United aim to avoid breaking century-old unwanted record versus sinking opponents

Manchester United travel to face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils have faced Forest 114 times in their history. United have been victorious on 54 occasions with Forest winning 36. There have also been 24 draws. Man United Fixture history FixtureWinsDrawsLossesTotal matches United vs Forest542436114 Here are three storylines to look forward to. Historicly bad run versus Forest Ruben Amorim’s side have lost their last three consecutive league games against the Tricky Trees. The Portuguese coach lost both games last season, a 2-3 defeat at Old Trafford and a 0-1 loss at the City Ground. United’s poor form versus Forest began before the current manager though, as they lost 1-2 at the City Ground in December 2023 under Erik ten Hag. Were Forest to win a fourth consecutive league match versus United, it would be the first time they would have gone on such a streak versus the Red Devils since between February 1909 and September 1910. Don’t expect goals Forest have had a tumultuous season to date with three different managers taking charge of their nine Premier League matches. Sean Dyche was recently named in charge and pulled off a great win over Porto in the Europa League. They were beaten 0-2 away to AFC Bournemouth last week though. The BBC report that, “Sean Dyche has seen his teams fail to score in 10 of his last 14 Premier League games in charge (9/13 with Everton, 1/1 with Nottingham Forest).” What’s more, “among managers to take charge of 150+ games in Premier League history, Dyche has the lowest goals per game ratio (323 goals in 334 games, 0.97 per game).” Expect Bryan Mbeumo to strike Mbeumo has been one of the standout players in the Premier League last month but also all calendar year. He has so far scored five goals for United, including three in his last two matches. The BBC state that, “only Erling Haaland (19 goals, 3 assists) and Mohamed Salah (15 goals, 7 assists) have been involved in more Premier League goals in 2025 than Bryan Mbeumo (14 goals, 6 assists).” United will hope the Cameroonian can help fire his side to a fourth consecutive league game to keep climbing the Premier League table. Featured image Michael Steele via Getty Images – The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.