The league table is allowed to rest as Nottingham Forest and Manchester United battle for Carabao Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Nottingham nor Manchester United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Nottingham Forest participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Premier League.
The home team returns to The City Ground after drawing with AFC Bournemouth on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Cooper made a successful contribution in the game against AFC Bournemouth, bringing on Surridge who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Defender Worrall got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.92/10. Worrall won 9 of 14 duels.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Leicester City in a game that was won 2-0.Nottingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manchester United form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Playing away, Manchester United have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Manchester United lost away at Arsenal (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Martínez, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.91. Martínez scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace's stadium before that.After this away game United return home for a FA Cup game against Reading. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Manchester United have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. As for defending, Manchester United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 9 goals |   B. Johnson 4 goals |  T. Awoniyi 4 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 45 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 15 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 27% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 12.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 33 |
| 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 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 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 |
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