Match details. Premier League, Regular Season - 10. Kick-off is Sat 7 Nov, 18:30 Lagos time. It is played at The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
What's at stake. Nottingham Forest are 19th on 6 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Crystal Palace, 1 point clear of Sunderland. A win would take them above Crystal Palace. Man City are 2nd on 21 points after 9 games, 3 points behind Arsenal, 2 points clear of Brighton. A win would take them level on points with Arsenal.
Form. Nottingham Forest have won one, drawn three and lost six of their last ten, 0.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L L L. Man City have won six, drawn one and lost three of their last ten, 1.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D L W.
The numbers. Nottingham Forest score none and concede one a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet and five games without a goal. Nottingham Forest average 13.9 shots (3.4 on target), 4.7 corners and 2.4 cards a game, with 46% of the ball. Man City score 2.9 and concede 1.7 a game over their last ten, with two clean sheets. Man City average 14.8 shots (5.5 on target), 6.0 corners and 1.4 cards a game, with 64% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings Nottingham Forest have won one, drawn two and lost six. Four of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Nottingham Forest won one, one was drawn and Man City won two. The last time they met, on 4 Mar 2026, it finished Nottingham Forest 2-2 Man City: Nottingham Forest had 9 shots to 21, 30% of the ball, four yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 55%; five of the last nine meetings went under 2.5.
The case against. Nottingham Forest's record still gives them 23% to win. Not everything agrees on goals: five of the last nine meetings went under 2.5.
The read. Man City to win. An open game. Their goals for and against make Man City the likelier winners; Man City are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Man City; the meetings favour Man City. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 55%.
The bets. Best bet: Nottingham Forest Under 1.5 Goals at 1.39, 76% on the records (Nottingham Forest scored under 1.5 in 7 of 9; Man City conceded under 1.5 in 2 of 5). Full cover: Over 1.5 Goals at 1.18. It wins on every score where the best bet loses. Predicted score: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Man City (10% chance).
PICKSONE LIST
RESULT
Man City or Over 1.5 GoalsPAGE ONLY
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NOT 4 of 5 (80%) · MAN 8 of 9 (89%)92.1%
Man City: the bet landed in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 8 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 84% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City win or both teams scoreIN CODES
1.12
NOT 4 of 5 (80%) · MAN 8 of 9 (89%)92.1%
Man City: the bet landed in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 8 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 84% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Double Chance: Draw or Man CityIN CODES
1.21
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 8 of 9 (89%)90.8%
Man City unbeaten in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest failed to win 8 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 74% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City (Draw No Bet)IN CODES
1.31
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 5 of 6 (83%)88%
Man City won 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) (draws left out) · Nottingham Forest lost 5 of 6 (last 10, all venues) (draws left out) · both last 10: 72% · H2H 4 of 5 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · won 6, refunded 1, lost 1
Man City or Over 2.5 GoalsPAGE ONLY
1.25
NOT 4 of 5 (80%) · MAN 7 of 9 (78%)77.5%
Man City: the bet landed in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 7 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 79% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City or draw and over 1.5 goalsLEANPAGE ONLY
1.41
NOT 4 of 9 (44%) · MAN 3 of 5 (60%)73.8%
Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 4 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: the bet landed in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 52% · H2H 5 of 6 · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
Man City 1UPLEANPAGE ONLY
1.34
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 3 of 5 (60%)73%
Man City scored first 3 of last 5, led in 3 · led in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest trailed in 5 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
1X2 - 2UP: Man CityLEANPAGE ONLY
1.66
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 3 of 5 (60%)73%
Man City scored first 3 of last 5, led by 2 or won in 3 · led by 2 or won in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest trailed by 2 or lost in 5 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City to WinLEANPAGE ONLY
1.74
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 5 of 9 (56%)72.7%
Man City won 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest lost 5 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 58% · H2H 4 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City or Draw (1UP)LEANPAGE ONLY
1.15
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 3 of 5 (60%)69.6%
Man City scored first 3 of last 5, led or was unbeaten in 3 · led or was unbeaten in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest trailed or failed to win in 8 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
GOALS
Under 5.5 GoalsIN CODES
1.09
NOT 9 of 9 (100%) · MAN 4 of 5 (80%)96.9%
Nottingham Forest: under 5.5 goals in 9 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: under 5.5 goals in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 90% · H2H 6 of 6 · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
Under 4.5 GoalsIN CODES
1.23
NOT 9 of 9 (100%) · MAN 3 of 5 (60%)86.4%
Nottingham Forest: under 4.5 goals in 9 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: under 4.5 goals in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 80% · H2H 6 of 6 · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
Over 1.5 GoalsFULL COVERIN CODES
1.19
NOT 5 of 9 (56%) · MAN 4 of 5 (80%)82.2%
Nottingham Forest: over 1.5 goals in 5 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: over 1.5 goals in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 68% · H2H 5 of 6 · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
NOTTINGHAM FOREST GOALS
Nottingham Forest Under 1.5 goalsMAININ CODES
1.38
NOT 7 of 9 (78%) · MAN 2 of 5 (40%)69.2%
Nottingham Forest scored under 1.5 in 7 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City conceded under 1.5 in 2 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 59% · H2H 5 of 6 · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
MAN CITY GOALS
Man City Over 0.5 goalsIN CODES
1.13
NOT 4 of 5 (80%) · MAN 8 of 9 (89%)92%
Man City scored in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest conceded in 8 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 84% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
Man City Over 1.5 goalsLEANPAGE ONLY
1.65
NOT 3 of 5 (60%) · MAN 3 of 9 (33%)58.5%
Man City scored over 1.5 in 3 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest conceded over 1.5 in 3 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 47% · H2H 5 of 6 · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
HALVES
2nd Half - Over/Under: Over 0.5PAGE ONLY
1.20
NOT 7 of 9 (78%) · MAN 4 of 5 (80%)84.2%
Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 7 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City: the bet landed in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 79% · H2H 6 of 6 · on half-time scores · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
2nd Half - Man City Over/Under: Over 0.5PAGE ONLY
1.45
NOT 4 of 5 (80%) · MAN 7 of 9 (78%)80%
Man City: the bet landed in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · Nottingham Forest: the bet landed in 7 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 79% · H2H 5 of 6 · on half-time scores · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level
CARDS
Over 2.5 CardsIN CODES
1.32
NOT 6 of 9 (67%) · MAN 4 of 5 (80%)73.3%
Nottingham Forest's games: over 2.5 cards in 6 of 9 (last 10, all venues) · Man City's games: over 2.5 cards in 4 of 5 (last 10, all venues) · both last 10: 73% · Nottingham Forest: only games against sides at Man City's level · Man City: only games against sides at Nottingham Forest's level
SCORELINES
Predicted score
Predicted score 1–29.9%
Nottingham Forest goals →
Man City goals ↓
0-07%
1-05%
2-03%
3-00.9%
4-00.2%
5-00.0%
0-111%
1-111%
2-15%
3-12%
4-10.4%
5-10.1%
0-211%
1-210%
2-25%
3-21%
4-20.3%
5-20.1%
0-36%
1-36%
2-33%
3-30.9%
4-30.2%
5-30.0%
0-43%
1-43%
2-41%
3-40.4%
4-40.1%
5-40.0%
0-51%
1-51%
2-50.5%
3-50.1%
4-50.0%
5-50.0%
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and an open game).
FORM · LAST 10
NOTTINGHAM FORESTLDLLLWDDLL0.60 PPG
MAN CITYWLDLWWLWWW1.90 PPG
THE NUMBERS
NOTTINGHAM FOREST HOMExMAN CITY AWAY
0.67SCORED A GAME2.221.33CONCEDED A GAME1.1110%CLEAN SHEETS20%56%FAILED TO SCORE11%4.67CORNERS A GAME6.002.40CARDS A GAME1.401.75xG2.041.10xG AGAINST1.35
THE BANK
THE QUALITY READ
0.67POINTS A GAME2.33-0.67GOAL DIFFERENCE A GAME+1.11+3.3SHOTS FOR MINUS AGAINST+2.50.2LAST 5: POINTS A GAME1.89LEAGUE GAMES9
Man City: the quality side - more points a game, a better goal difference, better form (last 5).
MAN CITY 0:2 HANDICAP
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Each club's own league games in the Bank: points, goal difference, shots for and against, the last 5. A side ahead on most of them is the quality side; its bets show what they won on games like this from 6 Oct to 2 Nov.
THE BANK'S READ
OVER 1.5 GOALS
54%
NO · 80/83
OVER 2.5 GOALS
51%
NO · 65/78
UNDER 4.5 GOALS
90%
VERY GOOD · 85/90
NOTTINGHAM FOREST OR DRAW
26%
NO · 80/85
MAN CITY OR DRAW
85%
OKAY · 80/85
Each line from both sides' own league games this season, set against their league (9 and 9 games). The two numbers after each read are the line's okay and very good marks.
NOTTINGHAM FORESTxMAN CITY
5GAMES50.40SCORED A GAME2.401.60CONCEDED A GAME1.602.0GOALS IN THEIR GAMES4.060%OVER 1.5 GOALS80%20%OVER 2.5 GOALS80%40%BOTH SCORE60%2.6CARDS IN THEIR GAMES4.09.4CORNERS IN THEIR GAMES9.6
Each side's own league games in our bank before this game; "Home v Away" is the home side's home games and the away side's away games.
HEAD TO HEAD · LAST 9
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1 · 11%DRAW 2MAN CITY 6 · 67%
3 of 9BOTH TEAMS SCORED
8 of 9OVER 1.5 GOALS
4 of 9OVER 2.5 GOALS
2 of 9OVER 3.5 GOALS
2022-08-31Nottingham Forest 0 – 6 Man City
2023-02-18Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Man City
2023-09-23Nottingham Forest 0 – 2 Man City
2024-04-28Nottingham Forest 0 – 2 Man City
2024-12-04Nottingham Forest 0 – 3 Man City
2025-03-08Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Man City
2025-04-27Nottingham Forest 0 – 2 Man City
2025-12-27Nottingham Forest 1 – 2 Man City
TRENDS
Nottingham Forest have scored in 40% of their games.
Man City have scored in 90% of their games.
Nottingham Forest kept a clean sheet in 10% of their games.
Man City kept a clean sheet in 20% of their games.
BUILT FROM
form · last gameshome / awaygoals for & againstxG & xGAclean sheetshead to headleague tablecornerscards