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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

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side enjoy home advantage in the English Premier League on Wednesday evening, as Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo's Nottingham Forest arrive at the Etihad Stadium. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 Premier League matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


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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

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Man City
49%
--
Draw
23%
--
Nottm Forest
28%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Man City 2-1
9%
--
Man City 1-0
8%
--
Man City 2-0
7%
--
Nottm Forest 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
--
Man City 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Man City 3-0
4%
--
Nottm Forest 2-0
4%
--
Man City 3-2
4%
--
Nottm Forest 3-1
3%
--
Nottm Forest 3-2
3%
--
Man City 4-1
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
26%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
65%
--
Away DNB
44%
--
Man City win to nil
22%
--
Nottm Forest win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 11 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premier League league table. Man City are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Man City have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 5 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 6 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 5th position in the Premier League on 19 points having played 11 matches so far this season. Nottm Forest are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 2 games. Nottm Forest are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Away League Performance

zero of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 4 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Nottm Forest have conceded 1 goal, scored 2, scored in every game 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
Liverpool119111528 
Feb 22
Dec 1
Jan 14
w
 
0-1F
2
Man City 11722923 
-
-
Mar 8
Dec 4
3
Chelsea11542819 
Jan 25
w
 
0-2F
May 25
d
 
1-1F
4
Arsenal11542619 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 1
Feb 25
Nov 23
5
Nottm Forest 11542519 
Dec 4
Mar 8
-
-
6
Brighton11542419 
Mar 15
l
 
2-1F
Feb 1
d
 
2-2F
7
Fulham11533318 
w
 
3-2A
May 25
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
8
Newcastle11533218 
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3F
Feb 22
9
A Villa11533018 
Apr 26
Dec 21
Dec 14
Apr 5
10
Spurs115151016 
Nov 23
Feb 25
Dec 26
Apr 19
11
Brentford11515016 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 14
Apr 26
Dec 21
12
Bournemouth11434015 
May 18
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
13
Man Utd11434015 
Dec 15
Apr 5
Apr 1
Dec 7
14
West Ham11335-612 
Jan 4
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-0F
May 18
15
Leicester11245-710 
Apr 2
Dec 29
May 10
w
 
1-3F
16
Everton11245-710 
Dec 26
Apr 19
Apr 12
Dec 29
17
Ipswich11155-108 
w
 
4-1A
Jan 19
Nov 30
Mar 15
18
C Palace11146-77 
Apr 12
Dec 7
w
 
1-0F
May 3
19
Wolves11137-116 
May 3
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 6
20
Southampton11119-144 
w
 
1-0F
May 10
Jan 19
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
53
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
Draw
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Man City6 - 1Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
55
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
16
D
2
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AMan City4 - 2C Palace
HMan City4 - 1A Villa
Nottm Forest 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
C Palace0 - 0Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HNottm Forest3 - 1Fulham
HNottm Forest1 - 1C Palace
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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

Manchester City have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 20 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.8 against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Man City 2nd Nottm Forest 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Nottm Forest will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+11
Nottm Forest have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
2.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
19%
better
MCI
NFO
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Games scored11
10
Failed to score0
1
Scored first6
10
Goals scored22
15
Avg. goals scored2
1.4
Avg. shots per game13
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for2.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
MCI
NFO
35%
better
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Games conceded9
7
Clean sheets2
4
Conceded first5
1
Goals conceded13
10
Avg. goals conceded1.2
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded6
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
10
Conversion rate against20%
10%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+35%

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
111233
EdersonE HaalandB SilvaEderson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Ederson GLK111
3
-
J Gvardiol DEF113
-
M Kovacic MID113
3
-
B Silva MID113
2
-
E Haaland FWD1112
2
-
R Lewis DEF102
1
-
I Gündogan MID101
-
R Dias DEF9
3
-
M Akanji DEF9
1
-
P Foden MID81
-
M Nunes MID82
-
J Doku FWD811
-
S Sávio FWD82
2
-
K Walker DEF7
1
-
J Grealish MID71
2
-
J Stones DEF62
1
-
K Bruyne MID511
1
-
N Aké  DEF2
-
Rodri MID2
-
J McAtee MID1
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11833
M SelsC WoodE AndersonR Yates
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK11
2
-
Murillo DEF111
1
-
O Aina  DEF111
1
-
R Yates MID111
3
-
E Anderson MID113
3
-
C Wood FWD118
1
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD112
1
-
A Elanga FWD112
1
-
N Milenković DEF101
1
-
J Silva FWD101
1
-
N Williams DEF9
3
-
N Domínguez MID9
3
-
Álex Moreno DEF81
2
-
M Gibbs-White MID81
2
1
T Awoniyi FWD8
-
R Sosa FWD71
-
Morato DEF5
-
J Ward-Prowse MID5
1
1
I Sangaré MID3
2
-
W Boly DEF2
-
H Toffolo DEF1
-
Danilo MID1
-
E. da Silva Moreira FWD1
-