Currently outside the race for the Champions League, let alone the Premier League title, reigning champions Manchester City face a seven-game winless streak that must end when Nottingham Forest visit the Etihad on Wednesday night.
Pep Guardiola's men could not stop Liverpool's winning machine on Sunday, as they lost 2-0 to the league leaders, while Forest beat Ipswich Town 1-0 to return to winning ways.
Latest Man City vs Nottingham Forest squad information
The only positive from Manchester City's game on Sunday was the return of Jeremy Doku from a thigh injury, however, Rodri (anterior cruciate ligament), Oscar Bobb (foot), Mateo Kovacic (unspecified injury) and John Stones (foot) remain absent.
Doku brought a breath of fresh air to City's lacklustre attack at Anfield and could be one of the changes Guardiola considers. The City boss waited until the 79th minute to bring on Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne from the bench against Liverpool.
Guardiola has suggested he could try Grealish in a central role to solve his side's creativity problems, while Ederson is certain to replace Stefan Ortega in goal after a surprise switch at the weekend.
For Nottingham Forest, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga have both recovered from injury to feature against Ipswich, meaning long-term absentees Danilo (ankle) and Ibrahim Sangare (hamstring) are the visitors' only fitness concerns.
Elanga was only a brief second-half introduction after injuring his shoulder in the defeat to Arsenal, but his replacement Jota Silva had a big impact as he created the penalty that Wood scored.
The Portuguese winger may have done enough to earn a starting place at the Etihad, but Neco Williams – one of the starters in the win over Ipswich – could make way for regular left-back Alex Moreno.
Latest expected lineup Man City vs Nottingham Forest
Manchester City:
Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Silva, Gundogan; Savinho, Grealish, Doku; Haaland
Nottingham Forest:
Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Dominguez; Silva, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Latest Man City vs Nottingham Forest football review
Pep Guardiola, in a moment of bravery, raised his six fingers to the Liverpool crowd in response to chants of "sacked in the morning" from the Anfield stands, reminding the Merseyside faithful of how many times he has won the competition. However, six is also the number of defeats Man City have suffered in their last seven games, following an unsuccessful trip to Anfield on Sunday, where goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah at two different points in the game gave Liverpool a deserved victory.
In fact, the reigning champions were fortunate to still be in contention until half-time, with Liverpool failing to capitalise on their chances at the back for much of the game, but the end result was still a defeat, leaving City 11 points behind leaders Liverpool.
With a long winless streak, Man City - the team that has been pushed out of the top 4 - will have to create the most spectacular comeback in Premier League history if they want to defend the title, because any team with at least a 6-point lead after 13 rounds has won the championship.
After losing four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since 2008, including a painful home defeat to Tottenham, Man City face the risk of losing a fifth consecutive game at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since May 2021.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest snapped their losing streak with a 1-0 win over Ipswich Town after defeats to Arsenal and Newcastle United. It wasn’t a great performance, but Chris Wood’s penalty early in the second half was enough to secure all three points and saw Wood equal Bryan Roy’s record of 24 Premier League goals for Forest.
Wood is just one goal away from a record 25 goals, and is now just three behind Erling Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot, having scored nine of Forest's 16 goals in their surprise campaign to challenge for European qualification.
Sitting sixth in the table, just one point behind the hosts, Forest head to the Etihad with their third-best away record of the season, with 11 points from six away games, behind only Liverpool (16) and Chelsea (13).
However, Forest have not won against Man City since the FA Cup in 2008-09. Since being promoted to the Premier League, Forest have lost three and drawn one against City, including two consecutive 2-0 wins in 2023-24.
Man City vs Nottingham Forest score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the match Man City vs Nottingham Forest :
- Sportsmole: Man City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
- WhoScore: Man City 3-1 Nottingham Forest
- Our prediction: Man City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
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