In this week 17 match, on Tuesday Dec 27th, Nottingham Forest will travel to Manchester to battle Manchester United in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Manchester United sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Fulham. Christian Eriksen scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 14th minute, but Daniel James got the equalizer for Fulham in the 61st minute. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Morgan Gibbs-White struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 54th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Nottingham Forest’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nottingham Forest ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Nottingham Forest hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Morgan Gibbs-White and Emmanuel Dennis, and they each have 1 goal. For Manchester United, their top scorers are Marcus Rashford and Ferreyra, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Tyrell Malacia is unavailable to play for Erik ten Hag’s team, while Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Harry Toffolo and Omar Richards are unavailable to play for Nottingham Forest.