Nottingham vs Manchester United: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :December 28, 2023 at 1:38 PM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 12:35 AM

Both sides are coming off impressive wins on Boxing Day

Nottingham Forest suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, but they were able to strike back last time out in a 1-3 win against Newcastle. Nottingham Forest have just a single home win from a possible six in the Premier League, drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.

Manchester United have claimed four points in their last three Premier League matches, starting with a 0-0 draw with Liverpool. A 2-0 defeat against West Ham was next up, before beating Aston Villa in a comeback win, they were two goals down in the first half but went on to win the match by 3-2 to end their three consecutive bad game stretch.

Kick-Off:

Saturday, 30 December 2023 at 5:30 PM GMT (11:00 PM IST)

Location: City Ground

Form

Nottingham Forest (Premier League): L-D-L-L-W

Manchester United (Premier League): W-L-D-L-W

Players to Watch:

Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest)

Since his arrival at Nottingham Forest, the New Zealand international after struggling with goals at Newcastle United has been on the scoresheet this season. He has scored more goals in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest than he managed to score for Newcastle. He scored a hattrick against his former club to help his current club in ending their winless stretch.

Rasmus Hojlund (Manchester United)

Rasmus Hojlund finally after 1069 minutes in the Premier League this season scored his first goal against Aston Villa. Hojlund struggled to score a goal and not been provided with the services by the midfielders, he scored the winner on Boxing Day. Hojlund will look to carry on this form and make it two consecutive scoring games.

Match facts:

Nottingham Forest have not won 10 of the last 12 home matches.
Manchester United have lost 3 of the last 4 matches without scoring a goal.
Nottingham Forest have conceded in 18 of the last 20 home matches.
Manchester United haven’t scored in 3 away matches.

Injury & Team News

Nottingham Forest have been blessed with not as many injuries as their upcoming opponents. Taiwo Awoniyi and Serge Aurier are the only two players missing from the squad, both out due to a groin injury and calf injury respectively.

Manchester United continue to be without their star players; Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro and Mason Mount will be available in 2024 January. Varane returned from illness against Aston Villa and Martial continues to deal with illness and is doubtful for this match.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 83

Nottingham Forest – 24

Manchester United wins – 42

Draws – 17

Predicted Lineup:

Nottingham Forest predicted lineup (4-2-3-1)

Turner; Williams, Murillo, Niakhate, Aina; Yates, Mangala; Origi, Gibbs-White, Elanga; Wood

Manchester United predicted lineup (4-2-3-1)

Onana; Shaw, Evans, Varane, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund

Match prediction for Nottingham vs Manchester United:

Nottingham Forest have scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games but somehow they have managed to blow up that early lead. Both the teams have had the same problem all this season, Manchester United will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday with Nottingham Forest managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games.

Telecast

India – Star Sports, Disney+ Hotstar

UK – Sky Sports, TNT Sports, Amazon Prime Video

US – NBC, USA Network, Peacock

Nigeria – DSTV, Gotv, Star Times, Kwese TV

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