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

Sun 27th Apr, 16:30 BST, Wembley Stadium, London

The FA Cup is the focus for both Nottingham Forest and Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, as bosses Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo and Pep Guardiola battle it out at the Wembley Stadium. We have predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head stats across the biggest markets, so there's nowhere better to prepare FA Cup clash.


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

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nottm Forest
22%
4.50-
Draw
23%
3.75-
Man City
55%
1.73-
Draw 1-1
11%
7.00-
Man City 1-0
10%
7.50-
Man City 2-1
10%
8.50-
Man City 2-0
9%
8.50
6%
-
Man City 3-1
6%
13.00-
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
13.00-
Nottm Forest 2-1
6%
15.00-
Man City 3-0
6%
13.00-
Draw 0-0
6%
12.00
9%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
15.00-
Man City 3-2
3%
23.00
12%
-
Nottm Forest 2-0
3%
23.00-
Man City 4-1
3%
26.00
10%
-
Man City 4-0
3%
26.00-
Nottm Forest 3-1
2%
34.00
17%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
1.80
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
2.00
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
42%
2.88-
Away 1st Goal
54%
1.50-
No 1st Goal
3%
12.00
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
1.80-
BTTS - No
45%
1.95-
BTTS - Home Win
11%
8.50-
BTTS - Draw
17%
4.75
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
26%
3.60-
Home/draw
45%
2.05-
Away/draw
78%
1.18-
Home/away
77%
1.25-
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1.25-
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
3.75-
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
3.00
8%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
1.36
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
6.00-
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1.12-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
13.00-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1.04-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1.04
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
13.00
18%
-
Home DNB
38%
3.40-
Away DNB
71%
1.30-
Nottm Forest win to nil
11%
8.00-
Man City win to nil
29%
3.00-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
10%
8.00-
Nottm Forest / Man City
4%
21.00-
Nottm Forest / Draw
6%
15.00-
Draw / Nottm Forest
9%
9.50
5%
-
Draw / Man City
17%
4.75
6%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
5.50-
Man City / Nottm Forest
2%
34.00-
Man City / Man City
30%
2.75-
Man City / Draw
6%
13.00-
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Win / draw / win form
Nottm Forest
20 games
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ANottm Forest2 - 0Brentford
Man City
20 games
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AMan City2 - 2Brentford
HMan City8 - 0Salford
Goal Statistics
Nottm Forest Man City
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Nottm Forest will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% 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
1.8
Attack rating
NFO
MCI
11%
better
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Games scored16
17
Failed to score4
3
Scored first12
9
Goals scored35
49
Avg. goals scored1.8
2.5
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
22
Avg. XG for1.4
2.1
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
26%
better
NFO
MCI
view stats
Games conceded10
14
Clean sheets10
6
Conceded first6
10
Goals conceded22
29
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
17%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.3
KickOff rating
+26%

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
R YatesR YatesI SangaréR Yates
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Yates MID42
2
-
Danilo MID4
-
J Silva FWD41
-
T Awoniyi FWD41
-
M Sels GLK3
-
Álex Moreno DEF3
-
N Williams DEF3
2
-
Morato DEF3
1
-
E Anderson MID3
1
-
N Domínguez MID3
1
-
M Gibbs-White MID3
1
-
C Wood FWD3
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD3
-
A Elanga FWD31
-
C Miguel GLK2
-
H Toffolo DEF2
-
O Aina  DEF2
-
W Boly DEF2
-
Murillo DEF2
-
E. da Silva Moreira MID2
-
I Sangaré MID22
-
R Sosa FWD221
-
N Milenković DEF1
-
Man City FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4332
I GündoganJ McAteeJ GrealishJ McAtee
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J McAtee MID43
2
-
I Gündogan MID4
-
P Foden FWD42
-
J Grealish FWD413
-
R Dias DEF3
-
N González  MID3
-
K Bruyne MID321
-
B Silva MID3
-
Ederson GLK2
-
S Ortega GLK2
-
N Aké  DEF2
-
V. de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis DEF2
-
A. Khusanov DEF21
1
-
R Lewis DEF21
-
M Kovacic MID2
-
M Nunes MID21
1
-
O Marmoush FWD21
-
S Sávio FWD2
-
E Haaland FWD211
-
J Gvardiol DEF1
-
M Akanji DEF1
-
J Stones DEF1
-
J Doku FWD122
-
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