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

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

The English Premier League is the focus for both Manchester City and Nottingham Forest on Wednesday evening, as managers Josep Guardiola i Sala and Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira battle it out at the Etihad Stadium. Form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping Man City to win, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

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Manchester City's next match is v West Ham at 20:00 on Saturday 14th March
Nottingham Forest's next match is v Fulham at 14:00 on Sunday 15th March
The last English Premier League meeting between Man City and Nottm Forest was on Wednesday 4th March 2026
English Premier League
March 4th 2026
Man City 2
2 Nottm Forest
 
A. Semenyo 31'56' M. Gibbs-White
Rodri 62'76' E. Anderson
 
MCI
NFO
Shots On
7
4
Shots Off
8
2
Corners
6
1
Possession
70%
30%
Fouls
10
6
Yellow/red cards
4/0
 
Man CityNottm Forest
 
R. Santos Gato Alves Dias
M. Cherki (S. Moreira de Oliveira 82')
E. Haaland
M. Guehi
G. Donnarumma
R. Aït Nouri (A. Khusanov 77')
Rodrifootball icon
B. Silva
M. Nunes
P. Foden (J. Doku 77')
A. Semenyofootball icon
 (F. Rodrigues 90') N. Williams
M. Sels
M. Santiago Costa dos Santos
J. da Cunha Filho
I. Sangaré
football iconE. Anderson
(R. Yates 90') football iconM. Gibbs-White
(C. Hudson-Odoi 63') N. Domínguez
N. Milenković
T. Olaoluwa Aina
(T. Awoniyi 79') I. da Cruz

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Best Tip: Man City to win

We're predicting Man City will be victorious come the end of the 90 mins on Wednesday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) data below all suggest that they are more than capable of getting the job done and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. There could be wild scenes among the home fans when the game draws to a close at Etihad Stadium.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 65% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.42.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
65%
19/5013/2
Draw
20%
4/12/13
Nottm Forest
15%
7/116/1
Man City 2-0
12%
7/114/5
Man City 1-0
11%
15/213/5
Man City 2-1
10%
8/121/20
Draw 1-1
10%
9/123/10
Man City 3-0
8%
10/16/1
Man City 3-1
7%
12/15/2
Draw 0-0
6%
14/17/1
Nottm Forest 1-0
5%
20/111/1
Draw 2-2
4%
20/14/11
Nottm Forest 2-1
4%
20/115/2
Man City 4-0
4%
20/116/1
Man City 4-1
3%
20/19/1
Man City 3-2
3%
25/118/5
Nottm Forest 2-0
2%
40/122/1
Man City 5-0
2%
40/140/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
8/133/10
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
13/1011/5
Home 1st Goal
58%
2/54/9
Away 1st Goal
39%
2/15/2
No 1st Goal
3%
14/113/2
BTTS - Yes
50%
4/56/4
BTTS - No
50%
19/2010/21
BTTS - Home Win
28%
2/13/1
BTTS - Draw
15%
5/11/3
BTTS - Away Win
7%
10/117/2
Home/draw
85%
1/121/66
Away/draw
35%
2/11/12
Home/away
80%
1/617/4
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/51/4
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
7/25/2
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
13/88/11
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
1/21/1
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
7/24/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/51/7
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
8/133/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/141/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/331/14
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
14/113/2
Home DNB
79%
1/71/4
Away DNB
29%
9/25/2
Man City win to nil
37%
6/4-
Nottm Forest win to nil
8%
12/1-
Man City / Man City
40%
11/102/11
Man City / Nottm Forest
2%
40/116/1
Man City / Draw
5%
16/111/2
Draw / Man City
19%
10/325/1
Draw / Nottm Forest
6%
16/140/1
Draw / Draw
11%
13/233/1
Nottm Forest / Man City
4%
20/1100/1
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
8%
11/1100/1
Nottm Forest / Draw
5%
18/1125/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 28 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 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 4 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Man City have outscored their opponents by 57 goals to 26 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 14 games at home winning 11, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 34 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 17th position in the Premier League on 27 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Nottm Forest have conceded 36 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 11 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
Arsenal3020733767 
Apr 19
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
2
Man City2918653260 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
3
Man Utd2914961151 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 17
4
A Villa291568551 
May 24
l
 
1-0A
Apr 11
l
 
3-1A
5
Chelsea2913971948 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
l
 
0-3A
May 2
6
Liverpool291469948 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-3F
7
Brentford2913511444 
May 9
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
8
Everton2912710143 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
9
Bournemouth299137-240 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
May 24
l
 
2-0A
10
Fulham2912413-340 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
4-5F
Mar 15
l
 
1-0A
11
Sunderland2910109-440 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
Apr 24
12
Newcastle2911612-139 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
May 9
l
 
2-0A
13
C Palace2910811-238 
Mar 21
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
14
Brighton2991010237 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
15
Leeds2971012-1131 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1A
l
 
3-1A
16
Spurs297814-729 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
Mar 22
17
Nottm Forest297715-1528 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
-
-
18
West Ham297715-1928 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 14
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2A
19
Burnley294718-2619 
w
 
5-1F
Apr 26
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
20
Wolves303720-3016 
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
49
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City2 - 1Newcastle
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
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan City1 - 0Leeds
HMan City2 - 1Newcastle
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
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
Brighton2 - 1Nottm Forest
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
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANottm Forest1 - 2Brighton
HNottm Forest0 - 1Liverpool
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Man City have beaten Nottm Forest in 5 consecutive home league meetings
5
Man City have not lost to Nottm Forest in 5 consecutive home league meetings
5
Man City have kept a clean sheet in 5 consecutive home league meetings with Nottm Forest
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

A PG of 2.0 is decent for Manchester City in their meeting with Nottingham Forest, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 17 consecutive English Premier League matches.

A truly dismal PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Nottingham Forest fans, as should a 5 English Premier League matches run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Man City 2nd Nottm Forest 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 60% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
43%
1
36%
2
16%
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
+13
Man City have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
+4
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.5
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
47%
better
MCI
NFO
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Games scored24
15
Failed to score4
13
Scored first22
7
Goals scored57
26
Avg. goals scored2
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for20
11
Avg. XG for1.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+47%
Defence rating
38%
better
MCI
NFO
view stats
Games conceded16
22
Clean sheets12
6
Conceded first5
19
Goals conceded25
41
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
17%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.7
KickOff rating
+38%

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
272288
E HaalandE HaalandR CherkiB Silva
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Donnarumma GLK26
6
-
M Nunes DEF2614
4
-
R Dias DEF252
3
-
M Guéhi DEF7
1
-
R Nouri DEF122
2
-
Rodri MID171
2
-
R Cherki MID2438
1
-
B Silva MID2914
8
-
P Foden MID2573
4
-
A Semenyo FWD851
-
E Haaland FWD28227
1
-
Subs
J Trafford GLK3
-
J Stones DEF7
-
N Aké  DEF14
1
-
A. Khusanov DEF14
2
-
T Reijnders MID2552
2
-
N González  MID211
6
-
O Marmoush FWD1612
1
-
J Doku FWD2114
-
S Sávio FWD171
2
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29836
N MilenkovićM Gibbs-WhiteI JesusN Milenković
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK22
2
-
J Paula DEF3
-
N Milenković DEF29
6
-
Murillo DEF211
4
-
O Aina  MID131
3
-
I Sangaré MID2122
4
-
E Anderson MID2922
5
-
N Williams MID2811
4
1
N Domínguez FWD181
2
-
M Gibbs-White FWD2982
1
-
I Jesus FWD2823
-
Subs
A Gunn GLK1
-
L Netz DEF2
-
Morato DEF15
4
-
R Yates MID141
1
-
J McAtee MID8
1
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD2732
-
T Awoniyi FWD101
-
D Ndoye FWD2111
1
-
O Hutchinson FWD2213
-