Manchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 27 December 2022

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Tuesday 27 December 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester United defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 27 December 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marcus Rashford (19'), Anthony Martial (23') and Fred (87'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 26 points from 14 and Nottingham Forest 19th on 13 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Casemiro of Manchester United (8.6), ahead of Marcus Rashford (7.9).

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Nottingham Forest's W-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Anthony MartialManchester United · 2-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Tyrell MalaciaManchester United
  • 29'Yellow card · Orel MangalaNottingham Forest
  • 74'Yellow card · Christian EriksenManchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Alejandro GarnachoManchester United
  • 87'Goal · FredManchester United · 3-0

Team news

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

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphaël Varane, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial

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

Wayne Hennessey, Serge Aurier, Joe Worrall, Willy Boly, Renan Lodi, Ryan Yates, Remo Freuler, Orel Mangala, Brennan Johnson, Jesse Lingard, Taiwo Awoniyi