Manchester United are aiming to bounce again from their first defeat of the Ruben Amorim period after they host Nottingham Forest on Saturday within the Premier League.
The Pink Devils have been undone by Arsenal’s spectacular set-piece routines on Wednesday night as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat in north London. After a draw and two victories in his first three outings as Man Utd supervisor, it was Amorim’s first loss since arriving in England.
Man Utd nonetheless discover themselves within the backside half of the desk as they welcome shock over-performers Forest to Outdated Trafford. They’ve gained simply 5 of their opening 14 Premier League matches, certainly one of which got here in a 4-0 thrashing of Everton final weekend.
Forest’s unbelievable early season type has fallen away in latest weeks. A troublesome run of fixtures has confirmed a tad an excessive amount of for Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet, with defeats to Newcastle United, Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis in three of their final 4 outings. The journey to Outdated Trafford will probably be removed from easy, with Forest surrendering a two-goal lead in a 3-2 defeat on this fixture final time period.
Right here is 90min’s information to Saturday’s late Premier League kick-off.
Man Utd vs Nottingham Forest H2H Document (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Man Utd |
Nottingham Forest |
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Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd – 04/12/24 |
Man Metropolis 3-0 Nottingham Forest – 04/12/24 |
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Man Utd 4-0 Everton – 01/12/24 |
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Ipswich – 30/11/24 |
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Man Utd 3-2 Bodo/Glimt – 28/11/24 |
Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest – 23/11/24 |
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Ipswich 1-1 Man Utd – 24/11/24 |
Nottingham Forest 1-3 Newcastle – 10/11/24 |
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Man Utd 3-0 Leicester – 10/11/24 |
Nottingham Forest 3-0 West Ham – 02/11/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
|---|---|
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Major Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Further, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, UNIVERSO NOW, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO, NBC |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Accidents are beginning to ease up for Man Utd forward of a crunch interval for Amorim’s facet. Leny Yoro made his first aggressive look for the Pink Devils in opposition to Arsenal from the bench, that means it is solely Jonny Evans, Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw lacking for the Manchester membership this weekend.
Lisandro Martinez and Kobbie Mainoo missed the midweek defeat on the Emirates Stadium as they served one-game suspensions. Each had gathered 5 yellow playing cards this season within the Premier League however will return to the lineup in opposition to Forest.
Amorim continues to be discovering his greatest beginning XI and there’s a probability he makes modifications from Wednesday’s defeat. Marcus Rashford, Amad Diallo and Joshua Zirkzee may all come into the XI having solely been used from the bench within the capital.
Man Utd predicted lineup vs Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1): Onana; De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez; Diallo, Mainoo, Ugarte, Dalot; Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee.
Accidents have been sort to Forest for probably the most half this season, though they continue to be with out two key central midfielders. Each Danilo and Ibrahim Sangare are nonetheless unavailable with long-term accidents, even when the previous is again in coaching after breaking his ankle on the opening day of the season.
Espirito Santo is unlikely to make sweeping modifications to the facet that tasted defeat in Manchester on Wednesday night by the hands of the reigning Premier League champions.
Anthony Elanga is in line to characteristic in opposition to the membership he departed in 2023 and there are unlikely to be alterations to the common again 4 that has been so watertight for Forest this time period.
Nottingham Forest predicted lineup vs Man Utd (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Anderson; Wooden.
It is nonetheless troublesome to foretell what we’ll see from Man Utd, who have not totally satisfied underneath the Amorim as of but. Endurance is required for the Outdated Trafford devoted, though the 4-0 win over Everton final weekend can have raised spirits.
Even a month in the past this fixture would have had a drastically totally different really feel. Nonetheless, Forest discover themselves in a troublesome patch after a string of defeats to sturdy opposition, with their beforehand inflexible defence having been leakier in latest outings.
It might not be convincing from both facet however particular person high quality and the assist of a house crowd may see Man Utd edge this one.
