Manchester United3–2Nottingham Forest

Half-time goals: Manchester United 1, Nottingham Forest 0. The score at the break.

xG: Manchester United 4.29, Nottingham Forest 1.84. Chances created, each weighted by how often a shot like it is scored.

Non-penalty xG: Manchester United 4.29, Nottingham Forest 1.84. The same with penalties taken out — open-play threat only.

Shots: Manchester United 29, Nottingham Forest 11. Attempts at goal, on target or not.

On target: Manchester United 8, Nottingham Forest 4. Goals plus saved shots. A shot against the post is not on target.

Big chances: Manchester United 5, Nottingham Forest 3. Shots worth 0.3 expected goals or more — the ones that should be scored.

Corners: Manchester United 7, Nottingham Forest 6. Corners won.

Shots from corners: Manchester United 3, Nottingham Forest 2. How many of those corners actually produced a shot.

Headed shots: Manchester United 3, Nottingham Forest 3. Attempts with the head, a proxy for how much arrives from crosses.

Passes in their third: Manchester United 249, Nottingham Forest 251. Passes completed in the opposition’s defensive third. NOT total passes — no source here publishes those.

Deep completions: Manchester United 14, Nottingham Forest 11. Passes completed within 20 yards of goal.

Fouls: Manchester United 11, Nottingham Forest 5. Fouls conceded.

Yellow cards: Manchester United 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Summed from the players.

PPDA: Manchester United 10.0, Nottingham Forest 13.8. Passes the opposition completes per defensive action. A LOW number means pressing high and often; a high one means sitting off.

Expected points: Manchester United 2.62, Nottingham Forest 0.28. Points these chances were worth on average — 3 for a win, 1 for a draw — whatever the scoreline actually said.