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Manchester United v Nottingham Forest : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Old Trafford, Manchester

Michael Carrick's Manchester United side will have home backing in the English Premier League on Sunday lunch time, as Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira's Nottingham Forest arrive at the Old Trafford. Premier League statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. There's so much to explore, with data visualisations and odds available for every betting markets via the tabs.

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Manchester United's next match is v Brighton at 16:00 on Sunday 24th May
Nottingham Forest's next match is v Bournemouth at 16:00 on Sunday 24th May
The last English Premier League meeting between Man Utd and Nottm Forest was on Sunday 17th May 2026
English Premier League
May 17th 2026
Man Utd 3
2 Nottm Forest
 
L. Shaw 5'53' F. Rodrigues
M. Carneiro Da Cunha 55'78' M. Gibbs-White
B. Mbeumo 76'
 
MNU
NFO
Shots On
8
4
Shots Off
9
4
Corners
7
6
Possession
48%
52%
Fouls
11
5
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
Man UtdNottm Forest
 
J. Dalot Teixeira
H. Maguire
L. Martínez
B. Fernandes
M. Carneiro Da Cunhafootball icon (P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu 80')
S. Lammens
L. Shawfootball icon
C. Casimiro (M. Mount 81')
K. Mainoo
A. Traoré
B. Mbeumofootball icon (J. Zirkzee 80')
M. Sels
football iconF. Rodrigues
N. Williams
(J. da Cunha Filho 84') L. Netz
N. Milenković
E. Anderson
football iconM. Gibbs-White
(I. Sangaré 70') N. Domínguez
(T. Awoniyi 70') C. Wood
(J. Mcatee 84') I. da Cruz
(D. Bakwa 70') O. Giraud-Hutchinson

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Having studied all relevant stats, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we predict this tie will deliver both elation and misery to both sets of supporters. We expect both Man Utd and Nottm Forest to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes, but the ultimate victor of the game seems less clear. The odds point towards a both teams to score bet, and that looks a wise bet to us.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.60.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man Utd
48%
11/201/33
Draw
23%
7/214/1
Nottm Forest
29%
17/4125/1
Draw 1-1
10%
17/211/2
Man Utd 2-1
9%
8/111/8
Man Utd 1-0
7%
10/117/5
Nottm Forest 2-1
7%
18/118/1
Man Utd 2-0
7%
9/110/3
Draw 2-2
6%
14/15/1
Man Utd 3-1
6%
12/121/20
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
20/114/1
Man Utd 3-0
4%
12/113/2
Draw 0-0
4%
18/114/1
Man Utd 3-2
4%
20/13/5
Nottm Forest 2-0
4%
33/122/1
Nottm Forest 3-1
3%
40/145/1
Nottm Forest 3-2
3%
40/122/1
Man Utd 4-1
3%
20/114/5
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
1/219/20
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
13/84/5
Home 1st Goal
52%
1/210/21
Away 1st Goal
46%
8/59/5
No 1st Goal
2%
18/112/1
BTTS - Yes
63%
4/721/20
BTTS - No
37%
5/47/10
BTTS - Home Win
27%
15/81/8
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/15/1
BTTS - Away Win
17%
7/128/1
Home/draw
71%
1/61/500
Away/draw
52%
11/811/1
Home/away
77%
2/111/50
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/71/5
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
9/210/3
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
13/1011/20
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
8/1313/10
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
3/18/11
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/41/1
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
6/15/1
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/101/10
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/401/66
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/112/1
Home DNB
64%
2/91/1000
Away DNB
45%
3/128/1
Man Utd win to nil
21%
9/4-
Nottm Forest win to nil
12%
10/1-
Man Utd / Man Utd
36%
11/81/4
Man Utd / Nottm Forest
3%
33/112/1
Man Utd / Draw
6%
14/19/2
Draw / Man Utd
17%
4/118/1
Draw / Nottm Forest
7%
11/128/1
Draw / Draw
11%
13/222/1
Nottm Forest / Man Utd
5%
18/1100/1
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
10%
8/170/1
Nottm Forest / Draw
5%
16/190/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man Utd have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 32 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 11 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Man Utd have outscored their opponents by 63 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Man Utd have played 18 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 36 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 16th position in the Premier League on 43 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 26 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 8 and won 6. Nottm Forest have conceded 41 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man Utd
Nottm Forest
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal3624754279 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
2
Man City3623854377 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
3
Man Utd37191171668 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2A
4
A Villa3718811662 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
5
Liverpool37178121059 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-3F
6
Bournemouth3613167455 
d
 
4-4F
d
 
2-2F
May 24
l
 
2-0A
7
Brighton37141112953 
w
 
4-2F
May 24
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
8
Brentford37141013352 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
9
Sunderland37131212-751 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-5F
10
Chelsea36131013649 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-3F
11
Newcastle3714716049 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
12
Everton37131014-249 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
13
Fulham3714716-649 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
14
Leeds37111412-447 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
3-1A
15
C Palace37111214-945 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
16
Nottm Forest37111016-343 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2F
-
-
17
Spurs3691116-938 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
18
West Ham379919-2236 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2A
19
Burnley364923-3621 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1F
20
Wolves3731024-4119 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-4F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
3
Nottm Forest have won 3 consecutive away league games
8
Nottm Forest have not lost in 8 consecutive league games
Man Utd 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd3 - 2Liverpool
Man Utd2 - 1Brentford
Man Utd1 - 2Leeds
Man Utd3 - 1A Villa
Man Utd2 - 1C Palace
Man Utd2 - 0Spurs
Man Utd3 - 2Fulham
Man Utd2 - 0Man City
Man Utd1 - 1Wolves
Man Utd1 - 0Newcastle
Man Utd4 - 4Bournemouth
Man Utd1 - 1West Ham
Man Utd0 - 1Everton
Man Utd4 - 2Brighton
Man Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Man Utd2 - 1Chelsea
Man Utd3 - 2Burnley
Man Utd0 - 1Arsenal
Man Utd2 - 0A Villa
Man Utd0 - 2West Ham
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan Utd0 - 0Sunderland
HMan Utd3 - 2Liverpool
HMan Utd2 - 1Brentford
AMan Utd1 - 0Chelsea
HMan Utd1 - 2Leeds
AMan Utd2 - 2Bournemouth
HMan Utd3 - 1A Villa
AMan Utd1 - 2Newcastle
HMan Utd2 - 1C Palace
AMan Utd1 - 0Everton
AMan Utd1 - 1West Ham
HMan Utd2 - 0Spurs
HMan Utd3 - 2Fulham
AMan Utd3 - 2Arsenal
HMan Utd2 - 0Man City
AMan Utd2 - 2Burnley
AMan Utd1 - 1Leeds
HMan Utd1 - 1Wolves
HMan Utd1 - 0Newcastle
AMan Utd1 - 2A Villa
Nottm Forest 16TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
8
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chelsea1 - 3Nottm Forest
Sunderland0 - 5Nottm Forest
Spurs0 - 3Nottm Forest
Man City2 - 2Nottm Forest
Brighton2 - 1Nottm Forest
Leeds3 - 1Nottm Forest
Brentford0 - 2Nottm Forest
West Ham1 - 2Nottm Forest
A Villa3 - 1Nottm Forest
Fulham1 - 0Nottm Forest
Everton3 - 0Nottm Forest
Wolves0 - 1Nottm Forest
Liverpool0 - 3Nottm Forest
Bournemouth2 - 0Nottm Forest
Newcastle2 - 0Nottm Forest
Burnley1 - 1Nottm Forest
Arsenal3 - 0Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
West Ham1 - 2Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNottm Forest1 - 1Newcastle
ANottm Forest3 - 1Chelsea
ANottm Forest5 - 0Sunderland
HNottm Forest4 - 1Burnley
HNottm Forest1 - 1A Villa
ANottm Forest3 - 0Spurs
HNottm Forest0 - 0Fulham
ANottm Forest2 - 2Man City
ANottm Forest1 - 2Brighton
HNottm Forest0 - 1Liverpool
HNottm Forest0 - 0Wolves
ANottm Forest1 - 3Leeds
HNottm Forest1 - 1C Palace
ANottm Forest2 - 0Brentford
HNottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
ANottm Forest2 - 1West Ham
ANottm Forest1 - 3A Villa
HNottm Forest0 - 2Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 2Man City
ANottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Man Utd since 1993
Man Utd
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
23
8
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
MNU
6
NFO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man Utd
2 - 3Nottm Forest
Man Utd3 - 2
Man Utd3 - 0
Man Utd3 - 0
Man Utd4 - 1
Man Utd5 - 0
1 - 2Nottm Forest
Man Utd2 - 0
League games at Nottm Forest since 1992
Nottm Forest
Man Utd
Goals: Scored
8
21
Games: Scored
6 / 9
8 / 9
Clean sheets
1 / 9
3 / 9
MNU
4
D
3
NFO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
Draw2 - 2Draw
Nottm Forest1 - 0
Nottm Forest2 - 1
0 - 2Man Utd
1 - 8Man Utd
0 - 4Man Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Man Utd
Goal Statistics

Manchester United have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 14 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.8 against Nottingham Forest on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Man Utd 3rd Nottm Forest 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Man Utd will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that Nottm Forest will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Man Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+24
Nottm Forest have scored 24% more goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Man Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.8
1.4
Attack rating
32%
better
MNU
NFO
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Games scored32
22
Failed to score4
14
Scored first24
10
Goals scored63
45
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.3
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.8
1.3
KickOff rating
+32%
Defence rating
1%
better
MNU
NFO
view stats
Games conceded29
27
Clean sheets7
9
Conceded first11
23
Goals conceded48
47
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
15%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+1%

Man Utd v Nottm Forest Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man Utd Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
37102011
L ShawM CunhaB FernandesCasemiro
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Lammens GLK31
-
D Dalot DEF3413
5
-
H Maguire DEF2212
3
1
L Martínez  DEF17
1
L Shaw DEF3711
9
-
Casemiro MID3492
10
1
K Mainoo MID2712
1
-
A Diallo MID3122
2
-
B Fernandes MID34820
5
-
M Cunha MID33102
4
-
B Mbeumo FWD32103
4
-
Subs
A Bayındır GLK6
-
A. Heaven DEF171
2
-
N Mazraoui  DEF19
3
-
T Malacia DEF2
-
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF2533
5
-
L Yoro DEF31
1
-
M Mount  MID223
2
-
M Ugarte MID22
1
-
J Zirkzee FWD2321
3
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
361448
N MilenkovićM Gibbs-WhiteO HutchinsonE Anderson
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK30
2
-
N Williams DEF3623
6
1
N Milenković DEF37
6
-
Morato DEF201
5
-
L Netz DEF6
-
O Hutchinson MID3014
1
-
E Anderson MID3744
8
-
M Gibbs-White MID36144
1
-
N Domínguez MID2611
3
-
I Jesus FWD3664
2
-
C Wood FWD143
-
Subs
John GLK5
1
-
S Ortega GLK3
-
J Paula DEF8
-
Z Abbott DEF3
-
I Sangaré MID2722
5
-
R Yates MID212
3
-
J McAtee MID131
1
-
T Awoniyi FWD1641
1
-
D Bakwa FWD142
1
-