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Manchester City v Nottingham Forest : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 4th Mar, 19:30 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira takes his Nottingham Forest charges to the Etihad Stadium in the English Premier League on Wednesday evening, with Josep Guardiola i Sala's Manchester City the opponent. All the odds are delivered directly from top bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from statistics over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to Premier League match data, including head to head (H2H) performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.


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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
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Team To Score First

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Man City
64%
--
Draw
21%
--
Nottm Forest
15%
--
Man City 1-0
12%
--
Man City 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Man City 2-1
10%
--
Man City 3-0
8%
--
Man City 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Nottm Forest 1-0
5%
--
Nottm Forest 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Man City 4-0
4%
--
Man City 4-1
3%
--
Man City 3-2
3%
--
Nottm Forest 2-0
2%
--
Man City 5-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
7%
--
Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
36%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
78%
--
Away DNB
30%
--
Man City win to nil
37%
--
Nottm Forest win to nil
8%
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 26 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 4 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Man City have outscored their opponents by 54 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 13 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 32 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 17th position in the Premier League on 27 points having played 26 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Nottm Forest have conceded 33 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Nottm Forest
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal2617633257 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
2
Man City2616553053 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
3
A Villa2615561050 
May 24
l
 
1-0A
Apr 11
l
 
3-1A
4
Man Utd2612951045 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 17
5
Chelsea2612861744 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 11
l
 
0-3A
May 2
6
Liverpool261268642 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2A
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
7
Brentford2612410540 
May 9
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
8
Everton261079-137 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
9
Bournemouth269107-237 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
May 24
l
 
2-0A
10
Newcastle2610610036 
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
May 9
l
 
2-0A
11
Sunderland26998-336 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
12
Fulham2610412-534 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
4-5F
Mar 15
l
 
1-0A
13
C Palace268810-432 
Mar 21
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
14
Brighton267109031 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
Mar 1
15
Leeds267910-930 
w
 
3-2F
Feb 28
w
 
3-1A
l
 
3-1A
16
Spurs267811-129 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
Mar 22
17
Nottm Forest267613-1327 
Mar 4
w
 
1-2F
-
-
18
West Ham266614-1724 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 14
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2A
19
Burnley264616-2318 
w
 
5-1F
Apr 25
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
20
Wolves261619-329 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City3 - 0Fulham
Man City2 - 0Wolves
Man City1 - 1Brighton
Man City1 - 1Chelsea
Man City3 - 0West Ham
Man City3 - 0Sunderland
Man City3 - 2Leeds
Man City3 - 0Liverpool
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City5 - 1Burnley
Man City3 - 0Man Utd
Man City0 - 2Spurs
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City1 - 0Wolves
Man City2 - 1A Villa
Man City5 - 2C Palace
Man City2 - 0Leicester
Man City2 - 2Brighton
Man City0 - 2Liverpool
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan City3 - 0Fulham
AMan City2 - 1Liverpool
AMan City2 - 2Spurs
HMan City2 - 0Wolves
AMan City0 - 2Man Utd
HMan City1 - 1Brighton
HMan City1 - 1Chelsea
AMan City0 - 0Sunderland
AMan City2 - 1Nottm Forest
HMan City3 - 0West Ham
AMan City3 - 0C Palace
HMan City3 - 0Sunderland
AMan City5 - 4Fulham
HMan City3 - 2Leeds
AMan City1 - 2Newcastle
HMan City3 - 0Liverpool
HMan City3 - 1Bournemouth
AMan City0 - 1A Villa
HMan City2 - 0Everton
AMan City1 - 0Brentford
Nottm Forest 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leeds3 - 1Nottm Forest
Brentford0 - 2Nottm Forest
West Ham1 - 2Nottm Forest
A Villa3 - 1Nottm Forest
Fulham1 - 0Nottm Forest
Everton3 - 0Nottm Forest
Wolves0 - 1Nottm Forest
Liverpool0 - 3Nottm Forest
Bournemouth2 - 0Nottm Forest
Newcastle2 - 0Nottm Forest
Burnley1 - 1Nottm Forest
Arsenal3 - 0Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
West Ham1 - 2Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
Spurs1 - 2Nottm Forest
A Villa2 - 1Nottm Forest
Ipswich2 - 4Nottm Forest
Newcastle4 - 3Nottm Forest
Fulham2 - 1Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNottm Forest0 - 0Wolves
ANottm Forest1 - 3Leeds
HNottm Forest1 - 1C Palace
ANottm Forest2 - 0Brentford
HNottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
ANottm Forest2 - 1West Ham
ANottm Forest1 - 3A Villa
HNottm Forest0 - 2Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 2Man City
ANottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
HNottm Forest3 - 0Spurs
ANottm Forest0 - 3Everton
ANottm Forest1 - 0Wolves
HNottm Forest0 - 2Brighton
ANottm Forest3 - 0Liverpool
HNottm Forest3 - 1Leeds
HNottm Forest2 - 2Man Utd
ANottm Forest0 - 2Bournemouth
HNottm Forest0 - 3Chelsea
ANottm Forest0 - 2Newcastle
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Man City since 1992
Man City
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
23
9
Games: Scored
9 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
0 / 9
MCI
5
D
3
NFO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City3 - 0
Man City2 - 0
Man City6 - 0
Man City3 - 0
Man City1 - 0
2 - 3Nottm Forest
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Nottm Forest since 1993
Nottm Forest
Man City
Goals: Scored
10
14
Games: Scored
8 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
2 / 10
MCI
5
D
2
NFO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
1 - 2Man City
Nottm Forest1 - 0
0 - 2Man City
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Man City
1 - 3Man City
Nottm Forest3 - 0
Nottm Forest1 - 0
0 - 2Man City
Goal Statistics

Manchester City's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 4 consecutive English Premier League matches. A PG of 2.0 suggests that run should continue on Wednesday evening.

Man City 2nd Nottm Forest 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Nottm Forest scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+3
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.4
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
2
0.9
Attack rating
%
better
MCI
NFO
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
MCI
NFO
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Man City v Nottm Forest Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
252277
E HaalandE HaalandR CherkiB Silva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Silva MID2614
7
-
E Haaland FWD26226
1
-
N. O'Reilly DEF2523
4
-
T Reijnders MID2452
2
-
G Donnarumma GLK23
5
-
P Foden MID2373
4
-
M Nunes MID2314
4
-
R Dias DEF222
2
-
N González  MID211
6
-
R Cherki MID2137
1
-
J Doku FWD2014
-
J Gvardiol DEF1622
2
-
S Sávio FWD151
1
-
Rodri MID14
2
-
O Marmoush FWD1411
1
-
N Aké  DEF13
1
-
A. Khusanov DEF12
2
-
R Lewis DEF101
1
-
R Nouri DEF9
1
-
J Stones DEF7
-
A Semenyo FWD531
-
M Guéhi DEF4
1
-
J Trafford GLK3
-
M. Alleyne DEF2
-
M Kovacic MID1
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26635
N MilenkovićM Gibbs-WhiteO HutchinsonN Milenković
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Milenković DEF26
5
-
E Anderson MID2612
4
-
M Gibbs-White MID2662
-
N Williams DEF2511
4
1
I Jesus FWD2521
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD2431
-
M Sels GLK20
1
-
O Hutchinson MID2013
-
D Ndoye FWD1911
1
-
Murillo DEF181
3
-
I Sangaré MID1822
3
-
N Domínguez MID161
2
-
N. Savona DEF142
2
-
Morato DEF14
4
-
R Yates MID131
1
-
O Aina  DEF101
2
-
D Bakwa FWD81
1
-
C Wood FWD82
-
T Awoniyi FWD81
-
J McAtee MID7
1
-
John GLK5
1
-
S Ortega GLK2
-
Z Abbott DEF2
-
L Lucca FWD21
-
A Gunn GLK1
-
L Netz DEF1
-
J Paula DEF1
-