Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest – Match preview, form & H2H

Premier League Premier League Round 21
Manchester City
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Nottingham Forest
Etihad Stadium

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Last 5 matches

Manchester City 2 W · 0 D · 3 L
  1. L Nottingham Forest – Manchester City Premier League · 3–1
  2. L Manchester City – Brighton Premier League · 0–1
  3. L Aston Villa – Manchester City Premier League · 2–1
  4. W Manchester City – Ipswich Premier League · 3–2
  5. W Liverpool – Manchester City Premier League · 0–3
Nottingham Forest 1 W · 1 D · 3 L
  1. W Nottingham Forest – Manchester City Premier League · 3–1
  2. L Brentford – Nottingham Forest Premier League · 2–0
  3. D Ipswich – Nottingham Forest Premier League · 1–1
  4. L Nottingham Forest – Arsenal Premier League · 0–1
  5. L Crystal Palace – Nottingham Forest Premier League · 3–1

Last 5 in numbers

In their last 5 matches, all competitions.
Statistic Manchester City Nottingham Forest
Goals scored 8(1.6 per match) 5(1 per match)
Goals conceded 8(1.6 per match) 8(1.6 per match)
Matches without conceding 1 of 5 0 of 5
Matches without scoring 1 of 5 2 of 5
Yellow cards 7(1.4 per match) 11(2.2 per match)
Corners 30(6 per match) 28(5.6 per match)
League position Premier League
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Manchester City 10 7 0 3 21 13 +8 21
16 Nottingham Forest 10 2 3 5 9 13 -4 9
Uefa Champions League Uefa Europa League Relegation

Gap between teams: 12 points

Full Premier League standings

This season compared

Premier League 2026/2027
Manchester City Nottingham Forest
10 Matches played 10
2.1 Goals scored per match 0.9
1.3 Goals conceded per match 1.3
65% Average possession 45%
7 of 10 Matches with 3 or more goals 4 of 10
6.1 Corners per match 4.5
1.2 Yellow cards per match 2.4
3 of 10 Matches without conceding 1 of 10

Top scorers

Premier League 2026/2027
Manchester City
Erling Haaland

Attacker

9 Goals
0 Assists
Minutes per goal 99'
Pass accuracy 66.7%
Matches played 10
Minutes played 890'

Also scoring

  1. Rayan Cherki Midfielder · 113' per goal 5 Goals 2 Assists
  2. Antoine Semenyo Attacker · 277' per goal 2 Goals 3 Assists
Nottingham Forest
Liam Delap

Attacker

3 Goals
0 Assists
Minutes per goal 227'
Pass accuracy 61.2%
Matches played 9
Minutes played 682'

Also scoring

  1. Dan Ndoye Attacker · 313' per goal 2 Goals 0 Assists
  2. Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder · 810' per goal 1 Goals 3 Assists

Minutes per goal: how many minutes, on average, the player needs to score. Lower is better.

Head to head Last 5 meetings
Manchester City wins
Draws
Nottingham Forest wins
2
1
2
40%
20%
40%
Total goals 15 Across 5 meetings
Avg goals 3 3 per match
Manchester City goals 8 1.6 per match
Nottingham Forest goals 7 1.4 per match
Both teams scored 60% 3/5 matches
Over 2.5 goals 80% 4/5 matches
Average corners per match 8.4 Across 5 meetings
Average cards per match 4.4 Yellow + red cards
Last meeting 3 - 1
Nottingham Forest 3–1 3 1 Manchester City
Manchester City 2–2 2 2 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1–2 1 2 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 1–0 1 0 Manchester City
Manchester City 3–0 3 0 Nottingham Forest

See full Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest history & stats

About the match

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest will be played on 16 January 2027 at 15:00 UTC at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.

Ahead of kick-off, Manchester City are 3rd in the Premier League standings, while Nottingham Forest are 16th.

Head-to-head

Manchester City and Nottingham Forest have met 9 times in the available head-to-head data.

Manchester City won 5 times, while Nottingham Forest won 2 times, with 2 meetings ending in draws.