FA Premier League

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United

City Ground

Kick-off
Tue, 1 April 2025 @ 8:00pm BST
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  • Lucky McLuckerson

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    Date: Tuesday, April 01 2025
    Kickoff Time: 2000 Hrs BST
    Venue: City Ground, Nottingham


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    League Form Guide

    13. Manchester United: LDWDW
    3. Nottingham Forest: LLDWW


    Previous League Meetings


    Manchester United 2—3 Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest 2—1 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—2 Nottingham Forest

    Nottingham Forest 0—2 Manchester United

    Manchester United 3—0 Nottingham Forest


    All-Time League Record

    Manchester United wins: 47
    Nottingham Forest wins: 31
    Draws: 23


    Pre-Match Pressers

    Rúben Amorim




    Nuno Espírito Santo





    Team News

    Manchester United

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    Nottingham Forest

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    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

    Jarred Gillett.


    Familiar Faces

    Anthony Elanga (2014—23)

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    Knowing our luck we’ll lose a bunch more players to injury over the break.
     
    A point here would be a very good result - they are one of the best-managed teams in the PL right now: score freely and concede very few
     
    Being objective, the 3-0 score line versus Leicester flattered us a bit, they could/should have scored a couple and actually outdid us on xG. I should worry about this game but I think their style, which will give us a lot of the ball, will really play into our hands.

    0-2 loss
     
    A draw won’t be diabolical, given their form and how good they’ve been at home.
     
    Depending on who plays i could just see them kill us on set pieces and it being a comfortable and straighforward win for them.
     
    How negative my mentality has become, but if it’s keeping city out of the top 4, I’d gladly give Forest three points.
     
    Perfect game to gauge where we are at. Good opponent, but not too good.
     
    I reckon we'll lose this one. Our mini run of late has just been papering over cracks. Would be really glad to be proven wrong.
     
    I reckon we'll lose this one. Our mini run of late has just been papering over cracks. Would be really glad to be proven wrong.
    Has it? I see this phrase usually used when we've got results where we didn't really deserve it or play well. But we played well against Arsenal, both Sociedad games and Leicester.
     
    Hopefully no injuries in the lead up to this.
    Hojlund
    Zirkzee Garnacho
    Dorgu Bruno Ugarte Dalot
    Yoro De Ligt Mazraoui
    Onana
    Sh ok uld actually have a decent bench for this, possibly? Mount, Eriksen, Casemiro at least from the senior guys. Actually Case will probably start with Ugarte playing for Uruguay
     
    Forest have their FA Cup Quarter-final three days before this so hopefully that goes to extra-time.
     
    We always game raise against the top teams. 2-3 to match their and our number of Big Cups.
     
    Has it? I see this phrase usually used when we've got results where we didn't really deserve it or play well. But we played well against Arsenal, both Sociedad games and Leicester.
    idk, maybe i'm just jaded from getting my hopes up and then crashing back down to earth. I'd love to see the boys go on a run in the league and the Europa.

    I think as people have said, it'll be a good test - regardless of the result if we can compete with them properly on the pitch, it'll show the real progress.
     
    A point here would be a very good result - they are one of the best-managed teams in the PL right now: score freely and concede very few
    It would if we put in a good performance. It’s all about our performances and how we play nowadays. We can’t be getting dominated and create very little. If we put in a good shift and get unlucky and come out with a draw then it’s a good result
     
    Perfect game to gauge where we are at. Good opponent, but not too good.
    Very good opponent this season. Beat city and the only team to beat Liverpool at anfield. And drew to them at home. Got draws against Arsenal and Chelsea also. Be a very tough game for us. But I still think it’s a one season wonder for forest and they’ll finish bottom half next year.
     
    ...........................Onana...............
    .Dalot.....De Ligt...Lindelöf...Heaven.....Dorgu

    .........................Ugarte...Bruno.....................
    ..................Garnacho.......Zirkzee..................
    ...............................Højlund.................

    Subs: Mazraoui, Casemiro, Collyer.

    It ends 2-2, and the player, who many fans are going to love again soon, is going to score - Højlund.
     
    ...........................Onana...............
    .Dalot.....De Ligt...Lindelöf...Heaven.....Dorgu

    .........................Ugarte...Bruno.....................
    ..................Garnacho.......Zirkzee..................
    ...............................Højlund.................

    Subs: Mazraoui, Casemiro, Collyer.

    It ends 2-2, and the player, who many fans are going to love again soon, is going to score - Højlund.

    If Mazraoui is fit, why for the love of god would we subject ourselves to Lindelof again?
     
    Mazraoui better as a full back, not as a central defender.

    We don’t play with fullbacks and Mazroui offers absolutely nothing as a wingback.

    His best football this year has exclusively come as one of the 2 wider centre backs.
     
    Ok, wingback. Same situation is this discussion

    They’re absolutely not the same situation. Fullback and Wingback are entirely separate positions - especially in the system we play.

    I don’t understand how anybody could watch him play football and honestly think he’s better at wingback than he is at centre back?

    What has he done at wingback to give you that opinion? He’s been relatively faultless at CB, but every time we’ve had to play him wider for lack of fit, available options, that flank has been a complete non-entity in terms of attack.

    The fact we’ve had to rely on him and Dalot as wingbacks so often since Amorim arrived is IMO, the single biggest contributing factor to our struggles in attack.
     
    They’re absolutely not the same situation. Fullback and Wingback are entirely separate positions - especially in the system we play.

    I don’t understand how anybody could watch him play football and honestly think he’s better at wingback than he is at centre back?

    What has he done at wingback to give you that opinion? He’s been relatively faultless at CB, but every time we’ve had to play him wider for lack of fit, available options, that flank has been a complete non-entity in terms of attack.

    The fact we’ve had to rely on him and Dalot as wingbacks so often since Amorim arrived is IMO, the single biggest contributing factor to our struggles in attack.
    It's 100% the same situation:
    - Lindelöf is still better than Mazraoui in central defense.

    - Mazraoui is still better as a wingback than Lindelöf.




    Furthermore, it is debatable whether we actually play with wingbacks in all matches. That is certainly the goal, but there have also been matches where we have not actually played with wingbacks, as I see it.
     
    - Lindelöf is still better than Mazraoui in central defense.

    Simply not true.

    - Mazraoui is still better as a wingback than Lindelöf.

    True, by virtue of simply being a better footballer than Lindelof in any position on the pitch.

    It’s not like you’re picking him at WB because the team needs it though - you had him on the bench. There’s no conceivable reason in my mind that you’d start with Max on the bench so you can start Lindelof.

    Thankfully, as we can see from his selections all season, Amorim agrees.
     
    It's 100% the same situation:
    - Lindelöf is still better than Mazraoui in central defense.

    - Mazraoui is still better as a wingback than Lindelöf.




    Furthermore, it is debatable whether we actually play with wingbacks in all matches. That is certainly the goal, but there have also been matches where we have not actually played with wingbacks, as I see it.
    Mazraoui has been really good at RCB - he’s a much better option as part of the back 3 over Lindelof. Without a doubt.

    And possibly one or two performances aside, he hasn’t been as good as a wingback.
     

Score Predictions

23,21,20
  • Man Utd win
  • Nottingham Forest win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 19% Nottingham Forest 1:1 Man Utd
  • 16% Nottingham Forest 2:1 Man Utd
  • 14% Nottingham Forest 1:2 Man Utd
  • 13% Nottingham Forest 2:2 Man Utd
  • 11% Nottingham Forest 0:2 Man Utd
  • 6% Nottingham Forest 3:1 Man Utd
  • 5% Nottingham Forest 3:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 0:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 2:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Nottingham Forest 1:3 Man Utd
  • 2% Nottingham Forest 4:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Nottingham Forest 4:1 Man Utd
  • 2% Nottingham Forest 0:3 Man Utd
  • 2% Nottingham Forest 0:4 Man Utd
  • 2% Nottingham Forest 2:3 Man Utd
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