Premier League: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Manchester United who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Nottingham Forest enjoy home advantage, when visitors Manchester United swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed 18th in the table Nottingham Forest have amassed five points after nine matches. On 16 points, Manchester United rank sixth with nine matches played this season.

Form: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Chelsea by a 0-3 score, before winning 2-0 against FC Porto. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-0 against Bournemouth. Nottingham Forest only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at City Ground, Nottingham in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded 11 goals.

Manchester United Form

In their last three matches, Manchester United first beat Sunderland 2-0, then Liverpool by 1-2 and finally Brighton by 4-2. Manchester United claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to seven.

Betting facts for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Nottingham Forest and Manchester United played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Neco Williams will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Manchester United hope Bryan Mbeumo can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Popular betting markets: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at City Ground, Nottingham across all tournaments Nottingham Forest won two times, drew three and lost five times. Manchester United claimed two wins, two draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Nottingham Forest lost their last 4 matches. Nottingham Forest have beaten Manchester United in 3 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Nottingham Forest scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Manchester United scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Nottingham Forest have failed to score in 4 consecutive games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Nottingham Forest managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Manchester United kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Nottingham Forest have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Manchester United.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Manchester United, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves. Astonishingly, Nottingham Forest conceded a goal in their last 17 matches.