In this week 17 match, on Tuesday Dec 27th, Nottingham Forest will travel to Manchester to battle Manchester United in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Manchester United sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Fulham. Christian Eriksen scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 14th minute, then Daniel James tied it up for Fulham in the 61st minute. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while nottingham Forest is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Morgan Gibbs-White struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Crystal Palace couldn’t manage to score, and Nottingham Forest took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Nottingham Forest is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Morgan Gibbs-White and Emmanuel Dennis each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra have been the hottest scorers for Manchester United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United squad will be without Tyrell Malacia, while Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Harry Toffolo and Omar Richards.