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Premier League · Round 21 · Sat 16 Jan, 15:00

Manchester City
vs
Nottingham Forest

Prediction

64%
22%
14%
Manchester City 64% Draw 22% 14% Nottingham Forest

⏳Awaiting confirmed lineups — this prediction will sharpen when team news lands (~1h before kickoff).

Expected goals
1.97 – 0.81
Over 2.5 goals
53%
Both teams to score
49%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

2-0 12% 1-0 11% 1-1 11% 2-1 10% 3-0 8%

Manchester City · last 5 E

RB Leipzig (A) 2-3 W Brighton & Hove Albion (H) 0-1 L Aston Villa (A) 2-1 L AEK Athens FC (H) 5-1 W Ipswich (H) 3-2 W

Nottingham Forest · last 5 C

Brentford (A) 2-0 L Ipswich (A) 1-1 D Arsenal (H) 0-1 L Crystal Palace (A) 3-1 L Coventry (H) 0-1 L

Head-to-head

04 Mar 2026 Manchester City 2–2 Nottingham Forest 27 Dec 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City 08 Mar 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester City 04 Dec 2024 Manchester City 3–0 Nottingham Forest 28 Apr 2024 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City 23 Sep 2023 Manchester City 2–0 Nottingham Forest 18 Feb 2023 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Manchester City 31 Aug 2022 Manchester City 6–0 Nottingham Forest

News

Champions League: Slavia Prague 1-2 Arsenal, RB Leipzig 2-3 Manchester City and more – as it happened guardian · 04 Nov Erling Haaland settles thriller for Manchester City to end RB Leipzig resistance guardian · 04 Nov Manchester City win again and the Ballon d’Or comes to Bromley – Women’s Football Weekly podcast guardian · 03 Nov Hemp strikes back as Manchester City edge out London City Lionesses in thriller guardian · 01 Nov Arsenal v Aston Villa, London City Lionesses v Manchester City, and more: Women’s Super League – live guardian · 01 Nov Enzo Maresca rues ‘silly’ errors after Manchester City defeat against Brighton guardian · 31 Oct Fabian Hurzeler - post-match interview - Manchester City v Brighton bbc · 31 Oct Enzo Maresca - post-match interview - Manchester City v Brighton bbc · 31 Oct