Nottingham Forest's main threats ahead of Premier League clash against Manchester United

25.08.2023 - 21:41 manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester United will be looking to turn their early-season poor form around against Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford this weekend, but Steve Cooper’s side are no pushovers - especially based on their start to the Premier League season.

Forest appeared to have a really tough opening game to the season, facing the Premier League runners-up from last season in Arsenal - who themselves were hot off of their Charity Shield victory over Manchester City.

In spite of the odds being weighed massively out of their favour, Forest held their own - losing the narrowly contested match 2-1.

The East Midlands club were unlucky not to get themselves back into the game, ending the match with a higher xG than the north London club.

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