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Matches/U18 Premier League - North/North - 7
U18 Premier League - North 2025/26Match Finished

Nottingham Forest U18 vs Manchester United U18

18 Oct 2025 · 12:30 BST · North - 7

Nottingham Forest U18

HOME
2:1HT 1–0

Manchester United U18

AWAY
⚽ Fuad Smith 35′⚽ Davies 53′
⚽ Godwill Kukonki 49′
The Nigel Doughty Academy, Nottingham, NottinghamshireReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 8′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Nottingham Forest U18 win 2–1

Match Finished in the north - 7 of the U18 Premier League - North. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 1
HALF-TIME1 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsNot supplied
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Nottingham Forest U18Manchester United U18

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Nottingham Forest U18

Formation not supplied

Coach Tom Mallinson

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI—

Player list not supplied.

    Substitutes—

    Player list not supplied.

      Manchester United U18

      Formation not supplied

      Coach Darren Fletcher

      Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

      Starting XI—

      Player list not supplied.

        Substitutes—

        Player list not supplied.

          04
          FOLLOW THE MATCH

          Events & commentary

          Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

          1. Normal GoalNottingham Forest U18

            Fuad Smith · Assist: Spencer Sutton

          2. Normal GoalManchester United U18

            Godwill Kukonki · Assist: Jim Thwaites

          3. Normal GoalNottingham Forest U18

            Davies

          05
          INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

          Player performance

          No individual performance data supplied

          Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

          06
          THE BIGGER PICTURE

          Recent form & meetings

          Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

          Nottingham Forest U18

          WNottingham Forest U18 vs Burnley U1827 Sept 2025 · North - 63 – 0LMiddlesbrough U18 vs Nottingham Forest U1813 Sept 2025 · North - 152 – 1LEverton U18 vs Nottingham Forest U1830 Aug 2025 · North - 33 – 2WStoke City U18 vs Nottingham Forest U1823 Aug 2025 · North - 20 – 2WDerby County U18 vs Nottingham Forest U1816 Aug 2025 · North - 10 – 2

          Manchester United U18

          LManchester United U18 vs Manchester City U1827 Sept 2025 · North - 62 – 4WWolves U18 vs Manchester United U1820 Sept 2025 · North - 50 – 4WManchester United U18 vs Burnley U1813 Sept 2025 · North - 41 – 0WDerby County U18 vs Manchester United U1830 Aug 2025 · North - 30 – 4WManchester United U18 vs Middlesbrough U1823 Aug 2025 · North - 25 – 0
          Previous meetings Within this cup import

          No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

          Source & coverage
          API-Football · Retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.