FA Cup · 5th Round

Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

0–1

HT 0–0

Wednesday 28th February 2024 · City Ground, Nottingham · Att: 28,665

Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 1–0 at City Ground, Nottingham on Wednesday 28th February 2024 in the FA Cup. Casemiro (89') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Chris Kavanagh.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
73' Amad Diallo for Antony
77' Victor Lindelof
89' Casemiro Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–1
90' Kobbie Mainoo for McTominay
90' Jonny Evans for Amrabat
Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Casemiro's 5th goal of 2023-2024, and his 12th for United.

61%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Chris Kavanagh

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

17 Alejandro Garnacho

18 Carlos Casemiro 89'

Substitutes

73' for Antony

90' for McTominay

90' for Amrabat

Nottingham Forest Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Matt Turner G

7 Neco Williams RB

9 Taiwo Awoniyi F

10 Morgan Gibbs-White AM

15 Harry Toffolo LB

18 Felipe CD-R

21 Anthony Elanga AM-L

22 Ryan Yates RM

27 Divock Origi AM-R

28 Danilo LM

40 Murillo CD-L

Substitutes

8 Cheikhou Kouyaté

14 Callum Hudson-Odoi on

16 Nicolás Domínguez

19 Moussa Niakhaté

20 Giovanni Reyna on

23 Odisseas Vlachodimos

32 Andrew Omobamidele

37 Rodrigo Ribeiro on

53 Joe Gardner

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

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Nuno Espirito Santo

Nottingham Forest

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Nottingham Forest

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Nottingham Forest

61%

Possession

39%

2.0

Expected Goals (xG)

0.9

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.50

Avg Player Rating

6.70

27.2

Avg Age

26.2

United vs Nottingham Forest History

Meeting 112 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 112 times: 54W 24D 34L.

16 Apr 2023 W 2–0 PL 26 Aug 2023 W 3–2 PL 30 Dec 2023 L 1–2 PL

28 Feb 2024 W 1–0 This match

7 Dec 2024 L 2–3 PL 1 Apr 2025 L 0–1 PL 1 Nov 2025 D 2–2 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 →