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Manchester United vs. Nottingham Forest: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Manchester United welcome Nottingham Forest to Old Trafford for their latest Premier League fixture on Saturday evening.

The Red Devils and the Tricky Trees are looking to make a swift return to winning ways, after suffering 2-0 and 3-0 defeats away against Arsenal and Manchester City respectively on Wednesday night.

Ruben Amorim's side are currently down in 13th place, but they are only three points behind Forest in seventh, while they are seven points adrift of the top four.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho in action wit Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White on December 30, 2023© Imago

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 112

Man Utd wins: 54

Draws: 24

Nott'm Forest wins: 34

Manchester United and Nottingham Forest have butted heads a total of 112 times across all competitions, with the Red Devils leading the overall head-to-head record having posted 54 wins to the Tricky Trees' 34, while there have also been 24 draws played out between the two clubs.

The very first meeting between these two teams took place back in October 1892 when Man United (known then as Newton Heath) drew 1-1 with Forest in the old Division One.

The Tricky Trees won 3-1 away from home just three months later, while the Red Devils had to wait until 1907 to win their first match against the Midlands outfit (4-0) - one of just six victories in their first 23 meetings across all competitions up until 1935.

Both teams regularly battled it out in Division One from the late 1950s right up until the beginning of the Premier League era in 1992, with Man United winning 31 times compared to Forest's 18 over a 64-game period.

One of the most notable encounters between these two clubs during this spell was the 1992 League Cup final, with Brian McClair scoring the only goal in a narrow 1-0 with at Wembley in February 1996 to help Sir Alex Ferguson get one over Brian Clough.

Man United have dominated this fixture in the Premier League, with 14 wins recorded across 18 games, including a memorable 8-1 thrashing of the Tricky Trees in which Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four goals and both Dwight Yorke and Andrew Cole netted two each.

Forest have only beaten Man United twice as a Premier League club, including a 2-1 win at Old Trafford back in December 1994, courtesy of goals from Stan Collymore and Stuart Pearce.

The last time these two teams faced off was in February 2024 when Man United left it late to snatch a 1-0 win from Forest, thanks to an 89th-minute winner from Casemiro.

Previous meetings

Feb 28, 2024: Nott'm Forest 0-1 Man Utd (FA Cup Fifth Round)

Dec 30, 2023: Nott'm Forest 2-1 Man Utd (Premier League)

Aug 26, 2023: Man Utd 3-2 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Apr 16, 2023: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Man Utd (Premier League)

Feb 01, 2023: Man Utd 2-0 Nott'm Forest (EFL Cup Semi-Finals)

Jan 25, 2023: Nott'm Forest 0-3 Man Utd (EFL Cup Semi-Finals)

Dec 27, 2022: Man Utd 3-0 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Feb 06, 1999: Nott'm Forest 1-8 Man Utd (Premier League)

Dec 26, 1998: Man Utd 3-0 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Dec 26, 1996: Nott'm Forest 0-4 Man Utd (Premier League)

Sep 14, 1996: Man Utd 4-1 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Apr 28, 1996: Man Utd 5-0 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Nov 27, 1995: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Man Utd (Premier League)

Dec 17, 1994: Man Utd 1-2 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Aug 22, 1994: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Man Utd (Premier League)

Jan 27, 1993: Man Utd 2-0 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Aug 29, 1992: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Man Utd (Premier League)

## Last 10 Premier League meetings