We're less than 10 minutes from kick-off in what has been the longest build-up to an afternoon of Premier League football ever.
Anyway they're all going ahead as planned so that's the main thing.
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Image source, .Crystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Stephen Warnock
Former Premier League defender on BBC Radio 5 Live
I tipped Crystal Palace to do well this season. That was because of the way Glasner came in and the way they were playing.
I did tip that before Olise and Andersen left but they are a good team. I think they are struggling because they maybe feel within that they won't do as well but will be OK.
Brentford v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on Football Focus
When you go to home games you go through the same door, see the same faces, same journey to the ground and when you go and play away some people don't like it, they're out of their comfort zone.
Their boots aren't in the right place, the dressing room's too cold. That's when you have to adjust.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrentford v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
In Alexander Isak, Newcastle have one of the best strikers in the league. If they can keep him fit.
Callum Wilson has come back too and they have a lot of options.
It must be so frustrating for the richest team in the world. We talk about PSR rules and it is stopping club's like Newcastle closing the gap on the likes of Man City, Arsenal and the others.
They have an abundance of riches and they are having to sell their best players to balance the books. It's absurd.
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Brentford v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)
Martin Keown
Former England defender on Football Focus
Mikkel Damsgaard is really creative. I think in his first two seasons he only managed 16 starts, he's got 12 already this season. He's got vision, he can see a pass and he's got really good technical ability.
Since Christian Eriksen left I think he's the natural successor.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Chris Wise
BBC Radio 5 Live reporter at Selhurst Park
There’s been a buzz word used by Oliver Glasner in recent weeks when he’s been talking about his forward line: ‘efficiency’.
Palace’s goal return has been thin this season. They’ve only scored four here at Selhurst Park in the Premier League.
But Glasner’s feeling is that his team’s performances are looking more stable now than in those first few weeks of the campaign.
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Man City have been stretched to the limit, look at the players on the bench apart from Ederson, Grealish and Doku all the others are youngsters!
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Crystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Stephen Warnock
Former Premier League defender on BBC Radio 5 Live
City are trying to look around the world and try to bring someone in that is maybe the heir to Rodri's throne who can step in and take on that role in the years to come.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
We are learning about the character of City and the manager as well.
You get the true character and quality of a person when you see how they cope in the face of adversity. Guardiola has got to finds answers to get out a situation they are not used to.
Who wants to take the game by the scruff of the neck and take the responsibility?
Crystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Everton v Liverpool (postponed)
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
If Arsenal win at Fulham tomorrow they will be only four points behind league leaders Liverpool after the postponement of their game at Everton.
Yes, Liverpool will have that game in hand but, after Arsenal beat Manchester United and Liverpool drew at Newcastle United in midweek, four points is psychologically nowhere as daunting as the nine-point deficit last Sunday.
Over to Arsenal - but a trip to Marco Silva's in-form Fulham is a hazardous assignment for anyone these days.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrentford v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)
Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert
Brentford's home record is incredible, and still the best in the Premier League this season.
Newcastle were impressive against Liverpool in midweek but their challenge is to follow up that performance here, because they have been very up and down so far.
This is a difficult one to call, but I always expect goals from the Bees when they are at home.
In contrast, Newcastle have not been scoring consistently this season but they got three against the leaders and I think they will get a couple more here.
Sutton's prediction:2-2
Brentford v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesNewcastle's 3-3 draw with Liverpool in midweek was described as one of the best games of the season with both sides at various stages looking like they would win it.
In the end a point was probably fair, but Newcastle boss Eddie Howe says the challenge now is ensuring his side maintain the level of intensity they showed in that game.
"After any game, there's a comedown," he said. "But I think it will be a steep one after the Liverpool game.
"Our challenge this weekend is to find a way to hit the same levels of intensity and mental qualities that we showed on Wednesday, so quickly."
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is pretty grim weather at Aston Villa but that's not stopping many fans, who have arrived in woolly hats and plastic ponchos.
Let's hope they are rewarded with an entertaining game.
Aston Villa v Southampton (15:00, GMT)
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter at Villa Park
Villa ended their eight-game winless run by beating Brentford on Wednesday and will view the visit of bottom side Southampton as chance to keep touch with the top five.
The hosts have lacked the consistency which propelled them to the top four last season, missing 33 big chances - second only to Liverpool - and have been dispossessed 153 times, the third highest in the division.
Just one clean sheet in the league this season has also cost them but they will fancy their chances this afternoon, Saints arrive as the league's lowest scorers with just 11 goals in 14 games.
Aston VIlla v Southampton (15:00 GMT)
Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert
Aston Villa bounced back well against Brentford in midweek, while Southampton paid the price for some calamitous goalkeeping against Chelsea, although the size of their defeat wasn't just down to that.
Whenever promoted sides don't start the season well, it is easy for them to lose confidence that they can compete at this level and that seems to be a bit of an issue for Southampton when I watch them.
Goalkeeper Joe Lumley wasn't their only player to make mistakes against Chelsea and I just think Villa will be too strong for them.
Credit to Villa keeper Emi Martinez for facing the Bees despite a broken finger. If he plays again here, I reckon he will keep a clean sheet.
Sutton's prediction:2-0
Aston Villa v Southampton (15:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthampton are at the stage where they really need to start picking up wins.
The Saints are bottom, seven points adrift of safety, and sorting their first-half struggles would go some way to improving their chances of those elusive victories.
They are the only side yet to score a first-half away goal in the Premier League this season.
The Saints have also had the fewest shots (29) and fewest shots on target (five) in the first 45 minutes of away games compared to any other side during this campaign.
Crystal Palace v Man City (15:00 GMT)
Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert
Crystal Palace's win at Ipswich on Tuesday was huge for them, and it was comfortable enough in the end.
Manchester City finally returned to winning ways against Nottingham Forest - and it was a result they fully deserved - but are they really back?
What happens at Selhurst Park should give us an idea, and this is not an easy game for them. Forest had chances at the Etihad Stadium when the score was 1-0 and I am still not convinced by City's defending.
They were much better going forward with Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku in the team against Forest, though.
Doku gave them the energy and ideas out wide that they have been missing and while he is not the finished article he is always a handful with his dynamism and the way he drives at teams.
On his day, he can be devastating and it might be a moment of magic from him that makes the difference here, and breaks down a stubborn Palace side.
Sutton's prediction:1-2
Forest have won back-to-back league matches against Manchester United for the first time since 1992, when Brian Clough and Sir Alex Ferguson were in the respective dugouts
Nottingham Forest capitalised on Manchester United's defensive blunders to record their first win at Old Trafford in almost 30 years.
Rasmus Hojlund replied to Nikola Milenkovic's early opener, but Ruben Amorim's home side were unable to get back level for a second time after they conceded twice in seven minutes at the start of the second half.
United keeper Andre Onana was at fault for Forest's second goal, shaping to make a low save to his right when Morgan Gibbs-White shot from the edge of the area, only to be beaten to his left as the ball did not move as he thought.
Onana and Matthijs de Ligt then let birthday boy Chris Wood's looping far-post header bounce between them, and Lisandro Martinez failed to react either as the ball ended up in the far corner.
United skipper Bruno Fernandes reduced the arrears after 61 minutes, but despite making five changes the hosts were unable to force an equaliser.
It means United have suffered successive Premier League defeats for the second time this season, with this setback following on from their midweek loss at Arsenal.
Amorim has won only one of his four league games in charge as his side remain 13th. Their 19 points from 15 games is United's lowest tally at this stage of a season since 1986-87. Forest, in contrast, are up to fifth.
'Not many things to be upset about' - Nuno on defeating Man Utd
Wood's header means he is now Forest's record Premier League scorer, overtaking Bryan Roy by moving to 25 in the competition.
The New Zealand forward has certainly struck up a positive working relationship with manager Nuno Espirito Santo, taking his tally to 21 goals in 31 Premier League appearances under the Portuguese, including 13 in 16 matches away from the City Ground.
"He's doing amazing. We're so glad to have him. It's never too late," Nuno told Match of the Day after the win.
He might have been able to celebrate his 33rd birthday even earlier in the game, but Wood was caught by surprise when Ola Aina's cross reached him at the far post and he stabbed wide.
Yet Wood is having a superb season. Only superstar duo Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland are ahead of him in the Premier League scoring stakes. And, having left Manchester City empty-handed on Wednesday after firing wide when he ran on to Kevin de Bruyne's wayward backpass, he was not going to return without reward from a second visit to the city.
Major question marks will be asked of United's defence, with Onana, De Ligt and Martinez all having an opportunity to deal with Wood's header but failing to prevent it finding the net.
The outcome from a United perspective was sadly predictable but for Forest, after their own patchy run of one win in four games, it was a welcome return to form that was celebrated long and loud by their travelling support at the final whistle.
They had not won against United at Old Trafford since 17 December 1994 when Stan Collymore and Stuart Pearce scored their goals.
Man Utd 'started really bad' - Amorin reacts to Forest defeat
After the optimism that greeted Amorim's arrival last month, the reality of the task ahead of him has quickly become apparent.
While individual errors cost United dear, the new head coach will be sorely disappointed about Forest's opener.
United conceded two set-piece goals at Arsenal in midweek. Amorim expected an improvement here, yet within two minutes his side had conceded to Forest in exactly the same way.
It was all so routine. Elliot Anderson sent his corner to the near post, Milenkovic had a wrestle with Martinez which left the Argentine static and stranded, and the Forest defender headed home. Amorim is realising set-pieces are major threats to his chances of making a success of the United job.
Yet the major focus is bound to fall on Onana. The Cameroon international has been one of United's better performers this season, yet his failure to deal with Gibbs-White's shot was inexplicable.
As far as mis-reading the flight of a shot goes, there are not many worse examples at this level of the game.
The goal was a shattering blow for the home side. The uncertainty it created quickly led to a third Forest goal, and from that point on the home side were desperately chasing, Martinez volleying United's last chance wide in stoppage time.
Given analyses Onana's 'poor' performance against Forest
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 35 |
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| 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 28 |
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| 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
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| 4 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
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| 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 25 |
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| 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 |
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| 7 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 23 |
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| 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
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| 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
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| 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
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| 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 20 |
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| 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 20 |
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| 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
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| 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 15 |
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| 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 14 |
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| 16 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 13 |
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| 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 13 |
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| 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 9 |
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| 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 9 |
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| 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -20 | 5 |
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Manager: Ruben Amorim
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Ruben Amorim
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Manchester United have won six of their seven Premier League home games against Nottingham Forest, with the exception being a 2-1 loss in December 1994.
Following their 2-1 victory in December 2023, Nottingham Forest are looking to win consecutive league games against Manchester United for the first time since April 1992.
Manchester United have scored in all 14 of their Premier League games against Nottingham Forest, their joint-best 100% scoring record against an opponent in the competition along with Swansea City.
Manchester United have won 3-0 against Leicester and 4-0 against Everton in their last two Premier League home games. They’ve not scored 3+ in three consecutive home league games since February 2021, while they last did so while winning each time in December 2018.
Nottingham Forest’s last two Premier League away games have been 3-0 defeats (vs Arsenal and Man City), having won five of seven on the road before this (D2). They last lost three consecutive away league games by a margin of 3+ goals in April 1968, one of which was a 3-0 loss at Manchester United.
Manchester United have won their last four home matches in all competitions, scoring at least twice in each match (12 goals). Ruben Amorim has won both of his home games in charge so far – only five managers have won their first three at home with the Red Devils, most recently Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2018-19.
Ruben Amorim suffered his first defeat as Manchester United manager at Arsenal last time out – the Portuguese has only lost consecutive top-flight matches once in his career, doing so in August 2022 with Sporting CP.
Nuno Espírito Santo is bidding to become just the second Nottingham Forest manager to win both of his first two league games against Manchester United after Fred Earp in the 1909-10 campaign.
Marcus Rashford scored twice in Man Utd’s 4-0 win against Everton in their last home league game, as many goals as he’d netted in his previous 23 appearances at Old Trafford. His second strike against the Toffees was his 50th home goal in the Premier League.
In all competitions, Bruno Fernandes has been involved in 11 goals in his last 10 appearances at Old Trafford for Man Utd (4 goals, 7 assists), having a hand in six goals in his last four in the Premier League (2 goals, 4 assists). He’s never scored or assisted in five in a row in the league at Old Trafford, while Marcus Rashford was the last Man Utd player to do so overall (seven in 2022-23).
