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

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

It's a long trek for Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo's Nottingham Forest side on Wednesday evening, as they make their way to the Etihad Stadium for a English Premier League meeting with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. The predictions shown are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across 17 of the biggest markets. Data shown and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head stats are included across them all.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Man City should have reason to feel positive ahead of this fixture and, funnily enough, so might Nottm Forest. The bookmakers don't think there's much between them and neither do we – there's no obvious winner in this clash. So our tip looks to the both teams to score market, where the signs are pointing in one direction. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookies odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's what we'd recommend too.

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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 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.36.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
50%
1.36
14%
1.36
11%
Draw
23%
4.75
17%
5.25
19%
Nottm Forest
27%
9.00
31%
8.00
38%
Draw 1-1
11%
10.00
17%
9.00
18%
Man City 2-1
10%
9.50
14%
7.50
6%
Man City 1-0
8%
9.00
10%
7.00
7%
Man City 2-0
7%
8.00
7%
6.50
Nottm Forest 2-1
7%
26.00
24%
17.00
35%
Draw 2-2
6%
21.00
19%
15.00
21%
Man City 3-1
6%
12.009.50
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
23.00
32%
17.00
26%
Draw 0-0
5%
15.00
12%
13.00
13%
Man City 3-0
5%
10.00
25%
8.50
21%
Nottm Forest 2-0
4%
41.00
39%
29.00
29%
Man City 3-2
4%
26.00
24%
17.00
19%
Nottm Forest 3-1
3%
51.00
37%
41.00
27%
Man City 4-1
3%
21.00
24%
15.00
15%
Nottm Forest 3-2
3%
51.00
24%
34.00
33%
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
1.57
8%
1.55
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
2.38
7%
2.30
8%
Home 1st Goal
52%
1.25
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
4.00
20%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
15.00
12%
-
BTTS - Yes
61%
1.91
5%
1.85
10%
BTTS - No
39%
1.91
11%
1.85
9%
BTTS - Home Win
27%
2.882.80
2%
BTTS - Draw
18%
6.00
20%
6.00
20%
BTTS - Away Win
15%
13.00
38%
11.00
35%
Home/draw
73%
1.07
5%
1.08
5%
Away/draw
50%
3.00
25%
3.10
26%
Home/away
77%
1.18
6%
1.17
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1.17
5%
1.18
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
5.00
9%
4.50
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
2.38
11%
2.38
11%
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
1.57
3%
1.53
6%
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
4.33
15%
4.00
14%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1.22
2%
1.22
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
8.00
14%
7.50
25%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1.08
1%
1.07
3%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1.03
2%
1.02
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
15.00
12%
13.00
13%
Home DNB
66%
1.11
7%
1.11
7%
Away DNB
43%
6.50
35%
6.00
37%
Man City win to nil
23%
2.25
13%
-
Nottm Forest win to nil
12%
15.00
21%
-
Man City / Man City
42%
2.00
18%
1.95
15%
Man City / Nottm Forest
2%
41.00
20%
34.00
26%
Man City / Draw
5%
19.00
10%
15.00
21%
Draw / Man City
20%
4.33
8%
4.00
5%
Draw / Nottm Forest
5%
17.00
26%
13.00
32%
Draw / Draw
11%
8.00
20%
7.00
13%
Nottm Forest / Man City
4%
21.00
11%
17.00
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
6%
15.00
35%
11.00
35%
Nottm Forest / Draw
4%
21.00
19%
17.00
11%
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 13 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Man City have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 6 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 10 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 6th position in the Premier League on 22 points having played 13 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 7 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Nottm Forest have conceded 6 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Nottm Forest
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool1311111834 
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
Jan 14
w
 
0-1F
2
Arsenal137421225 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 1
Feb 25
l
 
3-0A
3
Chelsea137421225 
Jan 25
w
 
0-2F
May 25
d
 
1-1F
4
Brighton13652523 
Mar 15
l
 
2-1F
Feb 1
d
 
2-2F
5
Man City 13724323 
-
-
Mar 8
Dec 4
6
Nottm Forest 13643322 
Dec 4
Mar 8
-
-
7
Spurs136251420 
l
 
0-4A
Feb 25
Dec 26
Apr 19
8
Brentford13625320 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 14
Apr 26
Dec 21
9
Man Utd13544419 
Dec 15
Apr 5
Apr 1
Dec 7
10
Fulham13544019 
w
 
3-2A
May 25
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
11
Newcastle13544019 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3F
Feb 22
12
A Villa13544-319 
Apr 26
Dec 21
Dec 14
Apr 5
13
Bournemouth13535118 
May 18
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
14
West Ham13436-715 
Jan 4
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-0F
May 18
15
Everton13256-1111 
Dec 26
Apr 19
Apr 12
Dec 29
16
Leicester13247-1110 
Apr 2
Dec 29
May 10
w
 
1-3F
17
C Palace13166-79 
Apr 12
Dec 7
w
 
1-0F
May 3
18
Wolves13238-109 
May 3
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 6
19
Ipswich13166-119 
w
 
4-1A
Jan 19
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
20
Southampton131210-155 
w
 
1-0F
May 10
Jan 19
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
4
Man City have lost 4 consecutive league games
Man City 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
13
Draw
6
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City0 - 4Spurs
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Man City3 - 2Fulham
Man City2 - 2Arsenal
Man City2 - 1Brentford
Man City4 - 1Ipswich
Man City3 - 1West Ham
Man City5 - 1Wolves
Man City5 - 1Luton
Man City4 - 1A Villa
Man City0 - 0Arsenal
Man City3 - 1Man Utd
Man City1 - 0Brentford
Man City1 - 1Chelsea
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City3 - 1Burnley
Man City2 - 0Sheff Utd
Man City2 - 2C Palace
Man City3 - 3Spurs
Man City1 - 1Liverpool
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan City0 - 2Liverpool
HMan City0 - 4Spurs
AMan City1 - 2Brighton
AMan City1 - 2Bournemouth
HMan City1 - 0Southampton
AMan City2 - 1Wolves
HMan City3 - 2Fulham
AMan City1 - 1Newcastle
HMan City2 - 2Arsenal
HMan City2 - 1Brentford
AMan City3 - 1West Ham
HMan City4 - 1Ipswich
AMan City2 - 0Chelsea
HMan City3 - 1West Ham
AMan City2 - 0Spurs
AMan City4 - 0Fulham
HMan City5 - 1Wolves
AMan City2 - 0Nottm Forest
AMan City4 - 0Brighton
HMan City5 - 1Luton
Nottm Forest 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Arsenal3 - 0Nottm Forest
Leicester1 - 3Nottm Forest
Chelsea1 - 1Nottm Forest
Brighton2 - 2Nottm Forest
Liverpool0 - 1Nottm Forest
Southampton0 - 1Nottm Forest
Burnley1 - 2Nottm Forest
Sheff Utd1 - 3Nottm Forest
Everton2 - 0Nottm Forest
Spurs3 - 1Nottm Forest
Luton1 - 1Nottm Forest
Brighton1 - 0Nottm Forest
A Villa4 - 2Nottm Forest
Bournemouth1 - 1Nottm Forest
Brentford3 - 2Nottm Forest
Newcastle1 - 3Nottm Forest
Wolves1 - 1Nottm Forest
Fulham5 - 0Nottm Forest
West Ham3 - 2Nottm Forest
Liverpool3 - 0Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNottm Forest1 - 0Ipswich
ANottm Forest0 - 3Arsenal
HNottm Forest1 - 3Newcastle
HNottm Forest3 - 0West Ham
ANottm Forest3 - 1Leicester
HNottm Forest1 - 0C Palace
ANottm Forest1 - 1Chelsea
HNottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
ANottm Forest2 - 2Brighton
ANottm Forest1 - 0Liverpool
HNottm Forest1 - 1Wolves
ANottm Forest1 - 0Southampton
HNottm Forest1 - 1Bournemouth
ANottm Forest2 - 1Burnley
HNottm Forest2 - 3Chelsea
ANottm Forest3 - 1Sheff Utd
HNottm Forest0 - 2Man City
ANottm Forest0 - 2Everton
HNottm Forest2 - 2Wolves
ANottm Forest1 - 3Spurs
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Man City have beaten Nottm Forest in 4 consecutive home league meetings
8
Man City have not lost to Nottm Forest in 8 consecutive league meetings
4
Man City have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with Nottm Forest
League games at Man City since 1992
Man City
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
20
9
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
MCI
4
D
3
NFO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
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
8
12
Games: Scored
6 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
2 / 8
MCI
4
D
2
NFO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
0 - 2Man City
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Man City
1 - 3Man City
Nottm Forest3 - 0
Nottm Forest1 - 0
0 - 2Man City
Goal Statistics
Man City 5th Nottm Forest 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 72% probability that Nottm Forest will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+10
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.4
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2024/2025 season
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
2%
better
MCI
NFO
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Games scored11
11
Failed to score2
2
Scored first6
11
Goals scored22
16
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.2
Avg. shots per game13
9
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for13
13
Avg. XG for2.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
MCI
NFO
37%
better
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Games conceded11
8
Clean sheets2
5
Conceded first7
2
Goals conceded19
13
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
9
Conversion rate against21%
11%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+37%

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

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
131233
E HaalandE HaalandB SilvaB Silva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Silva MID133
3
-
E Haaland FWD1312
2
-
Ederson GLK121
3
-
R Lewis DEF122
2
-
J Gvardiol DEF123
-
I Gündogan MID121
-
M Akanji DEF11
3
-
M Kovacic MID113
3
-
R Dias DEF10
3
-
P Foden MID101
1
-
S Sávio FWD102
2
-
K Walker DEF9
1
-
M Nunes MID92
1
-
J Grealish MID91
2
-
J Doku FWD911
-
J Stones DEF72
1
-
K Bruyne MID711
2
-
N Aké  DEF4
-
Rodri MID2
-
S Ortega GLK1
-
J McAtee MID1
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13934
M SelsC WoodE AndersonR Yates
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK13
2
-
O Aina  DEF131
2
-
Murillo DEF131
1
-
R Yates MID131
4
-
C Wood FWD139
1
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD132
1
-
A Elanga FWD132
1
-
N Milenković DEF121
1
-
E Anderson MID123
3
-
J Silva FWD121
1
-
N Williams DEF11
3
-
N Domínguez MID11
3
-
Álex Moreno DEF101
2
-
M Gibbs-White MID91
3
1
R Sosa FWD91
-
T Awoniyi FWD9
-
Morato DEF6
-
J Ward-Prowse MID6
1
1
I Sangaré MID3
2
-
W Boly DEF2
-
H Toffolo DEF1
-
Danilo MID1
-
E. da Silva Moreira FWD1
-