Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Premier League (England)

2025/2026

Manchester United

Shaw5'

Cunha55'

Mbeumo76'

-FT

May 17, 2026

Old Trafford

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest

Assists

8.5

90'+4Yellow Card

Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest

90'+3Yellow Card

Luke Shaw

Manchester United

84'Substitution

Jair Cunha · In

Luca Netz· Out

Nottingham Forest

84'Substitution

James McAtee· In

Igor Jesus· Out

Nottingham Forest

81'Substitution

Mason Mount· In

Casemiro· Out

Manchester United

80'Substitution

Patrick Dorgu· In

Matheus Cunha· Out

Manchester United

80'Substitution

Joshua Zirkzee· In

Bryan Mbeumo· Out

Manchester United

Goal!

3-2

Morgan Gibbs-White

78'·Nottingham Forest

⚽

78'Yellow Card

Casemiro

Manchester United

Goal!

3-1

Bryan Mbeumo

76'·Manchester United

⚽

70'Substitution

Taiwo Awoniyi · In

Chris Wood · Out

Nottingham Forest

70'Substitution

Dilane Bakwa· In

Omari Hutchinson · Out

Nottingham Forest

70'Substitution

Ibrahim Sangaré· In

Nicolás Domínguez· Out

Nottingham Forest

Goal!

2-1

Matheus Cunha

55'·Manchester United

⚽

Goal!

1-1

Morato

53'·Nottingham Forest

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Luke Shaw

5'·Manchester United

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Manchester United

Nottingham Forest

48%Ball Possession52%

29Shots Total11

8Shots On Target4

7Corners6

11Fouls5

2Yellow Cards1

0Offsides1

2Saves5

438Passes472

9Shots Off Target4

77Attacks74

58Dangerous Attacks42

21Shots Inside Box11

8Shots Outside Box1

3Goals2

5Free Kicks11

12Shots Blocked3

3Substitutions5

2Hit Woodwork0

16Tackles20

1Assists2

383Accurate Passes398

16Total Crosses20

7Accurate Crosses6

10Interceptions12

42Duels Won47

7Big Chances Created4

5Big Chances Missed2

Manchester United

Manager: Michael Carrick

Starting XI

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.5

7.0

6.8

6.9

6.5

8.1

8.0

6.5

Substitutes

7.0

6.3

6.9

Manager: Vítor de Oliveira Lopes Pereira

Starting XI

6.9

6.7

6.2

7.1

6.1

6.5

7.1

8.5

7.1

6.6

6.6

Substitutes

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.6

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Bruno Fernandes MF	8.1	90'	0	1	1/5	60(81%)	2	2/8
Matheus Cunha MF	8.0	80'	1	0	1/4	32(84%)	1	4/8
Lisandro Martínez DF	7.5	90'	0	0	0/1	48(96%)	3	5/7
Luke Shaw DF	7.0	90'	1	0	1/1	30(90%)	-	2/6
Mason Mount MF	7.0	9'	0	0	0/1	5(100%)	1	3/3
Kobbie Mainoo MF	6.9	90'	0	0	-	55(94%)	-	1/4
Patrick Dorgu DF	6.9	10'	0	0	1/1	6(67%)	-	1/3
Harry Maguire DF	6.8	90'	0	0	0/1	43(90%)	2	7/11
Diogo Dalot DF	6.8	90'	0	0	0/1	38(89%)	4	7/9
Senne Lammens GK	6.8	90'	0	0	-	22(78%)	-	-
Casemiro MF	6.8	81'	0	0	0/3	54(91%)	2	4/9
Amad Diallo MF	6.5	90'	0	0	1/2	20(85%)	1	4/12
Bryan Mbeumo FW	6.5	80'	1	0	1/6	18(88%)	-	2/4
Joshua Zirkzee FW	6.3	10'	0	0	2/3	7(71%)	-	0/5

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest H2H, Form & Key Stats

This defeat ended Nottingham Forest's 8-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.(Run from 2026-03-04: 4W 4D; league matches of this season only.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Manchester United	15	D1	4	1	0	0	10/15	7-5
Nottingham Forest	15	D1	1	2	1	3	10/15	10-6

Manchester United — last 5 games

L1-2 vs Leeds United2026-04-13
W1-0 @ Chelsea2026-04-18
W2-1 vs Brentford2026-04-27
W3-2 vs Liverpool2026-05-03
D0-0 @ Sunderland2026-05-09

Nottingham Forest — last 5 games

W5-0 @ Sunderland2026-04-24
W1-0 vs Aston Villa2026-04-30
W3-1 @ Chelsea2026-05-04
L0-4 @ Aston Villa2026-05-07
D1-1 vs Newcastle United2026-05-10

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Manchester United	15	2.87	80%	60%	33%	67%	33%	7%
Nottingham Forest	15	2.67	73%	53%	33%	53%	33%	20%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Manchester United	Home	8	7	0	1	18-9	2.63	75%	25%
Nottingham Forest	Away	8	4	2	2	17-11	1.75	88%	25%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Manchester United	15	9-5	18-11	67%	60%	5-8-2
Nottingham Forest	15	12-7	13-8	52%	73%	5-6-4

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 10
Period covered: 2022-12-27 – 2025-11-01
Manchester United wins: 6
Draws: 1
Nottingham Forest wins: 3
Avg goals per meeting: 2.9
Over 2.5 goals: 60%
Both teams scored: 40%
Home side won: 50%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 1D 3L (Manchester United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2.8 vs 2.9

Most recent meetings (5 of 10)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-11-01	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Manchester United
2025-04-01	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Manchester United
2024-12-07	Manchester United	2-3	Nottingham Forest
2024-02-28	Nottingham Forest	0-1	Manchester United
2023-12-30	Nottingham Forest	2-1	Manchester United

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 361 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Manchester United	3	36	65	15	LWWWD	5	-2
Nottingham Forest	16	36	43	-2	DWWWD	3	+13

Table context

Points gap: 22 ptsManchester United 65 · Nottingham Forest 43
Positions: #3 vs #16
Goals per game: 1.75/1.33 vs 1.25/1.31scored/conceded per game · league average 1.38

How we calculate this

Premier League Standings

Premier League · 2025/2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Arsenal	38	26	7	5	+44	85	DDLLW
2	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	+42	78	WDWWW
3	Manchester UnitedH	38	20	11	7	+19	71	WWDLW
4	Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	+7	65	DWDDW
5	Liverpool	38	17	9	12	+10	60	LWLWW
···
14	Leeds United	38	11	14	13	-7	47	DDWWD
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	-10	45	LDWLD
16	Nottingham ForestA	38	11	11	16	-3	44	LDDWL
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	11	17	-9	41	DLLLD
18	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	-19	39	LWDWD
···
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	3	11	24	-41	20	LDDLL

11 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Premier League

Manchester United38 matches

Nottingham Forest

38 matches

#3Position#16

71Points44

20Wins11

11Draws11

7Losses16

69Goals48

1.82Goals per game1.26

50Goals conceded51

1.32Goals per game conceded1.34

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (38 vs 38 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityManchester United 47% · X · Draw 25% · Nottingham Forest 28%

1 · Home Win

47%

X · Draw

25%

2 · Away Win

28%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.66 vs 1.23

Projected Total: 2.89

Over 1.5 Goals

78%

Over 2.5 Goals

55%

Over 3.5 Goals

33%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

57%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

29% / 19%

Manchester United / Nottingham Forest

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(11.4%)2 - 1(9.4%)1 - 0(9.3%)

Recent matches

Apr 18

1-0

@ Chelsea

Away

Apr 13

1-2

vs Leeds United

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Draw 10%

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Goals

19-10

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Nottingham Forest

2-2

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Nottingham Forest

1-0

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Nottingham Forest

2-1

Manchester United

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest — Head to Head

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19 - 10

Nov 1, 2025 • Premier League

Nottingham Forest

2-2

Manchester United

Apr 1, 2025 • Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1-0

Manchester United

Dec 7, 2024 • Premier League

Manchester United

2-3

Nottingham Forest

Matchday 37 — Premier League

Match summary

Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the Premier League.

Before kickoff, Manchester United (3rd, 65 pts) were 22 points ahead of Nottingham Forest (16th, 43 pts). Before kickoff, Nottingham Forest were 16th in the table but 3rd on points from the last five league games. Across 10 previous meetings on record, Manchester United won 6 and Nottingham Forest won 3, with 1 draw (2.9 goals per game).

Goals came from Luke Shaw (5'), Matheus Cunha (55') and Bryan Mbeumo (76') for Manchester United and Morato (53') and Morgan Gibbs-White (78') for Nottingham Forest.

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

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Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest H2H, Form & Key Stats

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