[Lucky McLuckerson]

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

Date: Wednesday, February 28 2024
Kickoff Time: 1945 Hrs GMT
Venue: City Ground, Nottingham

FA Cup Form Guide

Manchester United: WW
Nottingham Forest: DWDD


Previous FA Cup Meetings

Nottingham Forest 0—1 Manchester United

Manchester United 0—1 Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest 1—0 Manchester United

Manchester United 0—2 Nottingham Forest

Manchester United 0—3 Nottingham Forest


All-Time FA Cup Record

Manchester United wins: 1
Nottingham Forest wins: 4
Draws: 1


Pre-Match Pressers

Erik ten Hag




Nuno Espírito Santo





Team News

Manchester United

Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martínez, Anthony Martial, Tyrell Malacia, Rasmus Højlund, Mason Mount and Aaron Wan-Bissaka ruled out. Casemiro doubtful.


Nottingham Forest

Chris Wood and Nuno Tavares ruled out. Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangaré and Willy-Arnaud Boly 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

Chris Kavanagh.


Familiar Faces

Anthony Elanga (2014—23)

 

[Samid]

Out of all comps in February. Yikes.

 

[Red_toad]

Can we find an actual left back and play him? Can we find a striker who will run and make himself available? So many questions....

 

[thisisnottaken1]

Out of all comps in February. Yikes.

When was the last time that happened? This really is the worst season in over 30 years. Not even under Moyes or Rangnick were we this bad.

 

[Flying_Heckfish]

RIP season 2023/2024, we hardly knew ye.

 

[Red Royal]

We are underdogs to Forest (no disrespect) but what a low point.

 

[#07]

Another embarrassing defeat on the cards.

 

[Bwuk]

I’d imagine Bruno is out, and I’d drop Rashford after that anyway.

Onana
Dalot - Varane - Maguire - Lindelof
Mainoo - Eriksen
Antony - Amad - Garnacho
McTominay​

 

[James35]

2-1 Forest.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Can't wait for those yellow bellied cowards to turn up on the Trent. They couldn't handle a night out in Popworld, let alone a competitive football match against two time European champions, Nottingham.

 

[Matt Varnish]

I’d imagine Bruno is out, and I’d drop Rashford after that anyway.

Onana
Dalot - Varane - Maguire - Lindelof
Mainoo - Eriksen
Antony - Amad - Garnacho
McTominay​

Very much doubt he will drop Rashford, unless he goes on the piss in Belfast on Monday night.

 

[horsechoker]

Can we try cheating?

 

[McGrathsipan]

Who cares.
I'm not watching Rashford the prancing pony anymore.

 

[Forest Red]

We are crap and can’t defend yet you lot are worried?

 

[Bubz27]

We are crap and can’t defend yet you lot are worried?

We can't defend or attack. Have that.

 

[always_hoping]

In words of the late Michael Jackson "this is it"

Top 4 chances as good as cooked with losing to Fulham today and Villa winning.

All that's left in this truly depressing season is the FA Cup. A shame going into this knock out tie without our two best defenders and only striker with no replacements.

 

[Banana Republic]

Despite terrible results, Forest have been fighting in the league.
Even losing match after match, they’re still scoring goals.
Something we are struggling to do.
This match will be like their cup final and if they win, the next one will be as well.
That’s a huge motivator and incentive for a struggling team.
I can see them being totally up for it.
Question is, will Utd ?


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[Dr Foo]

“We are moving in the right direction. Once we have our best players back, everything will be ok”

 

[AngeloHenriquez]

All I want is to see Rashford & Bruno dropped but it will never happen..

Onana
Dalot Varane Maguire Antony
Casemiro Mainoo
Garnacho Amad Forson
Mctominay

 

[Dannn411]

What is the point of even watching these days? He's not going to change much. He's going to roll out a similar team and give them the exact same instructions as he always gives them because he is as stubborn as a ram and genuinely believes its all going well in his head. I will be putting my time to more productive use.

 

[48 hours]

Can we try cheating?

we would need a perfect coach for that……..Giggs is available

 

[The Urban Goose]

The battle of the overrated gobshite #10s.

 

[Forest Red]

We can't defend or attack. Have that.

I’d feel confident if our first choice 11 hadn’t just stunk the place out at Villa Park.

 

[Chairman Steve]

A loss here would probably put ETH firmly into ‘inevitable sack by May’

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Think I'm now in the not arsed part of the season.

 

[paulscholes18]

We are crap and can’t defend yet you lot are worried?

So are we, and you beat us a few weeks ago.

 

[paulscholes18]

Onana
Dalot Evans Kambwla Antony
Mainoo Amrabat McTominay
Amad Forson Garnacho

 

[Telsim]

A team more our size… that made us look like clowns 2 months ago. Their defense has been terrible, so you’d usually capitalize on this, but we have no attack to speak of. It's an away game, so that's probably another 15+ shots incoming for Forest.

Two terrible teams facing off against each other. I can see this going well into ET. But we need this win to bounce back as much as that’s possible before going to the Etihad.

 

[Offsideagain]

City next weekend, so we must rest a few. Why he doesn't pick Amad is beyond me, especially now Hojlund is out. Rashford is too unreliable these days. Eriksen in for Bruno and Antony for Garnacho for a start. Not confident, but you never know with this lot.

 

[Moriarty]

Shades of 1989/90 season?

 

[bosnian_red]

Hope we can grind through this. FA Cup is all we have left this season.

 

[KranjskaKlobasa]

 

[pascell]

I think he'll go with an unchanged XI, maybe Antony for Forson. No way he starts selecting youngsters to rest senior players for City, its our last chance of silverware.

 

[MonkeysMagic]

A loss here would probably put ETH firmly into ‘inevitable sack by May’

He reached this point several months ago!

 

[Lee565]

___onana
Dalot_varane_maguire_amrabat
_______casimero__mainoo
__garnacho___fernandes__rashford
_____________mctominay

 

[Yanited__]

I really don't like Lindelof at LB. I'd be tempted to bring someone up from the academy. It won't happen though.

Think we'll beat them. This means more for us than them. Our season is on the line what feels like for every game. A good run in the FA Cup could be something for us to cling onto

 

[BootsyCollins]

Onana
Kambwala-Harry-Evans-Dalot
Casemiro
McT-Eriksen
Antony-Rashford-Garnacho

 

[tentan]

City next weekend, so we must rest a few. Why he doesn't pick Amad is beyond me, especially now Hojlund is out. Rashford is too unreliable these days. Eriksen in for Bruno and Antony for Garnacho for a start. Not confident, but you never know with this lot.

We're not getting top four anyway so play our strongest team for the FA cup.

 

[Needham]

In words of the late Michael Jackson "this is it"

In the words of Graham Taylor, when he was at ASTON villa, "You got us into this shit. Now you fecking get us out of it." Or are you suggesting, @always_hoping , that weebles wobble but they don't fall down? Typical of the bank of mum and dad generation.

 

[Sassy Colin]

Just start Antony, it can't be any worse than the Fulham game.