Premier League Gameweek 26 Sat, Feb 20 · 15:00 The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Forest 19th · 5 pts · 7 played
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Manchester United 13th · 7 pts · 7 played
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Away travel93 kmRest days9.8 · 9.8Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Nottingham Forest—%
Draw—%
Manchester United—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)

Forecast from 5 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Nottingham ForestManchester United
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
70 Current StrengthIn forecast 77
68 AttackIn forecast 72
74 DefenceIn forecast 80
41 Form indexContext 38
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Nottingham Forest

Attack—
Defense risk—

Manchester United

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Nottingham ForestManchester United
0.71 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.43
1.29 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.43
1.56 xGVia Att/Def 1.63
1.18 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.34
-0.85 Goals minus xGContext -0.20
43% Scored inContext 71%
14% Clean sheetsContext 0%
17.14 ShotsContext 19.57
3.57 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
21% On target shareContext 26%
10.43 Shots in the boxContext 11.00
61% Box shareContext 55%
4% ConversionContext 7%
2.33 OffsidesContext 2.50
10.57 Shots allowedContext 11.00
3.83 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.43
3.00 BlocksContext 2.86
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
68% Save rateContext 68%
46% PossessionIn forecast 55%
370 PassesContext 521
292 Accurate passesContext 450
79% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.79 Team ratingContext 6.84
14.14 FoulsContext 9.57
11.57 Fouls sufferedContext 11.43
2.29 Yellow cardsContext 1.71
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
0.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.70
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
1.56 xGVia Att/Def 1.56
1.53 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.30
-0.66 Goals minus xGContext +0.14
60% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 20%
16.30 ShotsContext 17.60
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.50
25% On target shareContext 31%
10.50 Shots in the boxContext 10.50
65% Box shareContext 60%
6% ConversionContext 10%
2.11 OffsidesContext 2.29
13.60 Shots allowedContext 11.00
4.56 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.00
4.40 BlocksContext 3.20
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
70% Save rateContext 69%
46% PossessionIn forecast 53%
388 PassesContext 507
309 Accurate passesContext 439
80% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.81 Team ratingContext 6.89
13.10 FoulsContext 10.00
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Nottingham Forest
Rest9.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km350 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 41 · 4 pts vs 5.1 for an average club · -3.2 vs expected
  • L18 OctH · Arsenal0–10.9 xPts
  • L11 OctA · Crystal Palace1–31.4 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Coventry0–12.1 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Aston Villa2–11.0 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Tottenham0–01.9 xPts
Manchester United
Rest9.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel93 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 38 · 3 pts vs 4.4 for an average club · -4.2 vs expected
  • D18 OctA · Leeds1–11.2 xPts
  • L13 OctA · Atletico Madrid0–21.1 xPts
  • D10 OctH · Tottenham1–12.1 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Fulham1–11.6 xPts
  • L13 SepH · Manchester City0–11.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Nottingham Forest Manchester United
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match9.8Premier League 2026-2027, 10 Feb9.8Premier League 2026-2027, 10 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km93 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways350 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 2 / 40 / 2 / 5
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Nottingham Forest Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Arsenal (H) 0–1, 18 Oct
26M. Sels(G)
5Murillo 2O. Diomande 23Jair
3N. Williams 21X. Schlager 24J. McAtee 27D. Muñoz
14D. Ndoye 8N. Domínguez
19L. Delap
Manchester United Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Leeds (A) 1–1, 18 Oct
1S. Lammens(G)
2Diogo Dalot 6L. Martínez 5J. Maguire 15L. Yoro
20C. Baleba 17Andrey Santos
8Bruno Fernandes 18Y. Tielemans 16A. Diallo
19B. Mbeumo

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Nottingham Forest Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Manchester United Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Nottingham Forest · Home 0.25points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
0.00
Conceded
0.75
Manchester United · Away 0.75points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-3-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

OpponentNottingham ForestManchester United
Tottenham D 0–0 H D 1–1 H
Leeds L 0–1 H D 1–1 A
Points1 of 6 · 0.50 per game2 of 6 · 1.00 per game

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 9 of 9 meetings

3 Nottingham Forest wins1 draws5 Manchester United wins
Goals per game1.33 – 1.89 Over 2.567% Both scored56% Clean sheets11% · 33%
  • 17 May 2026Manchester United3–2Nottingham Forest
  • 1 Nov 2025Nottingham Forest2–2Manchester United
  • 1 Apr 2025Nottingham Forest1–0Manchester United
  • 7 Dec 2024Manchester United2–3Nottingham Forest
  • 28 Feb 2024Nottingham Forest0–1Manchester United
  • 30 Dec 2023Nottingham Forest2–1Manchester United

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goals & match trends

Nottingham ForestManchester UnitedForecast
Scored per game 0.711.43
Conceded per game 1.291.43
Match goals 2.002.86
Over 1.5 43%86%
Over 2.5 43%29%
Over 3.5 29%29%
Both teams scored 43%71%
Clean sheets 14%0%
Failed to score 57%29%
Games77
Nottingham ForestManchester UnitedForecast
Scored per game 0.901.70
Conceded per game 1.401.20
Match goals 2.302.90
Over 1.5 60%90%
Over 2.5 40%40%
Over 3.5 30%30%
Both teams scored 60%50%
Clean sheets 10%20%
Failed to score 40%30%
Games1010

Actual results: Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. The Forecast column is the LOAD90 model for this match, so you can compare what the teams have done with what the model expects.

Corners & cards

Nottingham ForestManchester UnitedLeague
Corners
Corners won4.716.14
Corners conceded4.863.57
Match total9.579.719.49
Over 8.543% 3/743% 3/7
Over 9.543% 3/743% 3/7
Over 10.543% 3/743% 3/7
Cards
Cards2.291.71
Opponent cards1.712.86
Match total4.004.574.17
Over 3.557% 4/771% 5/7
Over 4.529% 2/729% 2/7
Nottingham ForestManchester UnitedLeague
Corners
Corners won4.705.89
Corners conceded4.503.22
Match total9.209.119.49
Over 8.550% 5/1044% 4/9
Over 9.540% 4/1033% 3/9
Over 10.540% 4/1033% 3/9
Cards
Cards2.001.60
Opponent cards1.502.30
Match total3.503.904.17
Over 3.540% 4/1060% 6/10
Over 4.520% 2/1020% 2/10

Actual per-match figures; Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. LOAD90 does not forecast corners or cards. Corner and card markets on eScored.

Goal timing

Nottingham Forest7 games · scored 5 · conceded 9
1 0-15
1 16-30
2 31-45
1 3 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 3 76-90
Manchester United7 games · scored 10 · conceded 10
0-15
2 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
3 1 61-75
3 4 76-90
Nottingham Forest10 games · scored 9 · conceded 14
1 1 0-15
1 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 5 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 4 76-90
Manchester United10 games · scored 17 · conceded 12
1 0-15
1 2 16-30
6 1 31-45
3 2 46-60
4 1 61-75
3 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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