On Sun Apr 16th, Nottingham Forest hosts Manchester United at The City Ground in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Nottingham Forest sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré struck first for Aston Villa in the 48th minute, then Ollie Watkins added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Nottingham Forest looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Manchester United is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Everton. Scott McTominay struck first for Manchester United in the 36th minute, then Anthony Martial added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Marcus Rashford At the end of 90 a dissapointed Everton couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Manchester United and Nottingham Forest last played eachother at the Old Trafford on the 27th of December. Manchester United was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 74000 spectators. Marcus Rashford struck first for Manchester United in the 19th minute on a feed from Christian Eriksen, then Anthony Martial added another in the 22nd minute In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Manchester United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester United ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have been the hottest scorers for Manchester United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Joe Worrall and Emmanuel Dennis are the top scorers for Nottingham Forest in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Scott Mckenna, Emmanuel Dennis, Chris Wood, Giulian Biancone, Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Renan Lodi, Ryan Yates, Dean Henderson, Omar Richards and Wayne Hennessey, while Christian Eriksen, Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw are unavailable to play for Erik ten Hag’s team.