All eyes turn to the City Ground this weekend as Nottingham Forest welcome Manchester United in what promises to be a high-intensity Premier League showdown.

🕒 Match Time: Saturday, Nov 1, 2025 – 3:00 PM

🏟 Venue: City Ground, Nottingham

⚖️ Referee: Darren England

⚽ Team News & Lineups

Nottingham Forest

• Matz Sels – N. Savona, N. Milenković, Murillo, N. Williams – Douglas Luiz, E. Anderson – Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi – Igor Jesus.

Manchester United

• Lammens – Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw – Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot – Mbeumo, Cunha – Sesko.

Unavailable

• Forest: Gunn, Aina, Zinchenko, Bakwa, Wood

• United: Maguire, Martinez

🔍 Match Insight

• Manchester United lead the recent head-to-head with 6 wins to Forest’s 3.

• Forest have struggled for consistency, losing to Chelsea and Porto in recent games.

• United are in stronger form with wins over Brighton and Chelsea.

Key men: Bruno Fernandes (creativity), Matheus Cunha (attacking spark), Gibbs-White (playmaking threat).

🧠 What to Expect

Expect an end-to-end encounter. Forest will rely on their home crowd and quick counters through Hudson-Odoi and Ndoye, while United aim to control the tempo through Casemiro and Fernandes.

Early goals could decide this one, especially with Forest’s defensive lapses from set pieces.