Nottingham Forest will seek their first Premier League points under Sean Dyche when Manchester United travel to the City Ground on Saturday.
Forest won 2-0 at home to Porto in the Europa League league stage on October 23 in their first match under Dyche, but lost by the same scoreline at Bournemouth in the First Division three days later.
Sixth-placed United are 12 positions and 11 points above their opponents after a three-game winning run, beating Sunderland and Brighton & Hove Albion at home either side of victory at Liverpool.
You can follow live text updates and stats of Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United here. Read on for the lineup for the Premier League match, as well as details on how to watch the game.
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Nottingham Forest starting XI against Man United
Goalkeeper Angus Gunn, full-backs Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ola Aina, winger Dilane Bakwa and striker Chris Wood are injured for Forest.
Dyche admitted the absence of Wood, who scored 20 goals in 36 league appearances last season, presents a “different challenge”.
“Myself and my team are very experienced in the Premier League, but we don’t have magic powder and you can’t suddenly force players to score lots of goals,” Dyche told Forest TV.
“What you do is form a style of play that creates more chances, which will then go to someone putting the ball in the net.
“We have to look at that, but we also have to look at the talent we have and think ‘How can we create more chances and how can we create a better quality of opportunity?’
“[That’s] while keeping the back door locked, which was done so well last season.
Nottingham Forest starting XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Hudson-Odoi, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Luiz, Ndoye, Jesus, Milenkovic, Savona
Forest substitutes: John, Morat, Sangar, Awonyiyi, Calemiono, Hutchinson, Yates, Cuunha, McAte
Man United starting XI against Burnley
Defender Lisandro Martinez remains absent for United despite returning to first-team training after almost nine months out with a knee injury.
“He’s going to take some time,” manager Ruben Amorim said. “He started training with us but we had to change some things in the exercise for him. Little by little he will improve.
“He’s really good. He gives us that edge in every training session and that’s really good for us too.
Centre-back Harry Maguire was a doubt, while midfielder Mason Mount was an unused substitute in the 4–2 win over Brighton on October 25, after struggling with a knock.
Man United starting XI: Lammens, Dalot, The Ligt, Fernandes, Joro, Amad, Casemiro, Mbeumo, Shaw, Sescoa
United substitutes: Bayindir, Dorgu, Heaven, Maguire, Mazraoui, Mainoo, Mount, Ugarte, Zirkzee
