Manchester United 3-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2023

Result

Manchester United 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Manchester United 3-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester United won against Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 August 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Christian Eriksen (17'), Casemiro (52') and Bruno Fernandes (76', penalty). Nottingham Forest scored through Taiwo Awoniyi (2') and Willy Boly (4').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 3 points from 2 and Nottingham Forest 11th on 3 points from 2. Manchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (8.9), ahead of Matt Turner (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest · 0-1
4'Goal · Willy BolyNottingham Forest · 0-2
17'Goal · Christian EriksenManchester United · 1-2
44'Yellow card · Serge AurierNottingham Forest
45+2'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
52'Goal · CasemiroManchester United · 2-2
58'Yellow card · Aaron Wan-BissakaManchester United
62'Yellow card · Ola AinaNottingham Forest
67'Red card · Joe WorrallNottingham Forest
76'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 3-2
82'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
89'Yellow card · André OnanaManchester United
90+6'Yellow card · Bruno FernandesManchester United
90+6'Yellow card · Cheikhou KouyatéNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 0.

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 16 Apr 2023
Manchester United 3-0 Nottingham ForestPremier League · 27 Dec 2022

Team news

Unavailable

Sofyan AmrabatManchester United · injury (Unknown Injury)
Giovanni ReynaNottingham Forest · injury (Fissure Of The Fibula)
Tyrell MalaciaManchester United · injury (Knee Injury)
Sergio ReguilónManchester United · other (Doubtful)

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

André Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphaël Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matt Turner, Willy Boly, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Serge Aurier, Ryan Yates, Danilo, Ola Aina, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi