Latest Nottingham Forest news as Sean Dyche's Reds prepare to face Manchester United in Premier League clash
13:49, 01 Nov 2025Updated 13:52, 01 Nov 2025
Nottingham Forest head coach Sean Dyche
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Head coach Sean Dyche has named his Nottingham Forest team to take on Manchester United in this afternoon’s key clash.
The 18th-placed Reds are without a win in the Premier League since the opening day of the season going into today’s game. Nuno Espirito Santo was still in charge at that point as Brentford were seen off 3-1.
Dyche does already have one victory under his belt since his appointment last week. He hopes the City Ground crowd can play their part this afternoon, just as they did when Porto were toppled in the Europa League in his first game in charge.
Forest were unable to make it back-to-back successes under the new man as they followed that result up with a 2-0 defeat away to Bournemouth last Sunday. Dyche felt that was a case of after the Lord Mayor’s Show for the visitors as he lamented a flat performance on the south coast.
Since then, he has been able to make the most of a full week on the training ground with his squad. The lack of a midweek fixture has provided him with valuable time to get his ideas across to his players.
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The Reds are not without some injuries, however. Chris Wood, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Dilane Bakwa, Angus Gunn and Ola Aina are all out of action.
Dyche has named an unchanged starting XI from last weekend’s loss. However, James McAtee is included on the bench after missing out against the Cherries.
Nicolo Savona, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo and Neco Williams will once again make up the back line ahead of goalkeeper Matz Sels. Douglas Luiz and Elliot Anderson will combine in midfield.
Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White and Callum Hudson-Odoi will support Igor Jesus at the top end of the pitch. The bench will be made up of John Victor, Morato, Ibrahim Sangare, Taiwo Awoniyi, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Omari Hutchinson, Ryan Yates, Jair Cunha and McAtee.
Forest: Sels; Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Luiz, Anderson; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus. Subs: John, Morato, Sangare, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair, McAtee.
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