Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: The City Ground Date: 16th April 2023 Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT
Relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest will welcome top-four hopefuls Manchester United to the City Ground this Sunday as both sides battle for maximum points in the 31st Round of the 2022/23 Premier League season. The hosts come into this game on the back of a disappointing 2-0 loss to Aston Villa. That result extended their run of games without a win to nine games (D3, L6), pushing them further down towards the relegation zone. However, they can take comfort in a return to the City Ground where they have enjoyed most of their little comfort this season. Steve Cooper’s side have won 21 of their 27 points at the City Ground. However, that fortress hasn’t been as strong of late for the Tricky Trees, with a four-match winless streak holding progress back (D3, L1). Yet, they can expect to put up a fight at home as they’ve scored in all but one of the PL games they’ve hosted this campaign. Meanwhile, after their midweek exertions in the Europa League, Manchester United will look to get back to winning ways when they travel to Nottingham. The Red Devils endured a frustrating outing in Europe on Thursday as they squandered a two-goal lead against Sevilla in the first leg of their UEL quarter-final tie. The greater disappointment from that draw will be the season injury to defender Lisandro Martínez and the injury to veteran defender Rafael Varane. Both men join Luke Shaw, Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford at the treatment table, and Erik ten Hag will have to find a way of going without them as he battles to keep his men inside the top four. However, United’s recent away form doesn’t inspire much confidence, with a return of one win from their last five league road trips (D1, L3) showing their weakness on their road trips. In addition, the visitors have conceded 29 of their 37 PL goals in away matches, averaging 2.07 per away game, so they might struggle to break down a Nottingham Forest side that doesn’t concede many goals at home. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 2, 2024
Chelsea
19:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town
20:00
Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal
12:30
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
15:00
Fulham
Burnley
15:00
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
15:00
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
14:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
14:00
West Ham United
Liverpool
16:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
35
25
5
5
85
28
+57
80
2
Manchester City
34
24
7
3
82
32
+50
79
3
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77
36
+41
75
4
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73
52
+21
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
33
18
6
9
67
52
+15
60
6
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
7
Newcastle United
34
16
5
13
74
55
+19
53
8
West Ham United
35
13
10
12
56
65
-9
49
9
Chelsea
33
13
9
11
63
59
+4
48
10
AFC Bournemouth
35
13
9
13
52
60
-8
48
11
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
13
7
15
48
55
-7
46
12
Brighton & Hov…
34
11
11
12
52
57
-5
44
13
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51
55
-4
43
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
35
12
8
15
37
48
-11
36
16
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52
60
-8
35
17
Nottingham Forest
35
7
9
19
42
62
-20
26
18
Luton Town
35
6
7
22
48
77
-29
25
19
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38
70
-32
24
20
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34
97
-63
16
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