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Nottingham Forest 2:1 Manchester United

City Ground

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Sat, 30 December 2023 @ 5:30pm GMT
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    Lucky McLuckerson

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    Date: Saturday, December 30 2023
    Kickoff Time: 1730 Hrs BST
    Venue: City Ground, Nottingham


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    League Form Guide

    6. Manchester United: WLDLW
    16. Nottingham Forest: LDLLW


    Previous League Meetings


    Manchester United 3—2 Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest 0—2 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest 1—8 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest


    All-Time League Record

    Manchester United wins: 47
    Nottingham Forest wins: 29
    Draws: 23


    Pre-Match Pressers

    Erik ten Hag






    Nuno Espírito Santo





    Team News

    Manchester United

    Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martínez, Casemiro, Harry Maguire and Jadon Sancho ruled out. Mason Mount, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Sofyan Amrabat, Amad Diallo and Anthony Martial doubtful


    Nottingham Forest

    Taiwo Awoniyi, Ibrahim Sangaré, Sèrge Aurier and Felipe ruled out.


    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

    Tim Robinson.


    Familiar Faces

    Anthony Elanga (2014—23)

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    Only we could lose this game after a 2nd half like today :lol:
     
    Tough game. Forest will sit in and can counter with so much pace. Gibbs-White was outstanding today vs Newcastle.

    Team picks itself.

    Onana
    AWB - Varane - Evans - Dalot
    Mainoo - Eriksen
    Garnacho - Bruno - Rashford
    Hojlund​
     
    Might be worth rotating Evans out. Forest play with a ton of pace on the counter, and Evans shouldn't really be playing twice in a week.
     
    Hope we don’t change too much
    I guess Shaw comes back in at LB but if we can keep the same energy levels then we can win this game
    There are no easy games in the PL anymore
     
    Please stick with Rashford left, Garnacho right. I cant go back to Antony after that performance.
     
    This needs to be a win or he’ll be facing the chop again . They are very good on the break so we need to be compact and hopefully our keeper stops shitting the bed. I’m actually going for a win.

    1-2 Rasmus again.
     
    Great win today for Forest v Newcastle.
    But a great come back by us against a team flying high in the league..

    sooo bring it on.
     
    Nuno will make it a miserable game but I think we’ll win it 2 nil. Goals from Rashford and Højlund.
     
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    Dalot.Varane.Evans.Shaw
    ........Mainoo.Eriksen.........
    ..............Bruno...................
    Garnacho..............Rashford
    .................Højlund.............
     
    Need to build on this win. Hopefully a few important players are set to come back in the coming weeks, and we don't have many games in January either.

    Onana
    Dalot Varane Evans Shaw
    Mainoo Eriksen
    Garnacho Bruno Rashford
    Hojlund​
     
    Probably have to go with the same team for this one. Anyone know how long till Casemiro is back?
     
    4-0 thrashing by forest against us.

    doesn’t matter which side we put out.
    They might score 4 but there's no way we score 0. Their keeper is horrendous, we just need Bruno, Rashford and Garnacho to keep peppering him from 25 yards and he'll palm them into Hojlund's path for us.
     
    No chance Varane can play 2 games a week.

    So we'll have potentially Willy back fore this game, and hopefully Shaw too.

    Otherwise, I would keep the same XI if Rashford is ok physically after the knock received

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    Wan Bissaka-------------------Willy---------------Evans-----------------------------Shaw
    ------------------------------------------------Mainoo-------------------------------------------------
    Garnacho----------------------Bruno--------------Eriksen-----------------------Rashford
    --------------------------------------------------Hojlund------------------------------------------------
     
    Need to back up the villa win with another win and good performance here.
     
    Sangare is suspended for them so that is some positive news. He had a good game against Newcastle
    I’m surprised he was even picked for Newcastle- he’s been underwhelming since the fanfare of his arrival and has been injured / ill for the last 2 weeks. Yates will probably play though it could be Mangala or Dominguez. Two games in with the new manager and he’s picked two very different sides so god knows what the lineup will be?
     
    Is it actually a 5:30 kick off?
    My stupid BBC app says 3pm
     
    Put us down for a 3-0 win, but and there's always a but these days. It's away and Forest are getting a new Manager bounce. We, however, are getting a fantastic win bounce. As long as Garnacho isn't too knackered from last night and we have Mainoo in midfield, we should win.
     
    Looks like we’ll have Mount, Maguire, Martinez and Casemiro available after the international break. Will be a massive boost to the squad and I could see it propelling us back into the top 4 race and a shot at the fa cup.

    As long as Mainoo remains a starter.
     
    For the sake of fostering “good natured“ banter, here’s the Forest team I would like to see (not a clue who NES will play). How many would get in your available match day 11? The new manager seems to favour a 4231 formation

    Vlachademos

    Montial - Boly - Murillo - Toffolo

    Yates - Mangala

    Elanga - MGW - CHO

    Wood

    notable absences who would be in the team: Sangare for Yates and Awoniyi for Wood
     
    Not sure if NF play the high-line Villa did. If not, it may be prudent to not use the same midfield.

    Elanga will certainly pose a problem if unguarded. We have problems with opposition wingers exploiting space in behind. Bournemouth got purchase behind Reguilon and onto Shaw and if we aren't careful, it could happen again.
     
    Onana
    AWB Varane Shaw/Willy Reguilon
    Mainoo Amrabat
    Garnacho Bruno Rashford
    Hojlund


    Evans doesn't have the legs to play twice in a week...let Shaw slide to CB and give Sergio a run against Gibbs-White b/c i think Dalot would get caught out defensively against him OR Willy at CB to help deal with the size and strength of Woods and Shaw to LB on Gibbs-White

    Eriksen doesn't have the legs to play twice in a week either....
     
    Not sure if NF play the high-line Villa did. If not, it may be prudent to not use the same midfield.

    Elanga will certainly pose a problem if unguarded. We have problems with opposition wingers exploiting space in behind. Bournemouth got purchase behind Reguilon and onto Shaw and if we aren't careful, it could happen again.
    No - lowish block then look to break through the front 4. If Nes follows the Newcastle model, Elanga will play on which ever side is your slowest fullback.
     
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Score Predictions

128,24,21
  • Man Utd win
  • Nottingham Forest win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 34% Nottingham Forest 1:2 Man Utd
  • 15% Nottingham Forest 0:2 Man Utd
  • 11% Nottingham Forest 1:3 Man Utd
  • 9% Nottingham Forest 1:1 Man Utd
  • 4% Nottingham Forest 0:3 Man Utd
  • 4% Nottingham Forest 1:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 2:3 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 2:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 2:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 2:2 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 0:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 2:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 3:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 0:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 3:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 0:8 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 3:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Nottingham Forest 9:0 Man Utd
Compiled from 173 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Nottingham Forest
  2. Man Utd
Possession
46% 54%
Shots
8 10
Shots on Target
2 5
Corners
4 5
Fouls
9 11

Referee

Tim Robinson