Premiership · Matchday 30

Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

0–2

HT 0–1

Sunday 16th April 2023 · City Ground, Nottingham · Att: 29,435

Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 2–0 at City Ground, Nottingham on Sunday 16th April 2023 in the Premiership. Antony dos Santos (32') and Diogo Dalot (76') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Simon Hooper.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Harry Maguire
32' Antony dos Santos 0–1
Half Time 0–1
67' Neco Williams
72' Wout Weghorst for Martial
76' Diogo Dalot Assist: Antony 0–2
79' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Eriksen
83' Orel Mangala
90' Wout Weghorst
Full Time 0–2

Match Facts

68%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Simon Hooper

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

20 Diogo Dalot 76'

21 Antony dos Santos 32'

25 Jadon Sancho

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Substitutes

Wout Weghorst

72' for Martial

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

79' for Eriksen

Nottingham Forest Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

7 Neco Williams RM

9 Taiwo Awoniyi CF-L

10 Morgan Gibbs-White AM

12 Keylor Navas G

19 Moussa Niakhaté CD

20 Brennan Johnson CF-R

23 Remo Freuler CM-R

26 Scott McKenna CD-L

28 Danilo CM-L

32 Renan Lodi LM

38 Felipe CD-R

Substitutes

4 Joe Worrall

5 Orel Mangala on

6 Jonjo Shelvey

11 Jesse Lingard on

13 Wayne Hennessey

15 Harry Toffolo

16 Sam Surridge on

25 Emmanuel Dennis on

34 André Ayew

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

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Steve Cooper

Nottingham Forest

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Nottingham Forest

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Nottingham Forest

68%

Possession

32%

3.5

Expected Goals (xG)

0.7

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.50

Avg Player Rating

6.60

27.8

Avg Age

26.8

United vs Nottingham Forest History

Meeting 109 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 109 times: 52W 24D 33L.

27 Dec 2022 W 3–0 PL 25 Jan 2023 W 3–0 LC 1 Feb 2023 W 2–0 LC

16 Apr 2023 W 2–0 This match

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

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 →