📊 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest will be wanting a better result here following the 2-0 Premier League defeat last time out to Everton.

In that game, Nottingham Forest had 59% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Everton got 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Idrissa Gueye (29') and Dwight McNeil (76') scored for Everton.

Nottingham Forest have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Nottingham Forest have conceded in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Taking a look at their past results, Nottingham Forest:

• have not beaten Manchester City in their previous 7 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Manchester City

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Manchester City will come into the game after a 0-4 Premier League win vs Brighton & Hove Albion in their most recent game.

In that game, Manchester City had 65% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Kevin De Bruyne (17'), Phil Foden (26', 34') and Julián Álvarez (62'). On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The attack-minded Manchester City have enjoyed getting themselves an abundance of goals over their last six games (18 to be exact). That means that they have an impressive average of 3 goals scored per match over this period of time. Let’s find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Manchester City:

• haven't beaten Nottingham Forest in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten by Nottingham Forest when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes going back to 28/10/2001 shows us that Nottingham Forest have won 1 of them and Manchester City 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from The Reds and 13 created by The Citizens. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Premier League match day 6 on 23/09/2023 when the final score was Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest.

On that occasion, Manchester City had 58% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Phil Foden (7') and Erling Haaland (14').

Nottingham Forest had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest

It seems likely that The Reds may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Moussa Niakhate, Murillo, Ola Aina, Ryan Yates, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Nicolas Dominguez and Chris Wood.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

Due to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

We are inclined to think that The Citizens seem most likely to make use of a 3-2-4-1 system, choosing Ederson Moraes, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Rodri, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish and Julian Alvarez.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Manchester City will, in all probability, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the other end, Nottingham Forest could well find it tough getting goals but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here.

We’re therefore anticipating a 1-3 margin for Manchester City at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 15:01 28/04/2024