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Premier League · Round 17 · Sat 26 Dec, 15:00

Manchester United
vs
Nottingham Forest

Prediction

51%
26%
23%
Manchester United 51% Draw 26% 23% Nottingham Forest

⏳Awaiting confirmed lineups — this prediction will sharpen when team news lands (~1h before kickoff).

Expected goals
1.68 – 1.18
Over 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score
58%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

1-1 13% 2-1 10% 2-0 8% 1-0 8% 0-0 7%

Manchester United · last 5 B

Manchester City (H) 0-1 L Sabah FK (H) 4-0 W Everton (A) 2-2 D Ipswich (H) 5-2 W Hull (A) 2-0 L

Nottingham Forest · last 5

Aston Villa (A) 1-2 W Tottenham Hotspur (H) 0-0 D Liverpool (A) 2-2 D Leeds (H) 0-1 L Bournemouth (H) 1-1 D

Head-to-head

17 May 2026 Manchester United 3–2 Nottingham Forest 01 Nov 2025 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Manchester United 01 Apr 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester United 07 Dec 2024 Manchester United 2–3 Nottingham Forest 30 Dec 2023 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Manchester United 26 Aug 2023 Manchester United 3–2 Nottingham Forest 16 Apr 2023 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester United 27 Dec 2022 Manchester United 3–0 Nottingham Forest

News

Football Daily | Michael Carrick risks untimely spell in the ‘crisis’ box seat with Manchester United guardian · 17 Sep Manchester United crisis klaxon alert and Sunderland soar | Football Weekly Extra – video guardian · 17 Sep Real Madrid leading race to sign JJ Gabriel from Manchester United guardian · 17 Sep ‘We can’t accept that’: Carrick urges Manchester United to respond after cup collapse guardian · 16 Sep Manchester United’s latest nightmare & Sunderland shine in Europe bbc · 16 Sep Are Manchester United as poor as the early Premier League table suggests? guardian · 15 Sep VARs who wrongly confirmed Haaland’s goal at Manchester United are stood down guardian · 14 Sep Manchester United 0-1 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened guardian · 13 Sep