A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Manchester United and Nottingham Forest know what's at stake in this second leg of the Carabao Cup Semi-finals clash.
Little time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Old Trafford. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nottingham Forest have had more rest.
Manchester United form and stats
United was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Carabao Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Old Trafford as Manchester United have scored 17 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Manchester United's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their home, ending 3-1 vs Reading. The home team hope to to build on that result. Midfielder Casemiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.82 (out of ten) in that game. Casemiro scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 55 total).
Before that game, a fine away victory at Nottingham Forest. A Carabao Cup match.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Crystal Palace in only three days. This game is also played here at Old Trafford.
Manchester United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Old Trafford in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Nottingham Forest's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham Forest so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Carabao Cup home loss versus Manchester United with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Danilo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Danilo hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to AFC Bournemouth.A new game in only four days for Nottingham Forest, the Premier League home match versus Leeds United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Nottingham Forest's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 10 travels. Nottingham have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nottingham Forest - Manchester United 0-3 was the outcome when this pair of teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Manchester United wins - draws - Nottingham Forest wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. One of the profiles has been Rashford with 2 goals scored against Nottingham Forest in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 9 goals |  B. Borges Fernandes 4 goals |   B. Johnson 4 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Manchester United | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 32 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.8 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| 9.2 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 45 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Fulham | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Brentford | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | -23 | 17 |
| 19 | Everton | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 15 |
| 20 | Southampton | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
