Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Nottingham Forest

2–3

HT 1–1

Saturday 7th December 2024 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,778

Manchester United lost 2–3 to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday 7th December 2024 in the Premiership. Rasmus Hojlund (18') and Bruno Fernandes (61') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
2' Nikola Milenkovic Assist: Elliot Anderson 0–1
18' Rasmus Hojlund 1–1
31' Jota Silva
Half Time 1–1
47' Morgan Gibbs-White Assist: Callum Hudson-Odoi 1–2
54' Chris Wood Assist: Morgan Gibbs-White 1–3
59' Marcus Rashford for Garnacho
61' Bruno Fernandes Assist: Amad 2–3
65' Harry Maguire for de Ligt
66' Noussair Mazraoui for Yoro
76' Joshua Zirkzee for Ugarte
76' Mason Mount for Fernandes
90' Neco Williams
Full Time 2–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

4 Matthijs de Ligt

6 Lisandro Martinez

8 Bruno Fernandes 61'

9 Rasmus Hojlund 18'

15 Leny Yoro

16 Amad Diallo

17 Alejandro Garnacho

Substitutes

59' for Garnacho

65' for de Ligt

66' for Yoro

76' for Ugarte

76' for Fernandes

Nottingham Forest Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

5 Murillo CD-L

7 Neco Williams LB

8 Elliot Anderson RM

10 Morgan Gibbs-White AM ⚽

11 Chris Wood F ⚽

14 Callum Hudson-Odoi AM-L

20 Jota Silva AM-R

22 Ryan Yates LM

26 Matz Sels G

31 Nikola Milenkovic CD-R ⚽

34 Ola Aina RB

Substitutes

4 Morato on

9 Taiwo Awoniyi on

15 Harry Toffolo

16 Nicolás Domínguez on

18 James Ward-Prowse

21 Anthony Elanga on

24 Ramón Sosa

30 Willy Boly

33 Carlos Miguel

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United

OPP

Nuno Espirito Santo

Nottingham Forest

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Nottingham Forest

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Nottingham Forest

71%

Possession

29%

1.6

Expected Goals (xG)

0.8

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.40

Avg Player Rating

7.10

24.0

Avg Age

26.4

United vs Nottingham Forest History

Meeting 113 of 116

116

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

206

Goals For

148

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 29th October 1892. After this match United had played Nottingham Forest 113 times: 54W 24D 35L.

26 Aug 2023 W 3–2 PL 30 Dec 2023 L 1–2 PL 28 Feb 2024 W 1–0 FAC

7 Dec 2024 L 2–3 This match

1 Apr 2025 L 0–1 PL 1 Nov 2025 D 2–2 PL 17 May 2026 W 3–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	58	34	11	13	124	71	58.6
Away	57	20	14	23	81	77	35.1
Neutral	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0

All 116 meetings with Nottingham Forest →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →