{"id":626982,"date":"2023-08-26T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626982"},"modified":"2023-08-25T07:33:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:33:02","slug":"man-utd-nottingham-forest-best-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/26\/man-utd-nottingham-forest-best-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford &#038; Fernandes to Shine: Man Utd v Nottingham Forest Predictions and Best Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester United return to Old Trafford to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday and will be desperate to put on a show for fans after a devastating 2-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on for Last Word on Football\u2019s predictions and the best odds for United\u2019s home game against Steve Cooper\u2019s side.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest &#8211; Predictions and Best Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Ten Hag\u2019s Side Desperate to Improve<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Ten Hag\u2019s side have struggled in their first two fixtures. They were lucky to escape their season opener with three points after facing serious pressure from a surprisingly aggressive Wolves side. An incorrect 95th-minute decision by the match officials denied Gary O\u2019Neil\u2019s side a penalty, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/wolves-man-utd-penalty-onana-b1100657.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PGMOL<\/a> has since issued an apology for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Jadon Sancho&#8217;s Last Chance for Manchester United Redemption<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is Jadon Sancho&#039;s Last Chance for Manchester United Redemption\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ioZIb3zqmGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against Spurs, United suffered a 2-0 defeat. There were positives in the first half as Bruno Fernandes created several good chances and they were the slightly better side in possession. However, a disastrous second half saw Ange Postecoglou\u2019s side dominate proceedings. Tottenham&#8217;s midfielders easily bypassed Mason Mount and Casemiro on several occasions, while Alejandro Garnacho and Antony struggled to impact the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Victory Against Sheffield United Brings Relief to Steve Cooper\u2019s Side<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year\u2019s title-challenging Arsenal side dominated Forest in their first game of the Premier League campaign, although Taiwo Awonyoni\u2019s late goal inspired an unsuccessful comeback attempt at the Emirates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their next game against relegation rivals Sheffield United, they had more fortune. Cooper\u2019s side had 16 shots to the Blades\u2019 7 but looked set to share a point from the tie until an 89th-minute winner from Chris Wood helped the Reds to victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/22\/nottingham-forest-gonzalo-montiel\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Medical Has Been Completed\u2019: Nottingham Forest Now Set to Sign \u2018World Cup Hero\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Recent Head-to-Head<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Forest\u2019s return to the top division of English football in 2022-23, they have faced United four times including the two legs of the Semi-final of the EFL Cup. In all four fixtures, Ten Hag\u2019s side were victorious, while their opposition failed to score a single goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Man Utd vs Nottingham Forest Prediction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Despite a disappointing start to the season for the Red Devils, they will be expected to win this tie with relative ease, not least because of Forest&#8217;s appalling away record.<\/p>\n<p>Since their promotion to the Premier League in August 2022, they have only managed to win 8 points in away games. Their only win away from the City Ground was against Southampton, who were relegated in 20th place last season. A trip to Old Trafford will be very difficult for Cooper&#8217;s squad and it will take an inspired performance to steal a shock win.<\/p>\n<p>We predict that United will triumph with at least a two-goal cushion, with Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes the most likely scorers due to their advanced positioning, creativity, and importance to Ten Hag&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_game_tile query=&#8221;536569&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Best Odds for Man Utd vs Forest<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United are the clear and unsurprising favourites for this fixture. At the time of writing, they are 4\/3 to win, while a Forest victory is rated at 10\/1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rashford is certain to be important to his side&#8217;s tactics on Saturday and he is a strong shout as the game&#8217;s first goalscorer at 13\/3. However, Bruno Fernandes appears to represent better value at 13\/2, especially when we consider that he is the penalty-taker for his side.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soccer_game_player_score_goal_first\/536569&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; style=&#8221;fraction&#8221; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/>Main image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2oGLpZp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brent Flanders<\/a>\u00a0via Flickr, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-NC-ND-2.0.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United return to Old Trafford to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday and will be desperate to put on a show for fans after a devastating 2-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur. Read on for Last Word on Football\u2019s predictions and the best odds for United\u2019s home game against Steve Cooper\u2019s side.\u00a0 Manchester United vs Nottingham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4759,"featured_media":625376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4475,9367],"tags":[3674,4315,9690,4029],"class_list":["post-626982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-nottingham-forest","category-predictions","tag-betting-odds","tag-erik-ten-hag","tag-manchester-united-predictions","tag-steve-cooper"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}