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Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head – BBC Sport

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head – BBC Sport
Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head – BBC Sport

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last eight league games against Nottingham Forest (W6 D2), since a 3-2 home loss in the second tier in December 1997.

Nottingham Forest have lost their last four away league games against Man City by an aggregate score of 12-0, while in the top-flight they’re winless in their last seven visits (D3 L4) since a 3-0 win in November 1989.

Nottingham Forest have lost their last five away games against reigning top-flight champions by an aggregate score of 21-2. Their last such win was against Manchester United in December 1994 (2-1).

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 31 Premier League home games played on a Wednesday (W27 D4), winning each of the last 20. Their last such defeat was in May 2010 against Tottenham.

Nottingham Forest have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (4) in their last eight midweek Premier League games (Tues, Weds, Thurs), beating Fulham 3-1 last time out in April.

Manchester City have conceded 3+ goals in each of their last two home games in all competitions (0-4 vs. Spurs, 3-3 vs. Feyenoord), last doing so in three home games in a row in April/May 1963, a season they were relegated from the top-flight.

Having gone 35 consecutive home Premier League games unbeaten between December 2022 and October 2024, Man City lost 4-0 to Spurs last time out at the Etihad. City haven’t lost consecutively at home since April/May 2021 vs. Leeds and Chelsea, while in front of supporters it hasn’t happened since February 2016 against Leicester and Spurs.

After winning five out of seven away Premier League games between May and October (D2), Nottingham Forest lost 3-0 to Arsenal last time out on the road. Since their return to the top-flight in 2022, Forest have lost all four away games in Manchester by an aggregate score of 14-2.

Erling Haaland has scored 15 goals in his last 11 games at the Etihad for Manchester City in all competitions, while he’s netted four in two against Nottingham Forest on home soil. His brace against Feyenoord last time out came in his 100th home game for a team in Europe’s big-five leagues (all competitions), scoring 110 goals across these games.

Chris Wood has scored 12 goals in his last 13 away Premier League starts for Nottingham Forest, scoring in each of his last three. No Forest player has scored in four consecutive away Premier League starts, while the last Forest player to do so in the top-flight was Garry Birtles in the 1983-84 season (six in a row).

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