{"id":669723,"date":"2026-05-16T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=669723"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:18:14","slug":"manchester-united-vs-nottingham-forest-predicted-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/05\/16\/manchester-united-vs-nottingham-forest-predicted-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Team News and Predicted Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Word on Football brings you the all-important team news and predicted lineups for this Sunday\u2019s Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Premier League Fixture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both teams are on a good run of form, with United unbeaten in four, with three wins and a draw, and Forest unbeaten in the league since March 1st. Both teams drew against the two teams from the north east last weekend, and with Forest looking to confirm their safety, expect a competitive game at Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span> Bruno Fernandes on the Brink of Elusive Premier League Record<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest: Team News and Predicted Lineups Ahead of The Sunday Afternoon Clash at the Theatre of Dreams<\/h2>\n

Date<\/b>: Sunday 17<\/span>th<\/span> May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Venue: <\/b>Old Trafford, Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Kick off<\/b>: 12:30<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Meeting: <\/b>Nottingham Forest 2-2 Manchester United (1st November 2025, Premier League)<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Odds<\/b>: Manchester United 4\/7, Nottingham Forest 4\/1, Draw 16\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

Referee<\/b>: M Sailsbury<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester United Team News<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko missed the trip to Sunderland last weekend; however, the Brazilian was <\/span>pictured training this week<\/span><\/a> ahead of his final game at Old Trafford, as he is set to leave the club in the summer when his contract expires.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans also received the update that Matthijs de Ligt has undergone successful surgery on the back injury that has kept him out for the majority of the season, although he hopes to be back during the early stages of next season.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for Sesko, Carrick didn’t provide an update but said the squad was in good shape ahead of Sunday’s Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest fixture.<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest Team News<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Forest boss, Vitor Pereira, has received a boost this week as talismanic midfielder, Morgan Gibbs-White, returned to training after his horror injury. Speaking on the matter, <\/span>the manager said<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>\u201cHe started today to work with the team with the mask. Let\u2019s see. It\u2019s strange when he uses it but I spoke with him and he said he\u2019s OK with the mask, no problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dan Ndoye also returned to training, and Pereira is hopeful Ibrahim Sangare could play some part against United.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also confirmed that Murillo and Aina are both out and will play no part at Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/span>Wonderkids you haven\u2019t heard of \u2013 Shea Lacey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United Predicted Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lammens<\/span><\/p>\n

Dalot<\/span><\/p>\n

Maguire<\/span><\/p>\n

Martinez<\/span><\/p>\n

Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n

Casemiro<\/span><\/p>\n

Mainoo<\/span><\/p>\n

Fernandes<\/span><\/p>\n

Amad<\/span><\/p>\n

Mbuemo<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunha<\/span><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sels<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams<\/span><\/p>\n

Milenkovic<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunha<\/span><\/p>\n

Morato<\/span><\/p>\n

Netz<\/span><\/p>\n

Dominguez<\/span><\/p>\n

Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

Igor Jesus<\/span><\/p>\n

Gibbs-White<\/span><\/p>\n

Wood<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured image courtesy of Imago\/Andrew Yates Sportimage<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Word on Football brings you the all-important team news and predicted lineups for this Sunday\u2019s Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Premier League Fixture. Both teams are on a good run of form, with United unbeaten in four, with three wins and a draw, and Forest unbeaten in the league since March 1st. Both teams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5755,"featured_media":669741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[1828,1830,18,30,4475,9367,3],"tags":[7337,9381,8281,31768,32714],"class_list":["post-669723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fixtures","category-injuries","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-nottingham-forest","category-predictions","category-premier-league","tag-manchester-united-news","tag-manchester-united-predicted-lineup","tag-manchester-united-team-news","tag-nottingham-forest-predicted-lineup","tag-nottingham-forest-team-news"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669723","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\/5755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669743,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669723\/revisions\/669743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}