Nottingham vs Manchester Utd prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-03-31 19:00.
[p]Nottingham Forest’s incredible season hit new heights on Saturday, as they saw off Brighton on penalties to progress to their first FA Cup semi-final in 34 years. There’ll be no time for immediate celebrations as Nuno EspĂrito Santo’s men resume Premier League duties looking to protect their six-point buffer inside the top four, with Manchester United their next opponents.[/p]
[p]The Tricky Trees will return home looking to extend their eight-match unbeaten league run at the City Ground (W6, D2). Forest should be confident of doing so having won the last two league H2Hs – more victories than they managed in the previous 13 such meetings (W1, D2, L10) – so they’ll now chase a first league double over United in the Premier League era, last achieving that feat in 1991/92 under Brian Clough in the old First Division.[/p]
[p]While the international break has allowed Manchester United to welcome back some of their injured players, it came at a bad time considering their improving form. Ruben Amorim’s men had strung together successive wins by a three-goal margin before the pause, with their 3-0 success against Leicester giving them the chance to post back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season![/p]
[p]The Red Devils’ last set of consecutive away league wins came back in February 2024, and a return of just one defeat from their last eight outings on the road should inspire belief they can end that run here (W4, D3). While they lost their last league visit to the City Ground in December 2023, United exacted revenge just two months later by winning on this ground en route to lifting the FA Cup, and it’s worth noting that they’ve had a considerable amount of extra time to rest and prepare for this game having not played at the weekend.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Forest playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White provided an assist in his last two league appearances, and appears primed to be in the action again having been involved in four goals in his last three league H2Hs (G2, A2). Fellow creator-in-chief Bruno Fernandes has scored or assisted in his last four Premier League matches (G3, A3), and assisted the winner in the aforementioned FA Cup tie on this ground last season.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Forest have won just one of the six league matches they have conceded the opening goal in this season (L5).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]