Manchester United welcome Nottingham Forest to Old Trafford this week to conclude their Carabao Cup semi-final tie.
The Red Devils have a comfortable 3-0 lead after a dominant display at the City Ground in which Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes all scored.
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United have also won their last eight meetings against Forest and beat them 3-0 in December.
Erik ten Hag’s men have all-but booked their place at Wembley for the final in February, but Forest won’t give up.
Steve Cooper’s men had chances against the Red Devils and had a goal ruled out, but they couldn’t find a way past David de Gea.
This tie should be put to bed by Man United, but in football, you just never know and thousands of Forest fans will make the trip to Manchester in the hope they can pull off a remarkable comeback.
The winner of this tie will face either Newcastle or Southampton in the final.
Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: talkSPORT coverage
This Carabao Cup semi-final clash will take place on Wednesday, February 1.
Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for 8pm.
talkSPORT will have live commentary from Manchester, with Adrian Durham serving as your host while Sam Matterface and former Forest defender Stuart Pearce provide commentary.
talkSPORT.com will also have a live blog of all the action.
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Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: Team news
The hosts could rotate ahead of what is an extremely busy month, which means Rashford and Fernandes might drop to the bench.
Christian Eriksen is unlikely to play any part after leaving Old Trafford on crutches after Saturday’s FA Cup over Reading.
Andy Carroll lunged in on the Dane and forced him from the field with an ankle injury.
Axel Tuanzebe, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Martial and Diogo Dalot are also expected to miss out.
But Jadon Sancho could finally return to the United squad after training with the first team.
Meanwhile, the visitors will be without Morgan Gibbs-White, Moussa Niakhate, Omar Richards, Cheikhou Kouyate and Dean Henderson.
Ryan Yates missed the first leg through illness and is struggling along with Jack Colback.
Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: What has been said?
Forest boss Cooper: “We were obviously disappointed with the first leg, but that’s the situation.
“It’s obviously an incredibly tough task to qualify. But it’s a semi-final, and when you play for Forest, it’s an honour and privilege.
“We have to represent that.”
Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: Match facts
- Manchester United have won their last eight meetings with Nottingham Forest, netting at least three goals in seven of these (32 in total).
- Nottingham Forest have lost their last five away games against Manchester United by an aggregate score of 17-2. Their last win at Old Trafford was in December 1994 in the Premier League (2-1).
- Manchester United have won both meetings with Nottingham Forest 3-0 this season – they’ve never beaten an opponent by 3+ goals on three occasions in a single campaign before.
- Manchester United hold a 3-0 advantage from the first leg – no team to have won the first leg of a League Cup semi-final by at least three goals has been eliminated (11 previous instances).
- Manchester United have only won both legs of a League Cup semi-final tie on three occasions (out of 15 two-legged ties contested). Each time they’ve done so, they’ve gone on to lose in the final (1982-83, 1990-91 and 1993-94).
- None of Nottingham Forest’s last 16 away games in the League Cup has been drawn, with Forest winning nine and losing seven. Both of their victories on the road this season have been by 3+ goals (3-0 v Grimsby, 4-1 v Blackburn).
- Man Utd’s Marcus Rashford – top scorer in the League Cup this season with five goals – has been involved in 16 goals in his last 14 appearances in the competition, scoring 12 and assisting four.
- Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes were on the scoresheet in the first leg – the last Man Utd player to score in both legs of a League Cup semi-final tie was Louis Saha in 2005-06.
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