Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest: EPL Match Preview, Predicted Line-ups and Fantasy XI

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest will be played at the "theatre of dreams", Old Trafford on Saturday. Both the teams have the same no. of points on the table by winning one and losing one game each and will be looking to get all three points from this fixture.

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Match Details:

• Date: 26 August, 2023 (Saturday)
• Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Referee:
• VAR:

Match Preview

Manchester United, after their disappointing perform against Spurs will be looking to hit back strong to make the fans believe in what they're doing. They might have three points on the board but at no point in this two matches they looked convincing to the naked eye.

According to many pundits or footballing experts, they were outplayed in the midfield and were outran in the whole match against Spurs. A week second half display let them to concede two goals and experienced an embarrassing away loss. Nottingham Forest, at home is the perfect opportunity to change all this and end the month of August on a high.

On the other hand, the travelling supporters of Nottingham Forest will be looking to spoil Manchester United's party and give us one of the biggest upsets of the season. They're coming on the back of a 2-1 win against Sheffield so they are expected to be high on confidence and play good counter attacking football.

Team News

Manchester United will be without Mason Mount after the new signing picked up an injury against Spurs but Christian Eriksen should come in as a direct replacement.

Harry Maguire is fit again after a slight knock and Luke Shaw is also facing a spell out of action following a muscle problem.

Rasmus Hojlund will not be available to make his long-awaited debut, but Ten Hag has said the new striker is "near" to a debut.

Nottingham Forest have no fresh injury concerns after losing Ola Aina to injury in training last week and He is not expected back until the end of the month.

New loan signings Andrey Santos and Gonzalo Montiel could be handed debuts.

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Predicted Line-ups

Manchester United predicted lineup:
Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw; Fernandes, Casemiro, Eriksen; Antony, Rashford, Sancho.

Nottingham Forest predicted lineup:
Turner; Boly, Worrall, McKenna; Aurier, Danilo, Yates, Williams; Johnson, Gibbs-White; Awoniyi.

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Fantasy XI

Turner; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Boly; Aurier, Danilo, Casemiro, Fernandes; Rashford, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White.