Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United Match Preview- Predictions, Team News, Predicted Lineup, Date and Time

Shubham Agarwal January 24, 2023

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The Carabao Cup is back and this time out in the first leg of the semi-finals Nottingham Forest will host the European giant’s Manchester United at the City Ground. Both teams would be looking to take advantage in this encounter and have a higher chance of qualifying for the final where they’ll face the winner of Newcastle United and Southampton at the iconic Wembley Stadium.

Now coming into this game, both of these teams have had quite similar results as both of them have lost just a single match in thier last 5 games in all competitions. However for this match, it is fair to say that Manchester United are the rightful favourites, given the quality that they have and the incredible work that Erik Ten Hag has done at the club. But after the sensational derby win against Manchester City, it hasn’t been easy for the Red Devils cause after that victory, in 2 matches they just secured a single point out of a possible 6, with the most recent result which was a defeat against thier arch-rivals Arsenal.

And these recent results from United are an absolute positive for Nottingham Forest as they would be looking to take advantage of this situation and outperform them both mentally and physically. For a club like Forest, they know that this is the only competition where they realistically have a chance of winning the trophy and hence there is no doubt that they’ll play the game of thier lives in front of thier home fans. Cause if they manage to do that and win this game, they could go at Old Trafford and simply showcase the best defensive style of play and keep a clean sheet which would make them qualify for the finals.

But no one can rule out a club like Manchester United and despite recent results, they have shown that on thier day they can surely win against any team in the world. All in all, this match would surely be an interesting one.