EFL Cup · ENG · Round 1/2

Nottingham Forest
0 - 3 Full time
Manchester United

The City Ground · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Lineups

Nottingham Forest4-3-3
WH13Hennessey
SA24Aurier
JW4Worrall
SM26McKenna
RL32↓73'Lodi
RF23Freuler
D28↓58'Danilo
GS31↓64'Scarpa
BJ20Johnson
SS16↓64'Surridge
MG10↓73'Gibbs-White
DD1de Gea
AW29Wan-Bissaka
VN2Lindelöf
LM6Martinez
TM12Malacia
C18Casemiro
CE14↓71'Eriksen
A21↓71'Antony
BF8⚽Fernandes
MR10⚽↓57'Rashford
WW27⚽↓85'Weghorst
Manchester United4-2-3-1

Nottingham Forest substitutes

8 Jack Colback 6.2 ↑58'
11 Jesse Lingard 6.1 ↑64'
25 Emmanuel Dennis 5.9 ↑64'
7 Neco Williams 6.6 ↑73'
14 Lewis O'Brien 6.1 ↑73'
12 Jordan Smith
3 Steve Cook
30 Willy Boly
5 Orel Mangala

Coach: Steve Cooper · Unavailable: Dilane Bakwa (injury), Ola Aina (injury)

Manchester United substitutes

49 Alejandro Garnacho 6.2 ↑57'
17 Fred 6.1 ↑71'
28 Facundo Pellistri 6.0 ↑71'
36 Anthony Elanga ↑85'
22 Tom Heaton
33 Brandon Williams
19 Raphaël Varane
73 Kobbie Mainoo
39 Scott McTominay

Coach: Erik ten Hag

Match events

6'Marcus Rashford assist: Casemiro 0 - 1⚽
45'Wout Weghorst 0 - 2⚽
Second half
57'↑ Alejandro Garnacho ↓ Marcus Rashford⇄
58'↑ Jack Colback ↓ Danilo⇄
64'↑ Jesse Lingard ↓ Gustavo Scarpa⇄
64'↑ Emmanuel Dennis ↓ Sam Surridge⇄
71'↑ Facundo Pellistri ↓ Antony⇄
71'↑ Fred ↓ Christian Eriksen⇄
73'↑ Lewis O'Brien ↓ Morgan Gibbs-White⇄
73'↑ Neco Williams ↓ Renan Lodi⇄
84'Facundo Pellistri
85'↑ Anthony Elanga ↓ Wout Weghorst⇄
89'Bruno Fernandes assist: Anthony Elanga 0 - 3⚽

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionEFL Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 20:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Nottingham Forest wins0Draws5Manchester United wins

8 past meetings on record. Biggest Nottingham Forest win: Manchester United 3–0 Nottingham Forest (2022). Biggest Manchester United win: Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester United (2023).

1 Apr 2025Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League
7 Dec 2024Manchester United 2 - 3 Nottingham ForestPremier League
28 Feb 2024Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Manchester UnitedFA Cup
30 Dec 2023Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
26 Aug 2023Manchester United 3 - 2 Nottingham ForestPremier League
16 Apr 2023Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester UnitedPremier League
1 Feb 2023Manchester United 2 - 0 Nottingham ForestEFL Cup
27 Dec 2022Manchester United 3 - 0 Nottingham ForestPremier League