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Nottingham Forest U21

3 — 2 Oct 16, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Manchester United U21

English Premier League 2 · Round 5

Venue Loughborough University Football Stadium, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Referee Matthew McQuillan

Attendance 665

Player of the Match Fuad Smith 9.3 89' played

Match Events

7' Away Amir Ibragimov

15' Home Buba Sanneh

21' Home ⚽ Fuad Smith — 1-0

45 + 2' Away ⚽ Daniel Armer — 1-1

HT

46' Home ↔ Matthew Orr ↗ → Kristian Clarke

47' Away Reece Munro

56' Away ⚽ Samuel Lusale — 1-2

63' Away ↔ Jaydan Kamason → Yuel Helafu ↗

63' Away ↔ Tynan Thompson → Bendito Mantato

64' Home ↔ Shakur Samuels ↗ → Sonny Nolan ↗

64' Home ↔ Kalum Thompson → Jayden Powell

67' Away Jim Thwaites

69' Home Matthew Orr ↗

69' Away Enzo Kana Biyik

70' Home ⚽ Fuad Smith — 2-2

71' Away ↔ Ashton Missin → Enzo Kana Biyik

78' Away ↔ Kai Rooney ↗ → Samuel Lusale

79' Home ⚽ Shakur Samuels ↗ — 3-2

87' Home ↔ Blaine McClure → Spencer Sutton ↗

90 + 3' Home ↔ Azae Bonnick ↗ → Fuad Smith

90 + 6' Home Shakur Samuels ↗

FT

Match Stats

39 61

Ball possession

14 13

Total shots

7 2

Shots on target

17 16

Touches in opposition box

3 1

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

321 (81%) 547 (91%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

1 4

Corners

Lineups

Nottingham Forest U21 (3-4-3)

Coach: Dylan Malicheff

Starting XI

1 Keehan Willows 6

2 Buba Sanneh 7.6

3 David Modupe 6.8

4 Spencer Sutton ↗ 7

7 Kristian Clarke 6.2

6 Chinazaekpere Nwosu 7.8

8 Archie Whitehall 7.6

5 Jamie Newton 7.7

11 Fuad Smith 9.3

9 Jayden Powell 6.6

10 Sonny Nolan ↗ 6.9

Substitutes

14 Matthew Orr ↗ 7.1

17 Shakur Samuels ↗ 7.5

15 Kalum Thompson 6.3

16 Blaine McClure

19 Azae Bonnick ↗

12 Aaron Bott

18 Riko Robinson ↗

Manchester United U21 (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Adam Lawrence

Starting XI

1 Cameron Byrne-Hughes 6.4

2 Yuel Helafu ↗ 6.5

3 Reece Munro 6.7

4 Daniel Armer 8.1

5 Diego León 6.9

8 Amir Ibragimov 6.5

6 Jim Thwaites 7.6

7 Bendito Mantato 6.4

10 Jaume Camacho ↗ 7.7

11 Samuel Lusale 8

9 Enzo Kana Biyik 6.1

Substitutes

12 Jaydan Kamason 6

17 Tynan Thompson 5.8

16 Ashton Missin 6

18 Kai Rooney ↗ 6

13 Fred Heath

15 Cristian Orozco

14 Albert Mills