Manchester United take on the visitors Nottingham Forest in the second leg of English Football League Cup semifinals. The first leg result: 3-0. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 1st at Old Trafford (Manchester).
Manchester United are going through a difficult but quite interesting season. It is already clear that ten Hag will not become such a disappointment that Rangnik turned out to be, but what will he be able to achieve, have the Mancunians finally found the very, real successor for Sir Alex? Eric spent the autumn getting comfortable with English football and rebuilding the team. This was not without tough decisions, for example, Maguire, the main player in the national team, mostly sits as a substitute, and Ronaldo left with a scandal through a contract break. But at the same time, now the Red Devils look like a favorite in the dispute for 3rd-4th place. They even beat City in a derby in January, and with Arsenal they lost in a shootout only at the very end. Well, the League Cup gives a chance the Dutch coach to decorate the 1st year of work in Britain with a trophy. And it is logical that they secured the finals in the away match – now they can also test the youth, finally giving the leaders a break.
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Nottingham Forest have, without exaggeration, a landmark season. And it's not so much about reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup, it's more of a bonus, although even here it was necessary to knock out Tottenham with Wolverhampton from the draw. Trying to naturally strengthen the lineup that rose from the Championship through the playoffs, the board obviously overdid it with the newcomers, and this did not help to achieve results (which is worth 1 point in 7 rounds, including 5 defeats in a row). But Steve Cooper and his coaching staff coped with this challenge. Back in October-November, they managed to win against Liverpool and to take 10 points in the last 5 rounds before a long pause. The Premier League now also has a 4-match unbeaten streak, and after a 1-1 with Chelsea and victories over Leicester and Southampton, a draw against Bournemouth, even on the road, seems like a misfire. However, the club, which was considered as an outsider, has already risen to 13th place, and the main thing now is not to lose ground. However, now they only need to visit Old Trafford, and then all attention can be focused purely on the fight in the domestic championship.
Before the 3-0 in the first semi-final of the League Cup, at the end of December, with the same score, the Mancunians also won in the Premier League. Everything is clear here, and one can expect a decision from ten Hag to use the reservists. But the Forest hardly thinks about a comeback. So here we dare to assume a new victory for the Mancunians, even with the reserve squad, over the visitors with a handicap of “-1.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Manchester United to win with -1.5 handicap.
