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| MATCHUP | Manchester City Manchester City | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest |
|---|---|---|
| Team Records | 12-1-4 | 5-3-9 |
| Where | The City Ground, Nottingham | |
| When | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | |
| Time | 07:30 AM EST | |
| TV | USA Net | |
Nottingham Forest Preview
Nottingham Forest has 18 points this season, with a 5-9-3 record, and are sitting in 17th place in the Premier League standings. They have a 3-4-1 home record and a 2-5-2 away record. Nottingham Forest is coming off a 1-0 road defeat against Fulham, where they had 50% possession of the ball and 12 total shots, 2 of them on target. They had 85% completed passes, and fewer expected goals, with 0.67 compared to Fulham’s 1.50.
Nottingham Forest is scoring 1.06 goals per game, which ranks 17th in the Premier League, while allowing 1.53 goals per game, which is 17th. Callum Hudson-Odoi and Morgan Gibbs-White are Nottingham Forest’s top scorers with 3 goals each, followed by Ibrahim Sangaré, Chris Wood and Nicolò Savona with 2 goals each and Neco Williams, Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos and Elliot Anderson with 1 goal each. Ibrahim Sangaré and Omari Giraud-Hutchinson are Nottingham Forest’s top passers, with 2 assists each.
Manchester City Preview
Manchester City has 37 points this season, with a 12-4-1 record, and are sitting in 2nd place in the Premier League standings. They have an 8-1-0 home record and a 4-3-1 away record. Manchester City is coming off a 3-0 win against West Ham at home, where they had 66% possession of the ball and 17 total shots, 8 of them on target. They had 92% completed passes, and more expected goals, with 2.10 compared to West Ham’s 0.98.
Manchester City is scoring 2.41 goals per game, which ranks 1st in the Premier League, while allowing 0.94 goals per game, which is 1st. Erling Haaland is Manchester City’s top scorer with 19 goals, followed by Phil Foden with 7 goals, Tijani Reijnders with 3 goals, Rúben Dias and Joško Gvardiol with 2 goals each and Jeremy Doku, Nico González and Ryan Cherki with 1 goal each. Ryan Cherki is Manchester City’s top passer, with 6 assists.
Why Manchester City will win
· Manchester City has won each of its last six EPL day matches.
· Manchester City has won nine of its last 10 EPL day matches.
· Manchester City has won seven of its last eight EPL matches.
· Manchester City has won each of its last five EPL matches.
· The home team has won eight of Manchester City’s last 10 EPL matches.
· The home team has won each of Nottingham’s last three EPL matches.
· The home team has won three of the last four EPL matches between Nottingham and Manchester City.
· The favorite has won seven of Manchester City’s last eight EPL matches.
· The favorite has won each of Manchester City’s last five EPL matches.
· The favorite has won four of Nottingham’s last five EPL matches.
Total Points Facts
· The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of Manchester City’s last eight EPL matches.
· The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of Manchester City’s last eight EPL matches as a favorite.
· The ‘Under 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of the last five EPL matches between Nottingham and Manchester City.
· The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in four of Nottingham’s last five EPL home matches.
· The ‘Over 2.5 Goals’ market has hit in each of Manchester City’s last three EPL away matches.
Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction
Manchester City is 4-1 in its last 5 meetings against Forest and under is 5-1 in their last 6 meetings.
In this Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction, Manchester City is coming as -170 road favorites. City has been the far better team this season as they have more than twice as many points as Forest this season and have been scorching-hot lately, with seven consecutive wins across all competitions. They also have both the best offense and defense in the Premier League so far, winning by an average of 1.47 goals per game, while on the other hand, Forest is 17th in the league both offensively and defensively. I like the value with the road favorite in this matchup, so take Manchester City on the moneyline on the road.