Forest preview: KO time, form guide, team news

The City Ground encounter offers an opportunity to make it four wins on the spin and maintain our momentum, which has been gathering pace under head coach Ruben Amorim.

Forest have a new man in charge, their third boss of the season, with Sean Dyche replacing Ange Postecoglou, after the Australian's short-lived spell as Nuno Espirito Santo's successor.

Here is everything you need to know about our latest fixture...

HOW TO WATCH AND FOLLOW

A rare 15:00 GMT away game for the Reds is not being screened live in the UK.

However, all of the build-up starts on MUTV from 13:45 GMT, with Wes Brown, Danny Simpson and Siobhan Chamberlain providing analysis and expert opinon.

As usual, former United star Ben Thornley will join Liam Bradford via our live radio commentary feed.

Please do join us in the United App and on ManUtd.com for extensive coverage, including interactive polls, match updates, Opta stats and interviews, before and after the 90 minutes.

TEAM NEWS

Harry Maguire missed out on the 4-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion while Mason Mount, also flagged as a doubt, remained as an unused substitute.

Leny Yoro and Benjamin Sesko were drafted into the team in their place, and long-term absentee Lisandro Martinez continues to work on his individual recovery.

The hosts are still without Ola Aina and Dilane Bakwa, while Arsenal loanee Oleksandr Zinchenko and Chris Wood are fighting to return from injury.

Dyche made a triple change at half-time during the 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth, with Douglas Luiz, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus the men withdrawn at the interval.

FORM GUIDE

United won each of our three October fixtures to make it four victories out of our last five outings.

As a result, Ruben's side are currently sitting in sixth place in the table, level on points with Manchester City. Only leaders Arsenal have collected more points than the Reds since matchday three onwards.

Forest are in 18th, after only one win in the league all season, the opening-day triumph against Brentford. New boss Dyche did oversee a 2-0 success at home to Porto in the Europa League but lost his first domestic game, at Bournemouth last weekend.

That made it four losses in a row in the Premier League as it has been an unsettled start to the campaign for a side that impressed throughout 2024/25.

DID YOU KNOW?

Forest have won their last three league games against the Reds, although we knocked them out of the Emirates FA Cup in 2024, en route to lifting the trophy at Wembley.

Academy product Anthony Elanga scored the winner for the hosts in this fixture last term, but has since departed for Newcastle United.

Our 8-1 away win in 1999, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four times as a substitute, remains our record victory on the road in the league. There was a 7-0 thrashing of Grimsby Town at Blundell Park 100 years earlier.

RIVALS WATCH

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United
Burnley v Arsenal
Crystal Palace v Brentford
Fulham v Wolves
Nottingham Forest v UNITED
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (17:30 GMT)
Liverpool v Aston Villa (20:00 GMT)

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER

West Ham United v Newcastle United (14:00 GMT)
Manchester City v Bournemouth (16:30 GMT)

MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER

Sunderland v Everton (20:00 GMT)

Kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless stated.