Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th December 2025

When Manchester City come to City Ground, Nottingham for the Premier League match on Saturday, Nottingham Forest will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

One spot behind the leader of the table, Manchester City have claimed 37 points after 17 rounds, while Nottingham Forest have amassed 18 points and are now ranked as number 17 in the Premier League standings.

From a rather disappointing situation in the table, Nottingham Forest could really do with a victory in the match against Manchester City. As they have had some tough results, the hosts must get their season back on track pronto.

Nottingham Forest go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Manchester City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 26 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 2.6 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Manchester City claimed five clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goals per match.

Manchester City were knocked out cold when Nottingham Forest took a 1-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 3-0 defeat, Manchester City handed out in the game before.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest hope to get back to winning ways after first beating FC Utrecht by 1-2, before winning 3-0 against Tottenham. The streak ended in a recent 1-0 defeat against Fulham. Nottingham Forest only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded nine goals.

Nottingham Forest entered the season dreaming of medals, but find themselves far off track following a lousy run of form.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Crystal Palace, who were defeated by 0-3. Then, Brentford got outclassed in a 2-0 win, before beating West Ham by 3-0. Manchester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored 11 while also conceding eight times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Manchester City were spoken to as contenders for the title in the Premier League this season, and are so far living up to expectations.

Both Manchester City and Nottingham Forest seem to prioritize keeping a clean sheet at the cost of scoring goals. Thus, a low scoring match are the obvious choice of bet, when they face each other City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest fought their way to one wins and three points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in seven goals. Manchester City claimed five wins from 18 goals scored and four conceded in the previous five encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. This earned them a total of 15 points. Nottingham Forest claimed five wins, three draws as well as nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City enjoy a record of 12 wins, one draw and four defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Sean Dyche will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Manchester City from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/2), Matz Sels (0/15), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Morato (0/9), Murillo (1/11), Neco Williams (1/17), Nicolo Savona (2/12), Nikola Milenkovic (0/17), Ola Aina (0/3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/4), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/6), Elliot Anderson (1/17), Ibrahim Sangare (2/13), James McAtee (0/6), Morgan Gibbs-White (3/17), Nicolas Dominguez (0/8), Omari Hutchinson (0/12), Ryan Yates (0/11), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/8), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/16), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/15), Dilane Bakwa (0/4), Igor Jesus (1/16), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/5).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 54 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/14), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/5), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/13), Nathan Ake (0/7), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/5), Rico Lewis (0/8), Ruben Dias (2/17), Bernardo Silva (0/17), Jeremy Doku (1/15), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/15), Nico Gonzalez (1/16), Nico O'Reilly (1/16), Oscar Bobb (0/9), Phil Foden (7/15), Rayan Cherki (1/12), Rodri (0/6), Savinho (0/13), Tijjani Reijnders (3/16), Divine Mukasa (0/0), Erling Haaland (19/17), Omar Marmoush (0/10).

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Team News

Nottingham Forest could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Saturday. Nottingham Forest have to alter their line-up, as both Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White get a day in the shade.

Manchester City have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Saturday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Manchester City need to do without Rodri and Oscar Bobb, who are not fit enough to travel to City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City were knocked out cold when Nottingham Forest took a 1-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 3-0 defeat, Manchester City handed out in the game before. Nottingham Forest have a 17% win rate against Manchester City, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 1-1-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out one time in the last six matches between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City.

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Look no further than Callum Hudson-Odoi, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, while Phil Foden managed six goals in the last half dozen matches for The Sky Blues in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

In their last 10 matches at City Ground, Nottingham across all tournaments Nottingham Forest won four times, drew one and lost five times. Manchester City claimed seven wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams scored in four of the last 10 home league matches for Nottingham Forest. Both teams also found the back of the net four times in the previous 10 league games away for Manchester City.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past six encounters between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City, with Nottingham Forest scoring 0.34 goals on average per game. Manchester City averaged 2.33 goals, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Manchester City played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.5 goals themselves during this run.