Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United premier league match kick-off time has been rescheduled suddenly

Fresh off booking their place at Wembley, Nottingham Forest are back in Premier League action on Tuesday night as they welcome Manchester United to the City Ground.

For the third consecutive round, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side required penalties to advance in the FA Cup. Their 4-3 shootout victory over Brighton followed a cagey stalemate, and Forest will now face Manchester City in the semi-finals as they aim to end their 35-year wait for a major domestic honour.

It’s been a special season at the City Ground, with back-to-back league wins before the break emboldening Forest’s chances of playing Champions League football next season. They enter Tuesday’s game third in the Premier League table and five points clear of Chelsea in fourth.

Man Utd, remarkably, are hunting back-to-back league wins for the first time this season. Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils enjoyed perhaps their most productive week of 2024/25 before the first international slate of the calendar year.

After advancing into the Europa League quarter-finals by virtue of a comfortable home victory over Real Sociedad, United thumped Leicester 3-0 at the King Power. They currently sit 13th in the table and are playing for very little domestically.

Forest claimed victory at the weekend despite being without leading goalscorer Chris Wood, who suffered a hip injury on international duty with New Zealand.

Nuno has confirmed that the striker is a major doubt for Tuesday’s game, with the quick turnaround working against him, Taiwo Awoniyi is ready to deputise for the Kiwi forward again.

Morgan Gibbs-White should be fine to start despite his heavy collision with the post on Saturday. Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi are sure bets to return to the Forest XI.