[Lucky McLuckerson]

....................VS.........................

Date: Sunday, April 16 2023
Kickoff Time: 1630 Hrs BST
Venue: City Ground, Nottinghamshire

Premier League Form Guide

4. Manchester United: LDLWW
18. Nottingham Forest: LLDLL


Previous Premier League Meetings

Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest 1—8 Manchester United

Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest 0—4 Manchester United

Manchester United 4—1 Nottingham Forest


All-Time Premier League Record

Manchester United wins: 45
Nottingham Forest wins: 29
Draws: 23


Pre-Match Pressers

Erik ten Hag




Steve Cooper





Team News

Manchester United

Raphaël Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Donny van de Beek, Alejandro Garnacho, Tom Heaton and Marcus Rashford ruled out. Scott McTominay doubtful doubtful.


Nottingham Forest

Chris Wood, Willy Boly, Dean Henderson, Giulian Biancone, Omar Richards, Ryan Yates, Cheikhou Kouyaté and Moussa Niakhaté ruled out. Sèrge Aurier, Emmanuel Dennis, Renan Lodi and Gustavo Scarpa doubtful.


Know the opposition

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

Simon Hooper.


Familiar Faces

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

 

[paulscholes18]

Looks like we are back to the chuckle brothers at the back.

DDG
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Casemiro Bruno
Antony Sabitzer Sancho
Martial

 

[Ayoba]

Can't even think about another game. Where's an international break when you need one

 

[Jacky Quacky]

Looks like we are back to the chuckle brothers at the back.

DDG
Dalot Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Casemiro Bruno
Antony Sabitzer Sancho
Martial

That defence is bottom half standard

 

[TheGame]

That defence is bottom half standard

It should do the job against Forest.

 

[groovyalbert]

Dreading this after tonight

 

[CallyRed]

Casemiro at the back

 

[bosnian_red]

So... This will be interesting now.

De Gea
Wan Bissaka Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Casemiro Bruno
Antony Sabitzer Sancho
Martial​

Not the worst thing in the world despite missing Rashford, Shaw, Martinez, Varane. Must win for us though. That build up will be painful to watch but midfield and attack is good.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

Absolutely must win

 

[Todd]

Assuming Shaw and Varane won't be available. Quite obviously Martinez won't be.

De Gea

Malacia
Lindelof
Maguire
Dalot

Casemiro
Eriksen

Sancho
Bruno
Antony

Martial

3 points here or top 4 is over.

 

[Telsim]

The thought of having to watch Lindelof - Maguire again is making my stomach churn. This club is cursed...

 

[BorisManUtd]

Forest are in relegation zone but 12th only looking at home games, so basically their good moments this season have only come at their own ground.

De Gea
Wan Bissaka Maguire Lindelof Malacia
Casemiro Bruno
Antony Sabitzer Sancho
Martial

Really big game. I'm not optimistic about our chances in Europa and Fa Cup with some of the key players missing, so league is really important.

 

[Moby]

It should do the job against Forest.

You mean the team that has scored in every single home game this season except one?

 

[Berbaclass]

You mean the team that has scored in every single home game this season except one?

Or when we beat them 3-0

 

[Siorac]

We can't afford to drop points here but it's looking really really tough with the injuries. feck Sevilla and their fecking voodoo in the Europa League. I'm going to blame them for Rashford's injury, too, just because it makes me feel a bit better.

 

[Infra-red]

If we are to get over the line and scrape 4th, then this is a must win. With Shaw, Varane and Martinez out, we will abandon any attempt at building up from the back and instead focus being the best counter attacking team possible for the run in (which, to be fair, also plays to de Gea's limited strengths).

 

[Dempsey19]

Chuckle brothers MK2.

Dreading this game already.

 

[James35]

Our sketchy away form with Maguire, Lindelof and Malacia. Yeah Forest have just won the lottery. I definitely see dropped points.

 

[TheGame]

You mean the team that has scored in every single home game this season except one?

The team that are nearly at the bottom of the league.

 

[BootsyCollins]

DDG
Dalot-Harry-Victor-Malacia
Casemiro-Fred
Anthony-Bruno-Sancho
Martial

 

[Moby]

The team that are nearly at the bottom of the league.

Still score at home every fecking game.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

De Gea
Wan Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia
Casemiro, Eriksen
Antony, Sabitzer, Bruno
Martial

On the bright side, Eriksen and Casemiro are back to bring some composure to our midfield. On the downside, that back 4 would struggle to look composed even when they're on form. The fact that 3 out of 4 of them are currently out-of-form worries me.

Maybe I'll feel less pessimistic once enough time has passed after the Sevilla game, but I'm not confident we'll win this one away to a team fighting for their lives.

 

[Red00012]

That defence is bottom half standard

Relegation 6 pointer then

 

[Blood Mage]

Going to be a horrible watch. Casemiro should guarantee that we don't lose though.

 

[Crimson King]

De Gea
Wan Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia
Casemiro, Eriksen
Antony, Sabitzer, Bruno
Martial

On the bright side, Eriksen and Casemiro are back to bring some composure to our midfield. On the downside, that back 4 would struggle to look composed even when they're on form. The fact that 3 out of 4 of them are currently suffering their worst spell at United worries me.

Maybe I'll feel less pessimistic once enough time has passed after the Sevilla game, but I'm not confident we'll win this one away to a team fighting for their lives.

Eriksen was pretty poor tonight when he came on. Hopefully it's just because he's rusty after being out for so long, but was caught in possession quite a few times.

 

[3KDré]

When is Shaw back?

 

[GledTheRed]

Assuming Shaw and Varane won't be available. Quite obviously Martinez won't be.

De Gea

Malacia
Lindelof
Maguire
Dalot

Casemiro
Eriksen

Sancho
Bruno
Antony

Martial

3 points here or top 4 is over.

Not really.

 

[spiriticon]

Maguire and Lindelof.

Let the chuckles begin.

 

[DickDastardly]

Our women's team should beat this lot.

Not worried.

 

[TheGodsInRed]

Maguire and Lindelof.

Let the chuckles begin.

Hopefully Shaw will be back and can play left CB.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

Thank feck Casemiro is back and he’s going to have a job on his hands protecting a CB pairing of Lindelof and Maguire, the duo no one wanted to see again.

 

[Member 125352]

I’m not in the mood for this game after the frustration of sevilla

 

[calodo2003]

Three points. Don't care who, don't care how.

 

[Flying_Heckfish]

The weekend fixture could've been much worse. Forest are in a slump, and luckily I guess they haven't had chance to activate the new manager bounce.

It'll be a painful one with the back 4 but we should have enough.

 

[always_hoping]

Forest not a bad side at home. Only recently they drew with Man City and it took a 93rd minute winner for Newcastle to beat them.

The hectic schedule is really taking it's toll with injuries now. Won't be pretty with low level replacements coming in and even weaker bench but hopefully united can grind out the win in this match.

 

[hobbers]

Maguire, Lindelof and Malacia in defense for this probably.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Eriksen was pretty poor tonight when he came on. Hopefully it's just because he's rusty after being out for so long, but was caught in possession quite a few times.

I think Ten Hag will trust Eriksen in possession more than Sancho. Bruno on the left isn't ideal but I think that starting 11 makes the most sense for a tough away game. Sancho can go missing for large spells in a game whereas Eriksen always demands the ball.

 

[RedSky]

No way AWB gets dropped, he was very good tonight and much better defensively than Dalot.

I'd play both Fred and Casemiro to give our fragile defense some added protection.

 

[Leftback99]

This a must win given difficult of our next few games, but it's away so chances are slim.

 

[zaafi]

I think our midfield should be like it was against Everton but Eriksen instead of Sancho maybe for more control. Not sure if necessary, though, and Sancho had a "decent" game against Everton.

De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Malacia
Casemiro Bruno
Antony Sabitzer Eriksen
Martial