Manchester United 2-3 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 December 2024
Result
Manchester United 2-3 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Saturday 7 December 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Manchester United 2-3 Nottingham Forest: match report
Manchester United were beaten by Nottingham Forest 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Nikola Milenković opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Rasmus Højlund (18') and Bruno Fernandes (61'). Nottingham Forest scored through Nikola Milenković (2'), Morgan Gibbs-White (47') and Chris Wood (54').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 19 points from 14 and Nottingham Forest 9th on 22 points from 14. Manchester United went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 65.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (7.8), ahead of Nikola Milenković (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Nikola Milenković
- 18'Goal · Rasmus Højlund
- 31'Yellow card · Jota Silva
- 47'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-White
- 54'Goal · Chris Wood
- 61'Goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 90+4'Yellow card · Neco Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
André Onana, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martínez, Amad Diallo, Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte, Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Højlund
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Elliot Anderson, Ryan Yates, Jota Silva, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood