Manchester City confront Nottingham Forest for prestige and triumph.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have scored in all their matches so far.
The hosts Manchester City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Crvena Zvezda, was also a home game here at Etihad Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Manchester City form and stats
Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Manchester City 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Manchester City's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-1 against Crvena Zvezda. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Álvarez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 10.0/10. Álvarez scored two goals, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 58 total).
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting West Ham United.There will be little rest for City after this match as they are travelling to Newcastle United for a Carabao Cup game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Manchester City's 2 home games: {6 goals}, 1 conceded.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Things could have gone better for Nottingham Forest in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
There were no winners in Nottingham Forest's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Burnley (placed 19th). Midfielder Hudson-Odoi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.9. Hudson-Odoi scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Chelsea.Nottingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Nottingham Forest struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding three meetings involving these two sides are: one win for City, one draw and one win for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Haaland with 3 goals scored against Nottingham Forest in these 3 games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 7 goals |   T. Awoniyi 3 goals |  R. Hernández Cascante 2 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Manchester City | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.3 | 10.4 |
| 8.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 18 | 14.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 5 |
- Manchester City have created more than twice as many corners as Nottingham Forest.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won all their games so far.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City is in the best form (5-0-0) in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nottingham Forest have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Manchester City | Last season | Nottingham Forest | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 13 | 18 | ||
| 94 | 60 | Scored | S | 11 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 44 | 68 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 79% | ||
| 66% | 84% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 45% | ||
| 42% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 34% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 58% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 50% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 21% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 32% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.7 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 43% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Fulham | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Brentford | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Everton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | Luton Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
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