English Premier League

FT Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Manchester United LDDWW 0
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Nottingham Forest DWWWW 1
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The City Ground · 30,249 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Anthony Elanga haunts Man United as Nottingham Forest boost UCL hopes

Anthony Elanga's breakaway goal against his former club earned high-flying Nottingham Forest a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the Premier League on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
68.2
Possession
31.8
23
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
558
Accurate Passes
227
649
Passes
310
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
3
37
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.3
35
Long Balls
52
19
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
3
Interceptions
6
18
Effective Clearances
42
18
Clearances
42

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 7Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 22Ryan YatesRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 28Danilo SantosAM-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaAM-R

MAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 4Matthijs de LigtCD
  3. 3Noussair MazraouiCD-L
  4. 15Leny YoroCD-R
  5. 18CasemiroCM-L
  6. 25Manuel UgarteCM-R
  7. 13Patrick DorguLM
  8. 20Diogo DalotRM
  9. 11Joshua ZirkzeeF
  10. 8Bruno FernandesCF-L
  11. 17Alejandro GarnachoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester United 0. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Yates following a fast break.
  2. 40' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Danilo.
  3. 40' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Álex Moreno replaces Ola Aina because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Manchester United. Rasmus Højlund replaces Manuel Ugarte.
  5. 50' Casemiro (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Manchester United. Christian Eriksen replaces Casemiro.
  7. 66' Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Elliot Anderson.
  9. 71' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Christian Eriksen (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Manchester United. Mason Mount replaces Joshua Zirkzee.
  12. 85' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa replaces Anthony Elanga.
  13. 86' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  14. 88' Substitution, Manchester United. Harry Maguire replaces Leny Yoro.

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