Nottingham Forest FC vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2025-26

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Sat 27 Dec 2025 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Nottingham Forest FC vs Manchester City FC — Premier League .

Nottingham Forest FC 5 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
Manchester City FC 5 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Robert Jones

3 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	5	10
4	Brentford FC	5	9
5	Leeds United FC	5	9
6	Liverpool FC	5	9
7	Everton FC	5	9
8	Hull City AFC	5	8
9	Newcastle United FC	5	8
10	Chelsea FC	5	7
11	Ipswich Town FC	5	6
12	Manchester United FC	5	5
13	Nottingham Forest FC	5	5
14	Sunderland AFC	5	4
15	Crystal Palace FC	5	4
16	Aston Villa FC	5	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	5	3
18	Coventry City FC	5	3
19	Fulham FC	5	2
20	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5	2

Head-to-Head

Nottingham Forest FC 9 games · Avg 2.8 goals Manchester City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-27 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Manchester City FC 2025-04-27 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Manchester City FC 2025-03-08 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Manchester City FC 2024-12-04 Manchester City FC 3–0 Nottingham Forest FC 2024-04-28 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Manchester City FC

Recent Form

Nottingham Forest FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Dec	Manchester City FC	H	1–2	L
22 Dec	Fulham FC	A	0–1	L
14 Dec	Tottenham Hotspur FC	H	3–0	W
11 Dec	FC Utrecht	A	2–1	W
06 Dec	Everton FC	A	0–3	L
03 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	A	1–0	W

Manchester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Dec	Nottingham Forest FC	A	2–1	W
20 Dec	West Ham United FC	H	3–0	W
14 Dec	Crystal Palace FC	A	3–0	W
10 Dec	Real Madrid CF	A	2–1	W
06 Dec	Sunderland AFC	H	3–0	W
02 Dec	Fulham FC	A	5–4	W

Season Stats

Nottingham Forest FC		Manchester City FC
#13	Position	#1
5	Points	15
5	Played	5
1 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	5 / 0 / 0
4	Scored	13
5	Conceded	5
-1	GD	+8
1.00	PPG	3.00
20%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season

40% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season

Nottingham Forest FC are 13th (5 pts). Manchester City FC are 1st (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/2

61-75

1/1

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Manchester City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

–/–

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC

Morgan Gibbs-White	1 G	2 A
Dan Ndoye	1 G

Manchester City FC

Erling Haaland	5 G
Rayan Cherki	3 G	2 A
Antoine Semenyo	2 G	3 A
Josko Gvardiol	1 G	2 A
Marc Guehi	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Nottingham Forest FC host Manchester City FC — let the battle begin!
The points are shared — Nottingham Forest FC 1-2 Manchester City FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Manchester City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Erling Haaland	5
Julian Alvarez	3
Joao Cancelo	2
Bernardo Silva	2
Josko Gvardiol	2
Callum Hudson-Odoi	1
Rico Lewis	1
Chris Wood	1

Head to Head

Nottingham Forest FC Form

2025-12-27 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Manchester City FC L 2025-12-22 Fulham FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2025-12-14 Nottingham Forest FC 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur FC W 2025-12-11 FC Utrecht 1–2 Nottingham Forest FC W 2025-12-06 Everton FC 3–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2025-12-03 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC W

Manchester City FC Form

2025-12-27 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Manchester City FC W 2025-12-20 Manchester City FC 3–0 West Ham United FC W 2025-12-14 Crystal Palace FC 0–3 Manchester City FC W 2025-12-10 Real Madrid CF 1–2 Manchester City FC W 2025-12-06 Manchester City FC 3–0 Sunderland AFC W 2025-12-02 Fulham FC 4–5 Manchester City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.9 Nottingham Forest FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.87 Manchester City FC xG

I would bet for: Manchester City FC to win 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nottingham Forest FC20% Draw25% Manchester City FC55%

Actual: Manchester City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw

45%

Draw or Manchester City FC

80%

Nottingham Forest FC or Manchester City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Nottingham Forest FC14% Draw44% Manchester City FC42%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

0 – 1

11%

0 – 2

10.7%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

8.1%

0 – 3

6.5%

1 – 3

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 1

4.6%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 4

3.1%

1 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap	Nottingham Forest FC covers	Push	Manchester City FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	24%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	18%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.