Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th February 2023

Nottingham Forest welcome Manchester Citythis coming Saturday in the Premier League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 24 match.

Manchester City enjoy the view from the top of the table with 51 points after 23 league matches this season. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest find themselves positioned as number 14 in the Premier League with 24 points following 22 rounds.

Nottingham Forest have their target aimed at getting one over Manchester City this coming Saturday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly nine goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.9 goals per game, in which they conceded 14 goals, or 1.4 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Manchester City go into the next Premier League match with an average of two goals a game from their last ten matches. They scored an extremely presentable total of 20 goals, while also conceding 11 times. This is a total average of 1.1 per game, in which they managed two clean sheets.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Nottingham Forest played against Manchester City. It finished 6-0 in a great match between the pair.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Showing inconsistent form, Nottingham Forest lost two of their past three matches, going down 2-0 against Manchester United, before beating Leeds 1-0. The joy was short-lived, as Fulham proved too strong in a 2-0 defeat. Nottingham Forest managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored eight goals and conceded three times.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-0 against Tottenham, before beating Aston Villa 3-1. Another win followed, this time by 1-3 against Arsenal. Manchester City recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, in which they banged in nine goals, whilst conceding five. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Manchester City are favoured by the bookmakers, and while we are certain, Nottingham Forest is going to put up a fight, we believe the visitors will prevail in the end.

Nottingham Forest claimed six wins, six draws as well as ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City so far pulled off 16 wins, three draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Nottingham Forest, as they prepare to meet Manchester City, since nine could be missing.

Neco Williams, Taiwo Awoniyi, Tyrese Fornah, Jesse Lingard, Jonjo Shelvey, Cheikhou Kouyate, Giulian Biancone, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards are missing from the squad, Nottingham Forest will field against Manchester Cityon Saturday.

Manchester City face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Nottingham Forest. Benjamin Mendy is suspended from the Manchester City squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Names like Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Nottingham Forest played against Manchester City. It finished 6-0 in a great Premier League match between the pair. Nottingham Forest go into their upcoming match against Manchester City with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-0-1 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Results

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Erling Braut Haaland who managed to score an impressive 26 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target five times in his last six outings. Manchester City are looking to him against Nottingham Forest, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

City Ground, Nottingham witnessed Nottingham Forest winning six of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew three and lost one in this run. Manchester City won four of their previous 10 games away, drew two and lost four. Manchester City scored the opening goal in five of their previous 10 away games. Nottingham Forest, however, were first off the mark eight times in their last 10 home games.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Manchester City, who scored two times on average in those matches.