Man United vs Nott'm Forest

26 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Christian Eriksen 17’
Casemiro 52’
Bruno Fernandes 76’ (pen)

Taiwo Awoniyi 2’
Willy Boly 4’

Match summary

Man United came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Nott'm Forest. Nott'm Forest led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Taiwo Awoniyi put Nott'm Forest ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Morgan Gibbs-White, Willy Boly made it 0-2 with a header in the 4th minute, and Christian Eriksen pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 17th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford. In the second half, Casemiro equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes and Bruno Fernandes won it from the penalty spot in the 76th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.96 from 9. Nott'm Forest had a player sent off.

Match stats

18 Shots 9

9 Shots on Target 4

11 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

3.03 xG 0.96

2.27 Non-penalty xG 0.96

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Nott'm Forest

Kick-off

2’

Taiwo Awoniyi
Assist: Morgan Gibbs-White

0-1

4’

Willy Boly

0-2

Christian Eriksen
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-2

17’

Half-time1-2

Casemiro
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

2-2

52’

Bruno Fernandes
Penalty

3-2

76’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

André Onana
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Bruno Fernandes
Marcus Rashford

Nott'm Forest

Joe Worrall
Serge Aurier
Ola Aina
Morgan Gibbs-White
Cheikhou Kouyaté

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 3.03 xGNott'm Forest 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nott'm Forest attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lisandro Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Casemiro	MID	90	1		4	1.12	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90	1		1	0.16	0.07	2
Antony	MID	88			4	0.15	0.72	4
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1	1	6	1.42	1.11	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	90		1	2	0.11	0.16	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	63			1	0.07	0.01	1
Victor Lindelöf	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.06	2
Jadon Sancho	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.04	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Matt Turner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willy Boly	DEF	90	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Joe Worrall	DEF	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McKenna	DEF	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Serge Aurier	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ola Aina	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Yates	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilo	MID	84			1	0.02	0.00	0
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	90		1	2	0.14	0.61	3
Brennan Johnson	MID	73			0	0.00	0.10	1
Taiwo Awoniyi	FWD	84	1		3	0.61	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Wood	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.10	2
Anthony Elanga	Sub	6			1	0.04	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 70% Avg odds 1.36

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.26

Nott'm Forest win 12% Avg odds 8.13

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W W W W L

Nott'm Forest D W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Man United, 16 Apr 23 Next meeting: Nott'm Forest 2-1 Man United, 30 Dec 23 All Man United vs Nott'm Forest meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.