NottinghamAttacking momentumManchester City
Preview
- Anticipation builds as Nottingham Forest prepare to host Manchester City at The City Ground on 2025-12-27 (kick-off 12:30 GMT), in week 18 of the 2025-2026 Premier League.
- Guardiola versus S. Dyche across 10 meetings, record stands at 9-0 with 1 draw.
- Nottingham Forest are 17th in the standings with 18 points, followed by Manchester City in 2nd on 37 points.
- Nottingham Forest are missing 5 players: O. Aina (Hamstring Injury), W. Boly (International duty), I. Sangare (International duty), C. Wood (Knee Injury), R. Yates (Thigh Injury) whereas Manchester City are missing 7 players: R. Ait Nouri (International duty), O. Bobb (Hamstring Injury), J. Doku (Leg Injury), M. Kovacic (Heel Injury), O. Marmoush (International duty), Rodri (Thigh Injury), J. Stones (Thigh Injury).
- We're predicting Nottingham Forest to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Manchester City are expected to line up in 4-3-2-1.
- Nottingham Forest were beaten 0-1 by Fulham, whereas Manchester City secured a win 3-0 against West Ham United.
- Both teams have been in great form: Nottingham Forest 3-0-2 and Manchester City 5-0-0 over their last 5 matches.
- Manchester City hold the upper hand H2H: of 7 meetings, they've triumphed 5 times, conceded 1 time and shared 1 draw.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Manchester City to win 2-1, despite Nottingham Forest's 3-1-4 home form - Manchester City's strong 4-1-3 record away with 2.78 goals/game does the trick.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Nottingham
Manchester City
Events
| 36' | R. Dias | ||
| 43' | E. Anderson | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 48' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 54' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 59' | N. O'Reilly | ||
| 73' | |||
| 75' | P. Guardiola | ||
| 83' | 1 - 2 | ||
| 87' | |||
| 89' | |||
| 90+2' | |||
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Nottingham is going head to head with Manchester City on 27/12/2025 12:30 GMT at The City Ground for the England Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Nottingham v Manchester City H2H statistics!