Michael Carrick is not the permanent Manchester United manager quite yet but he has another chance to impress in the final Premier League game at Old Trafford this season.Carrick has won 10 of 15 games so far since replacing Ruben Amorim and has delivered Champions League football for next season.Carrick has enjoyed an excellent second interim spell in charge, with United collecting 33 points, the most in thePremier League, since his appointment in January.Nottingham Forest have also achieved their aim with survival secured.And with Forest unbeaten in eight Premier League games, they can afford to be confident of spoiling the party.Heres how the sides line up.Table of ContentsManchester United team newsNottingham Forest team newsWhere to watch Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: TV and online streamsStats for Manchester United v Nottingham ForestManchester United team newsBenjamin Sesko missed Uniteds draw with Sunderland owing to a shin problem and is out again. Matthijs de Ligt and Manuel Ugarte are dealing with back issues.Casemiro starts in midfield at Old Trafford for the final time before he leaves the club this summer.Carrick has made three changes to the starting XI that faced Sunderland Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, and Bryan Mbeumo come in for Noussair Mazraoui, Mason Mount, and Joshua Zirkzee.Man Utd XI: Senne Lammens, Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martnez, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot, Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro, Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo, Bryan MbeumoNottingham Forest team newsDefenders Murillo (hamstring) and Ola Aina (knock) miss out for Forest, but Morgan Gibbs-White returns from the facial cut he suffered against Chelsea having trained with a protective mask. Ibrahim Sangare is back on the bench, and is joined by Zach Abbott who is available to return from a head injury.Vtor Pereira has also made three changes to the starting XI that faced Newcastle United Omari Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, and Chris Wood come in for Dilane Bakwa, Jair Cunha, and Taiwo Awoniyi.Forest XI: Matz Sels, Luca Netz, Morato, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Nicols Domnguez, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, Omari Hutchinson, Chris Wood, Igor JesusWhere to watch Manchester United v Nottingham Forest: TV and online streamsManchester United v Nottingham Forest kicks off at 12:30pm on Sunday. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League and will be available to stream via Sky Go.Stats for Manchester United v Nottingham ForestUnited are winless in their last four Premier League games against Forest (D1 L3), having won eight in a row against them before this.Forest won this exact fixture 3-2 last season only once have they won consecutive away league games against United, doing so under Brian Clough in September 1990/April 1992.United have only lost their final home league match in one of the last 18 seasons (W13 D4), going down 2-0 against Cardiff City in 2018-19.Forest have won their final away league match in each of the last two seasons, last doing so in more consecutive campaigns between 1980-81 and 1983-84 (4).Uniteds 0-0 draw with Sunderland last time out ended their 23-game scoring streak in the Premier League. They last failed to score in consecutive games in May 2025, while theyve not recorded consecutive clean sheets since September 2024.Forest are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games (W4 D4), last having a longer run within the same top-flight season in their first 12 matches of 1995-96.Only Manchester City (29, before their game vs Crystal Palace) and Arsenal (25) have opened the scoring in more different Premier League games than United this season (22). The Red Devils (W15 D7) and Forest (W8 D2) are two of three sides (along with Sunderland) still unbeaten when scoring first this term.Gibbs-White has been involved in five goals in his last five Premier League games against United (3 goals, 2 assists), both scoring and assisting in this exact fixture last season. Topics Manchester United F.C. Nottingham Forest F.C. 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