Nottingham Forest vs Man City

Tournament: Premier League
Venue: The City Ground, Nottingham
Date: 27.12.2025
Time: 12:30 GMT

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Form

Nottingham Forest suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Fulham in their last match, snapping a two-game winning streak. Their home form has been strong of late, winning four of their previous six matches at the City Ground.

Man City cruised to a 3-0 victory at home against West Ham in their most recent outing. The Citizens are in stellar form, having won their last seven matches in all competitions and currently sit second in the league standings. Of those last five wins, City were winning at both half time and full time.

The last meeting between these two teams saw Man City triumph 2-0 in the FA Cup back in April, however, the match before that Forest grabbed a 1-0 victory over City at the City Ground (March 2025).

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Predicted Lineups

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Victor; Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Savona; Anderson, Luiz; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson; Jesus

Man City (4-3-2-1): Donnarumma; O'Reilly, Gvardiol, Dias, Nunes; González, Reijnders, Silva; Foden, Cherki; Haaland

Nottingham Forest will be without several key players due to injury and international duty. Aina is sidelined with a hamstring injury, while Awoniyi and Yates are also injured. Sels and Wood are doubtful for the match. Sangaré and Boly are unavailable due to international duty. Victor may continue in goal after starting against Fulham, despite Sels returning from injury.

Man City also have their own injury concerns and international absentees. Rodri, Kovacic, and Doku are injured, while Stones and Bobb are doubtful. Aït-Nouri and Marmoush are away on international duty.

Who is the betting favourite in Nott'm Forest vs Man City?

Man City are strong 8/13 favourites to get the victory on Saturday lunchtime and continue their winning streak. The draw is available to back at 7/2, whilst Forest are 5/1 outsiders at home for the win.

Nott'm Forest vs Man City Match Result Best Odds Bookmaker
Forest Win 5/1 BetMGM
Draw 7/2 BetMGM
Man City Win 8/13 Betfred

Odds last updated at 09:15, Saturday 27th December.

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Match Prediction

Nottingham Forest are on a bizarre win-loss-win-loss run right now, although they will be hoping that continues here after suffering defeat at Fulham on Monday.

Their only victory over Manchester City since they returned to the Premier League in 2022 came here back in March.

Pep Guardiola's troops are hitting all the right notes with the routine win over West Ham making it seven on the bounce in all competitions.

City are starting to look like potential champions, but the last four games they've dropped points have come on their travels.

Score Prediction: Forest 1-3 City

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Player Stat Trends

Phil Foden has scored in 4 of their last 5 apps.
Best price of 21/10 with Sporting Index / SpreadEx.

Igor Jesus has attempted 2+ shots in 8 of their last 8 apps.
Best price of 4/6 with BetVictor.

Phil Foden has recorded 1+ shots on target in 5 of their last 5 apps.
Best price of 13/20 with Ladbrokes.

Nico González has committed 2+ fouls in 6 of their last 6 apps.
Best price of 1/1 with multiple bookmakers.

Elliot Anderson has committed 3+ fouls in 3 of their last 4 apps.
Best price of 7/2 with bet365.

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Nottingham Forest vs Man City Bet Builder Tip

Our bet builder tip for Nottingham Forest vs Man City is:

Man City Win
Phil Foden - 1+ Shot on Target
Nico Gonzales - 2+ Fouls Committed
Igor Jesus - 2+ Shots

The bet builder pays a best price of 6/1 with BetMGM when publishing. 

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