Nottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2023

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nicolás Domínguez opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Nicolás Domínguez (64') and Morgan Gibbs-White (82'). Manchester United scored through Marcus Rashford (78').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 17 points from 19 and Manchester United 7th on 31 points from 19. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Manchester United 8th with 60.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Elanga of Nottingham Forest (7.6), level with Nicolás Domínguez (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nottingham Forest wins, 0 draws and 3 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 58'Yellow card · Diogo DalotManchester United
  • 59'Yellow card · Raphaël VaraneManchester United
  • 64'Goal · Nicolás DomínguezNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Alejandro GarnachoManchester United
  • 88'Yellow card · Orel MangalaNottingham Forest
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Christian EriksenManchester United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 0, Manchester United 3.

Team news

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Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Turner, Gonzalo Montiel, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Ola Aina, Ryan Yates, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Nicolás Domínguez, Chris Wood

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

André Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphaël Varane, Jonny Evans, Diogo Dalot, Kobbie Mainoo, Christian Eriksen, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford