
Date: Sunday 16th April, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm
Stadium City Ground, Nottingham
Referee Simon Hooper (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Nottingham
The overworked doctors at the City Ground were handed another two players to look after last weekend, as Cheikhou Kouyate and Moussa Niakhate suffered hamstring injuries, with the latter being replaced without a substitution in the dying embers.
Keeping Kouyate and Niakhate company in a well-occupied treatment room are Giulian Biancone (knee), Renan Lodi (knock), Omar Richards (calf), Gustavo Scarpa (knee), Chris Wood, Willy Boly and Dean Henderson (all thigh), but the latter could not play against his parent club anyway.
Ryan Yates (shoulder) and Serge Aurier have not been given the green light to return either, while Remo Freuler and Orel Mangala should look forward to immediate recalls in place of Kouyate and Niakhate.
Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Navas; Williams, Worrall, Felipe, Toffolo; Freuler, Danilo, Mangala; Gibbs-White, Johnson; Dennis
Manchester United
As mentioned, Man United lost both of Varane and Martinez to foot issues in their stalemate with Sevilla; the latter has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a metatarsal fracture, but there is hope that Varane will be back before the campaign concludes.
Ten Hag's first-choice centre-backs are joined in the infirmary by Marcus Rashford (groin), Donny van de Beek (knee), Luke Shaw (thigh), Tom Heaton and Alejandro Garnacho (both ankle), but Scott McTominay should be in contention to return from a knock.
Sunday's game will see the return of the Maguire-Victor Lindelof pairing in place of Varane and Martinez, while a fit-again Christian Eriksen could also benefit from some rotation further up the field.
Manchester United possible starting lineup:
De Gea; Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Malacia; Fernandes, Casemiro, Eriksen; Antony, Martial, Sancho
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester United
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