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Nottingham Forest v Manchester City : FA Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wembley Stadium, London

Nottingham Forest are in FA Cup action on Sunday afternoon, as Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo aims to beat Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City side at the Wembley Stadium. All stats, including each side's 20 game form and head to head (H2H) records, will change as you browse each of the betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

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Nottingham Forest's next match is v Leicester at 14:15 on Sunday 11th May
Manchester City's next match is v Southampton at 15:00 on Saturday 10th May
The last English FA Cup meeting between Nottm Forest and Man City was on Sunday 27th April 2025
English FA Cup
April 27th 2025
Nottm Forest 0
2 Man City
 
2' R. Lewis
51' J. Gvardiol
 
NFO
MCI
Shots On
1
6
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
2
6
Possession
33%
67%
Fouls
10
8
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
Nottm ForestMan City
 
M. Sels
H. Toffolo
N. Milenković
M. Santiago Costa dos Santos
Z. Abbott (R. Sosa 83')
M. Gibbs-White
N. Domínguez (J. Ferreira Silva 82')
D. dos Santos de Oliveira (A. Elanga 46')
E. Anderson (I. Sangaré 71')
C. Hudson-Odoi
C. Wood (T. Awoniyi 71')
S. Ortega Moreno
R. Santos Gato Alves Dias
football iconJ. Gvardiol
football iconR. Lewis
B. Silva
M. Nunes
(N. González Iglesias 89') M. Kovačić
N. O'Reilly
(J. Doku 81') O. Marmoush
(P. Foden 81') S. Moreira de Oliveira
(İ. Gündoğan 71') J. Grealish

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Nottm Forest or Man City are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 78% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 59% chance of Man City coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nottm Forest
19%
4/1
11%
-
Draw
22%
29/10
4%
-
Man City
59%
13/20
5%
-
Man City 1-0
11%
13/2-
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2
7%
-
Man City 2-0
10%
7/1-
Man City 2-1
10%
15/2-
Man City 3-0
6%
11/1
8%
-
Man City 3-1
6%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1
9%
-
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
14/1
15%
-
Nottm Forest 2-1
5%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Man City 4-0
3%
22/1
12%
-
Man City 3-2
3%
22/1
12%
-
Man City 4-1
3%
22/1
21%
-
Nottm Forest 2-0
3%
25/1
13%
-
Nottm Forest 3-1
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
4/5
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
1/1
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
41%
2/1
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
56%
4/9
4%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
11/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
53%
4/5-
BTTS - No
48%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
10%
8/1
6%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
27%
5/2
3%
-
Home/draw
41%
6/5
7%
-
Away/draw
81%
1/6
1%
-
Home/away
78%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
2/1
8%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
4/11
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
9/2
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/7
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/1
9%
-
Home DNB
34%
11/4
10%
-
Away DNB
74%
1/4
4%
-
Nottm Forest win to nil
9%
8/1
13%
-
Man City win to nil
32%
7/4
8%
-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
9%
8/1
13%
-
Nottm Forest / Man City
4%
20/1-
Nottm Forest / Draw
6%
16/1
13%
-
Draw / Nottm Forest
8%
10/1
10%
-
Draw / Man City
19%
7/2-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
9%
-
Man City / Nottm Forest
2%
33/1-
Man City / Man City
33%
6/4
9%
-
Man City / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
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Win / draw / win form
Nottm Forest
20 games
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANottm Forest2 - 1Spurs
HNottm Forest0 - 1Everton
ANottm Forest1 - 2A Villa
HNottm Forest1 - 0Man Utd
ANottm Forest0 - 0Brighton
ANottm Forest4 - 2Ipswich
HNottm Forest1 - 0Man City
HNottm Forest1 - 1Ipswich
HNottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
ANottm Forest3 - 4Newcastle
ANottm Forest1 - 2Fulham
ANottm Forest2 - 2Exeter
HNottm Forest7 - 0Brighton
ANottm Forest0 - 5Bournemouth
HNottm Forest3 - 2Southampton
HNottm Forest1 - 1Liverpool
HNottm Forest2 - 0Luton
ANottm Forest3 - 0Wolves
ANottm Forest2 - 0Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 0Spurs
Man City
20 games
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan City2 - 1A Villa
AMan City2 - 0Everton
HMan City5 - 2C Palace
AMan City0 - 0Man Utd
HMan City2 - 0Leicester
AMan City2 - 1Bournemouth
HMan City2 - 2Brighton
AMan City0 - 1Nottm Forest
HMan City3 - 1Plymouth
AMan City1 - 0Spurs
HMan City0 - 2Liverpool
AMan City1 - 3Real Madrid
HMan City4 - 0Newcastle
HMan City2 - 3Real Madrid
AMan City2 - 1L Orient
AMan City1 - 5Arsenal
HMan City3 - 1Brugge
HMan City3 - 1Chelsea
AMan City2 - 4PSG
AMan City6 - 0Ipswich
Goal Statistics
Nottm Forest Man City
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Nottm Forest scoring 1 goal or less
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.5
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
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Nottm Forest
PG (predicted goals)
Man City
1
1.9
Attack rating
NFO
MCI
9%
better
view stats
Games scored16
17
Failed to score4
3
Scored first12
9
Goals scored35
43
Avg. goals scored1.8
2.2
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
20
Avg. XG for1.3
1.9
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
22%
better
NFO
MCI
view stats
Games conceded11
14
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first6
10
Goals conceded23
28
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
18%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+22%

The line-ups for the FA Cup match between Nottm Forest v Man City will show here when available.

Nottm Forest FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4222
DaniloR SosaI SangaréM Gibbs-White
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK4
-
Z Abbott DEF1
-
N Milenković DEF2
-
Murillo DEF3
-
H Toffolo DEF3
-
E Anderson MID4
1
-
Danilo MID5
-
N Domínguez MID4
1
-
M Gibbs-White MID4
2
-
C Hudson-Odoi MID4
-
C Wood FWD4
-
Subs
C Miguel GLK2
-
Morato DEF3
1
-
Álex Moreno DEF3
-
W Boly DEF2
-
I Sangaré MID32
-
T Awoniyi FWD51
-
J Silva FWD51
-
R Sosa FWD321
1
-
A Elanga FWD41
-
Man City FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4331
N. O'ReillyN. O'ReillyJ GrealishS Ortega
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Ortega GLK3
1
-
M Nunes DEF31
1
-
R Dias DEF4
-
J Gvardiol DEF21
-
N. O'Reilly DEF532
1
-
M Kovacic MID31
-
R Lewis MID311
-
S Sávio MID3
-
B Silva MID4
-
J Grealish MID513
1
-
O Marmoush FWD311
-
Subs
Ederson GLK2
-
V. de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis DEF2
-
M Akanji DEF1
-
A. Khusanov DEF21
1
-
K Bruyne MID321
-
I Gündogan MID5
-
P Foden MID52
-
N González  MID4
-
J Doku FWD222
-
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