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2 min: Scrappy start as the teams feel each other out. It\u2019s not often that Manchester United<\/a> will have faced a 4-4-2, with Chris Wood and Igor Jesus two bruisers up top for Forest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Peeeeeeeeeeeeep!<\/p>\n And we\u2019re underway at Old Trafford!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Casemiro\u2019s tifo is more of a large banner, really. The Brazilian\u2019s face is pictured next to the slogan: \u2018At\u00e9 \u00e0 Morte\u2019 (Until death).<\/p>\n Nice touch, that. Photograph: Phil Duncan\/Every Second Media\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Here come the teams! The Manchester United<\/a> players, the ones that are fathers anyway, are coming out with their children, which is a nice touch. Adam Diallo and Kobbie Mainoo appear to have borrowed some of their teammates\u2019 offspring. Bruno Fernandes\u2019 daughter is unmistakably a Fernandes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n V\u00edtor Pereira has just given one of the most forgettable pre-match interviews of all time, except possibly for this sentence. Neil Warnock\u2019s legacy lives on.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt\u2019s time to enjoy, but enjoy competing for the three points.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Will Unwin\u2019s thoughts on what is sure to be a busy transfer window for Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A big boost for Forest that Morgan Gibbs-White is back in the starting XI. The midfielder sustained a gruesome facial injury in the 3-1 win over Chelsea<\/a>, which led him to missing Forest\u2019s crucial Europa League semi-final second-leg defeat at Villa. His appearance today should allay any fears about him not being fit\/healed for the World Cup. Based on form, Thomas Tuchel simply has to take him as a back-up to the tournament. Ollie Watkins is the only Englishman to score more than Gibbs-White\u2019s 13 Premier League goals this season. That\u2019s quite something for a midfielder at a club near the bottom of the table.<\/p>\n Morgan Gibbs-White warms-up at Old Trafford. Photograph: Adam Vaughan\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Manchester United\u2019s men will wear next season\u2019s home kit against Forest. The strip was debuted by the women\u2019s team in their WSL game at Chelsea on Saturday. I would describe it as underwhelming.<\/p>\n Ella Toone during Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday. Photograph: Paul Dennis\/TGS Photo\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.20 EDT<\/p>\n Team news!<\/p>\n Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Cunha; Mbeumo. No great surprises here. Bryan Mbeumo replaces Joshua Zirkzee, while Diogo Dalot is back in at right-back in place of Noussair Mazraoui.<\/p>\n Nottingham Forest (4-4-2): Sels; Williams, Morato, Milenkovic, Netz; Hutchinson, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White; Wood, Igor Jesus. It looks like Forest are lined up in the 4-4-2 formation that served them so well in the 5-0 win at Sunderland<\/a>. A narrow and compact midfield, with Gibbs-White given something of a free role from the left-hand side. Two traditional strikers that will press high and hope to force United\u2019s defence into errors.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Will Unwin, our reporter at Old Trafford today, checks in with some pre-match thoughts. He thinks that any announcement over Carrick today would be \u201chighly unlikely\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markFor many it is a redundant game at the end of a very long season for Manchester United and Nottingham Forest. There have been many twists, turns and managerial changes but both have achieved their goals; United and back in the Champions League and Forest have survived in the Premier League.<\/p>\n Michael Carrick will be announced as the permanent Manchester United head coach in the coming days but it is highly unlikely to be today at this stage. He has done a fine job and gave United little option other than keeping him on.<\/p>\n The real interest today comes in the form of Elliot Anderson who is high on United\u2019s midfield shortlist but their \u00a380m valuation of the England international may cause them to miss out to rivals Manchester City, who also want him. A big performance today, on Casemiro\u2019s farewell, could make the United hierarchy reconsider the figures because they need to improve the squad going into Europe next summer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A reminder of the Premier League<\/a> table before kick-off:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Michael Carrick and V\u00edtor Pereira have both done quite the job. The former, despite only getting the interim gig at Manchester United in January, has even ended up on the Premier League Manager of the Year shortlist<\/a> (alongside Keith Andrews, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Andoni Iraola and R\u00e9gis Le Bris) after 10 wins from 15 games, just two defeats and more points than any other side in the division since his appointment. Carrick is expected to be imminently offered a two-year permanent contract<\/a> at Old Trafford, with an option of a further 12 months. We may well see that announced today in person at the stadium, given this is Manchester United\u2019s final home game of the season. As is customary, the club\u2019s manager will address the crowd after full-time. Maybe the good days really are coming<\/a> under Carrick.<\/p>\n Today will have a celebratory end-of-season feel that has been missing at Old Trafford for a while now: Champions League football next season is assured, third place can be mathematically sealed against Forest and there will be tributes to Casemiro both before and after the game. A tifo to the Brazilian in the Stretford End is expected to be unfurled as the players walk out for kick-off, while Casemiro will also give a post-match speech.<\/p>\n Credit must also go to Pereira at Forest, another Portuguese speaker who has been something of a slow burn. When he was appointed in February, Forest were 17th in the Premier League, three points above the drop zone, after two wins in their last 10 games. After a win at Fenerbahce<\/a> in his opening match, the 57-year-old then lost four of his next five matches, with the pressure very much still on.<\/p>\n But a run of five straight wins in all competitions earned both Premier League<\/a> survival and a European semi-final. Pereira can be proud of what he has achieved It is very much mission accomplished, and Carrick is not the only manager at Old Trafford today being linked with a new contract.<\/p>\n Kick-off: 12.30pm BST.<\/p>\n
Subs: Bayindir, Dorgu, Heaven, Malacia, Mazraoui, Yoro, Mount, Ugarte, Zirkzee.<\/p>\n
Subs: Victor, Ortega, Sangar\u00e9, Awoniyi, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Bakwa, Abbott.<\/p>\n