Premier League preview with statistics: Nottingham Forest welcomes Manchester United to The City Ground

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

Nottingham Forest delivered a 0-2 result facing Aston Villa in their previous week, a fixture to remember. Next is this powerful Manchester United team.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest, who have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier League, have played 15 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Cooper led his Nottingham Forest to a defeat away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The City Ground. The gifted forward Danilo outdid all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 6.93 out of 10. Danilo dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leeds United (1-2).

The Nottingham Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Nottingham have conceded 18 goals.

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Manchester United form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Manchester United playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Manchester United has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea Quintana is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

United delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sevilla in their previous match; a Europa League fixture. Midfielder Sabitzer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Sabitzer scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Everton.

Some info for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 7 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Sevilla.

Manchester United find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Manchester United manager ten Hag has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent match: Manchester United - Nottingham 3-0. Previous three meetings featuring these squads: Nottingham Forest won zero, Manchester United triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
15 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
8 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
5 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Manchester United missing players

Nottingham Forest Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 14 29
6 5 0 Won W 4 6 17
9 6 2 Drew D 0 2 5
15 4 2 Lost L 0 6 7
24 19 3 Scored S 6 17 44
54 18 6 Conceded C 1 29 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 76%
40% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 55%
30% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 24%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 10%
43% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 45%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 29% 45%
37% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 17%
 
3.5 2.6 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.4 4.8
6.1 5.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5.6
2.3 2.7 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.9 10.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.1 14.5
3.1 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 5.3
26% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 26% 29%
 
14.3 12.1 17.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 14.1 13
4.7 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.1 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest points from losing position (5) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 30 23 4 3 72 29 15 12 2 1 42 18 15 11 2 2 30 11 43 73
2 Manchester City 29 21 4 4 75 27 14 12 1 1 47 14 15 9 3 3 28 13 48 67
3 Newcastle United 29 15 11 3 48 21 14 8 5 1 23 9 15 7 6 2 25 12 27 56
4 Manchester United 29 17 5 7 44 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 14 6 2 6 17 29 7 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 5 9 55 42 15 11 0 4 31 17 15 5 5 5 24 25 13 53
6 Aston Villa 30 14 5 11 41 40 15 8 2 5 25 19 15 6 3 6 16 21 1 47
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 13 7 8 52 36 14 7 3 4 25 14 14 6 4 4 27 22 16 46
8 Liverpool 29 12 8 9 50 35 14 9 4 1 36 11 15 3 4 8 14 24 15 44
9 Brentford 30 10 13 7 47 40 15 7 6 2 29 16 15 3 7 5 18 24 7 43
10 Fulham 29 11 6 12 39 40 15 6 4 5 21 21 14 5 2 7 18 19 -1 39
11 Chelsea 30 10 9 11 29 31 15 6 5 4 16 12 15 4 4 7 13 19 -2 39
12 Crystal Palace 30 8 9 13 29 40 15 5 5 5 14 19 15 3 4 8 15 21 -11 33
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 8 7 15 24 42 15 6 2 7 13 19 15 2 5 8 11 23 -18 31
14 West Ham United 29 8 6 15 27 39 15 6 3 6 19 19 14 2 3 9 8 20 -12 30
15 AFC Bournemouth 30 8 6 16 28 57 15 5 4 6 15 19 15 3 2 10 13 38 -29 30
16 Leeds United 30 7 8 15 39 54 15 5 5 5 21 24 15 2 3 10 18 30 -15 29
17 Everton 30 6 9 15 23 43 15 5 3 7 13 17 15 1 6 8 10 26 -20 27
18 Nottingham Forest 30 6 9 15 24 54 15 5 6 4 19 18 15 1 3 11 5 36 -30 27
19 Leicester City 30 7 4 19 40 52 15 3 3 9 17 20 15 4 1 10 23 32 -12 25
20 Southampton 30 6 5 19 24 51 15 2 4 9 15 28 15 4 1 10 9 23 -27 23

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