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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City prediction

England · Premier League
Nottingham Forest badgeNottingham Forest#16 · 9 ptsLDLLL
3 - 1Full time
Manchester City badgeManchester City#3 · 21 ptsWLLWW

Pre-match probabilities

⚽ Jair Cunha 6'⚽ Liam Delap 18'⚽ Rayan Cherki 52'⚽ Liam Delap 73'

Saturday, November 7 · 12:30 (Peru time) · City Ground · Referee: Samuel Barrott

Picky
🎯 Model pick

Manchester City to score

84%
Full data

⚡ Summary

@ = fair odds (no margin). If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Minuto a minuto

90'+5🟨 Igor JesusNottingham Forest
90'+4🟨 Luca NetzNottingham Forest
87'🔁 Sub: Liam Delap · Igor JesusNottingham Forest
79'🔁 Sub: Ryan Yates · Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest
78'🔁 Sub: Enzo Fernández · Phil FodenManchester City
73'⚽ Liam Delap assist Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
69'🟨 Dan NdoyeNottingham Forest
65'🔁 Sub: James Mcatee · Dan NdoyeNottingham Forest
65'🔁 Sub: Daniel Muñoz · Luca NetzNottingham Forest
64'🟨 James McateeNottingham Forest
52'⚽ Rayan CherkiManchester City
45'🔁 Sub: Josko Gvardiol · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
45'🔁 Sub: Marc Guehi · Matheus NunesManchester City
18'⚽ Liam Delap assist Xaver SchlagerNottingham Forest
6'⚽ Jair CunhaNottingham Forest

Win probability minute by minute

Nottingham ForestDrawManchester City
At kick-off18%28%54%Full time100%0%0%
0%25%50%75%100% ⚽⚽⚽⚽0'45'90'

Calculated with the PickMania model: each team's expected goals are spread over the time remaining and recalculated after every goal.

Probabilities

Calculated before the match.

18%Nottingham Forest to win@5.61
28%Draw@3.58
54%Manchester City to win@1.84
Over 1.5 goals79%
Over 2.5 goals55%
Over 3.5 goals35%
Both teams to score59%
Nottingham Forest or draw46%
Manchester City or draw82%
Nottingham Forest to score65%
Manchester City to score84%

Most likely scores

1-113%1-29%0-19%0-29%0-08%

Expected goals per the model: Nottingham Forest 1.06 · Manchester City 1.90

How many goals will there be?

5%0 goals15%1 goals23%2 goals22%3 goals17%4 goals18%5+ goals

Pink: 2 goals or fewer (under 2.5) · Orange: 3 or more (over 2.5) · Total expected goals: 2.96.

Corners, cards and first half

🚩 Corners

Expected: 9.3 in total · Nottingham Forest 4.1 · Manchester City 5.2

55%Over 8.5@1.83
44%Over 9.5@2.26
35%Over 10.5@2.88
45678910111213141516+

Grey: 9 or fewer · orange: 10 or more.

🟨 Cards

Expected: 3.6 · el árbitro Samuel Barrott saca 3.3 por partido

46%Over 3.5@2.18
30%Over 4.5@3.37
18%Over 5.5@5.63

⏱️ First half

39% of these teams' goals come before half-time · expected in the 1st half: 1.15

68%Goal in the 1st half@1.46
32%Over 1.5 in the 1st half@3.13
84%Goal in the 2st half@1.20

⚽ Goals per team

29%Nottingham Forest +1.5@3.49
57%Manchester City +1.5@1.77
8%Nottingham Forest to win to nil@12.52

Estimates based on each team's (and the referee's) season averages, not the goals model. @ = fair odds: the odds matching that probability with no margin. If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Match stats

1.02Expected goals (xG)1.55
5Shots on target4
2Saves2
2Offsides0
11Shots12
4Yellow cards0
3Corners7
13Fouls7
0Red cards0
22Possession %78

Goals in the last 10 matches

Nottingham Forest · last 10 matches
4/10+2.5 goals5/10both teams to score2.3goals per match
2.5vs Leeds: 0-2 0-2 en Liverpool: 2-2 2-2 ambosvs Tottenham: 0-0 0-0 en Aston Villa: 2-1 2-1 ambosvs Coventry: 0-1 0-1 en Crystal Palace: 1-3 1-3 ambosvs Arsenal: 0-1 0-1 en Ipswich: 1-1 1-1 ambosen Brentford: 0-2 0-2 vs Manchester City: 3-1 3-1 ambos

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Manchester City · last 10 matches
9/10+2.5 goals8/10both teams to score4.5goals per match
2.5vs Sunderland: 5-3 5-3 ambosen Liverpool: 3-0 3-0 vs Paris Saint Germain: 2-4 2-4 ambosvs Ipswich: 3-2 3-2 ambosvs AEK Athens FC: 5-1 5-1 ambosen Aston Villa: 1-2 1-2 ambosvs Brighton: 2-2 2-2 ambosvs Brighton: 0-1 0-1 en RB Leipzig: 3-2 3-2 ambosat Nottingham Forest: 1-3 1-3 ambos

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Season comparison

Nottingham ForestManchester City
0.7Goals scored per match2.5
1.3Goals conceded per match1.3
56%Matches with over 1.5 goals77%
33%Matches with over 2.5 goals69%
44%Both teams to score62%
11%Clean sheet31%
56%Matches without scoring8%
4.7Corners won per match6.2
2.2Yellow cards per match1.5

Nottingham Forest: 9 matches · Manchester City: 13 matches (all competitions with data).

Nottingham Forest at home · Manchester City away

Nottingham Forest at home
0G1E3P
LLDLD
Manchester City away
5G0E1P
WLWWW

When do they score and concede?

Nottingham Forest · goals by minute in 9 matches scored conceded
200-151116-300331-451346-601161-751476-90
Manchester City · goals by minute in 13 matches scored conceded
250-154216-304231-459546-605261-758176-90

The first goal

Nottingham Forest

Scores first in 4 of 8 matches and wins 1 of them.

Concedes first in 4 and avoids defeat in 0.

Manchester City

Scores first in 9 of 13 matches and wins 9 of them.

Concedes first in 4 and avoids defeat in 1.

Players in form

Nottingham Forest

Neco Williams · 1 gol, 0 assists in 5 matches

D. Ndoye · 1 gol, 0 assists in 5 matches

Daniel Muñoz · 0 goles, 1 assists in 5 matches

Manchester City

Phil Foden · 4 goles, 1 assists in 5 matches

Erling Haaland · 4 goles, 0 assists in 4 matches

Iliman Ndiaye · 0 goles, 3 assists in 4 matches

Head to head

1Nottingham Forest to win
2Draws
6Manchester City to win

9 matches · 2.8 goals per match

Recent meetings
2026-03-04Manchester City 2-2 Nottingham ForestPremier League
2025-12-27Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester CityPremier League
2025-04-27Nottingham Forest 0-2 Manchester CityFA Cup
2025-03-08Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester CityPremier League
2024-12-04Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham ForestPremier League
2024-04-28Nottingham Forest 0-2 Manchester CityPremier League

Standings

Premier League standings
#TeamPGDPts
1Arsenal10+1027
2Brighton10+1922
3Manchester City10+821
4Liverpool10+418
5Chelsea10+316
6Everton10+216
7Bournemouth10+215
8Brentford10+514
9Leeds10+214
10Aston Villa10-313
11Tottenham10-112
12Newcastle10-312
13Hull City10011
14Ipswich10-511
15Fulham10-210
16Nottingham Forest10-49
17Coventry10-99
18Manchester United10-58
19Sunderland10-98
20Crystal Palace10-147

More stats

Referee: Samuel Barrott

9 matches · 3.3 yellows and 0.00 reds per match · 0.29 penalties

Half-time

Nottingham Forest: 7 days since last match · Manchester City: 2 days

Probabilities calculated by the PickMania model (Poisson + Dixon–Coles with team data and market odds). Updated: 2026-11-07 20:00 UTC.

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