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Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Under 2.5
The Premier League meeting at The City Ground on Saturday sees hosts Nottingham Forest do battle with Manchester City.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Nottingham Forest v Manchester City match are shown here (including the best match odds).
Full-Time Result Prediction
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Manchester City to Win
📊 Form Guide
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Nottingham Forest
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Nottingham Forest head into this match following a 1-1 FA Cup drawn match versus Ipswich Town.
In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 54% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nottingham Forest was Ryan Yates (68'). For their opponents, Ipswich Town had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. George Hirst (53') scored for Ipswich Town. After a tense 5-4 penalty shootout, Nottingham Forest were victorious.
Fixtures featuring Nottingham Forest have usually been absorbing encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past 6 clashes, a grand total of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 14 of them coming from Nottingham Forest.
Pre-game facts show that Nottingham Forest:
- haven't won against Manchester City in their last 9 league games.
- are undefeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.
Manchester City
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Manchester City will go into this encounter after a 3-1 FA Cup win versus Plymouth Argyle in their last outing.
In that game, Manchester City managed 73% possession and 29 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Manchester City, goals were scored by Nico O'Reilly (45', 76') and Kevin De Bruyne (90'). For their opponents, Plymouth Argyle got 1 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Maksym Talovierov (38') scored for Plymouth Argyle.
Indicating their predisposition for productive matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the previous 6 matches in which Manchester City have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.33 goals per fixture. Opposing teams have hit 9 of this grand total. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Going into this one, Manchester City are undefeated by Nottingham Forest when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 03/01/2009 tells us that Nottingham Forest have won 1 of these and Manchester City 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 for The Reds and 14 created by The Citizens. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The previous league match between the two was Premier League match day 14 on 04/12/2024 when the final score was Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest.
On that day, Manchester City had 66% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Bernardo Silva (8'), Kevin De Bruyne (31') and Jérémy Doku (57').
Nottingham Forest had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
The match was refereed by Michael Oliver.
🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest
There’s just one fitness concern for the Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espírito Santo to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Carlos Miguel (Hamstring injury) will miss out.
We are thinking that The Reds may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ryan Yates, Elliot Anderson, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood.
📋 Team News: Manchester City
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jack Grealish (Groin injury), Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) and John Stones (Hamstring injury) are not able to play.
We’re of the thinking that The Citizens could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Nico Gonzalez, Savinho, Omar Marmoush, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.
⚡ Prediction
Nottingham Forest will need to put in a solid display to put one past this Manchester City team who we think might score one, at least.
We’ve gone for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Manchester City at full-time.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Peter Guest, 12:01 08/03/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
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🏟️ Team Focus:
Nottingham Forest
Formed: 1865
Stadium: The City Ground (30,455)
Captain: Ryan Yates
Chairman: Tom Cartledge
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Competitions: Premier League position 3
🔑 Star Player: Morgan Gibbs-White
Usually played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Morgan Gibbs-White was born in Stafford, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2016 - 2017 season, the talented Midfielder has hit 5 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 23 appearances.
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28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 67 | DWDWW |
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27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 42 | LWWLW |
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28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 42 | LDDWL |
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27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 38 | WLWWD |
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| Goals scored | 1.7 |
| Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 31 |
| Time first goal conceded | 56 |
| Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 4.7 |
| Biggest victory | 7-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
| Goals scored | 1.8 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 39 |
| Time first goal conceded | 29 |
| Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 2.9 |
| Biggest victory | 6-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
| Chris Wood | 18 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | 5 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | 5 |
| Anthony Elanga | 3 |
| Nikola Milenković | 3 |
| Erling Haaland | 20 |
| Phil Foden | 7 |
| Joško Gvardiol | 5 |
| Mateo Kovačić | 4 |
| Jérémy Doku | 3 |
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