Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Matchday Stats Preview

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Matchday Stats Preview

Nottingham Forest are winless in their last nine league games against Man City (D2 L7) since a 3-2 win at Maine Road in the second tier in December 1997.

Man City have won their last three Premier League games against Nottingham Forest by an aggregate score of 7-0. They’ve never won four in a row against Forest in the top-flight before.

Since the start of November, this is Manchester City’s eighth Premier League game starting the day in the top four of the table. They’ve taken just one point from the previous seven in this run, conceding at least twice in each match (19 in total).

Nottingham Forest are winless in their last three Premier League games since beating Brighton 7-0 last month (D1 L2). They last went four without a win in April 2024 (D1 L3), the fourth game of which was a 2-0 home loss to Manchester City.

Only Liverpool (22) and Arsenal (18) have won more points in the Premier League in 2025 than Manchester City (16 – W5 D1 L2), with no team netting more often in the top-flight than the Citizens this calendar year (21 – same as Liverpool).

Only league leaders Liverpool (12) have kept more clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Nottingham Forest (11), who could keep three consecutive shutouts at home in the league for the first time since April 2022 in the Championship.

Only Ipswich Town (80) have made more changes to their starting line-ups in the Premier League this season than Manchester City (77), who have made at least three changes in their last six matches.

Chris Wood has been involved in 11 goals in his last nine Premier League games (8 goals, 3 assists). He’s also the only player to score for Nottingham Forest against Man City in the Premier League since their return to the division in 2022.

Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels has kept the most clean sheets in the 2024-25 Premier League (11); meanwhile only Mark Crossley in 1994-95 (13) has recorded more clean sheets in a campaign for the Tricky Trees.

13 of Erling Haaland’s 20 Premier League goals this season have either put Man City one goal ahead (9) or drawn them level (4) in the game – no player has scored more such goals in the competition this term (Mo Salah also 13).