
    TheReligion said:
    Depends who plays. You’re playing us at a good time really given the majority have been deep in the World Cup. It’s doubtful Varane and Martinez will play and they are first choice, whilst Dalot has a strain and will likely be rested.

    We don’t defend as high line as people think though really.
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    I agree, it’s a great time to play you, and why I think we’ll get something from the game. Over the last 6 games I think we are around 9th in the form table. The only issues we have is that Aurier was ill for the Blackburn game and Frueler had a bit of a stinker. Our false 9, 10 and 11 are all hitting some form + we have a decent bench.
     
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  • Man Utd win
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  • 32% Man Utd 3:0 Nottingham Forest
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  • 11% Man Utd 3:1 Nottingham Forest
  • 9% Man Utd 2:1 Nottingham Forest
  • 4% Man Utd 1:0 Nottingham Forest
  • 3% Man Utd 4:0 Nottingham Forest
  • 3% Man Utd 4:1 Nottingham Forest
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  • 2% Man Utd 5:0 Nottingham Forest
  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 Nottingham Forest
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Nottingham Forest
  • 1% Man Utd 3:2 Nottingham Forest
  • 1% Man Utd 1:2 Nottingham Forest
  • 1% Man Utd 5:1 Nottingham Forest
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  1. Man Utd
  2. Nottingham Forest
Possession
66% 34%
Shots
17 8
Shots on Target
8 3
Corners
9 9
Fouls
13 4

Referee

Anthony Taylor

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