Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction and Betting Tips | December 4th 2024

Still reeling from their gut-wrenching defeat against Liverpool, Manchester City play host to Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s side find themselves just one point above the visitors outside the top four in the Premier League table and will be looking to stop the rot.

Manchester City suffered another major blow in their Premier League title defense as they fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool last weekend.

Guardiola's side have lost four consecutive league games and have failed to win their last seven outings across all competitions, losing six and claiming one draw since a 1-0 victory over Southampton on October 26.

Manchester City have picked up 23 points from their 13 Premier League matches to sit fifth in the table, 11 points adrift of league leaders Liverpool.

Elsewhere, Chris Wood came up trumps for Nottingham Forest once again as he netted a 49th-minute penalty to hand them a 1-0 victory over Ipswich Town at the weekend.

Before that, the Reds’ three-game winning streak came to an end on November 10, when they were beaten 3-1 by Newcastle United, two weeks before losing 3-0 against Arsenal at the Emirates.

Nottingham Forest will take pride in their fine start to their season as they sit sixth in the Premier League table, having picked up 22 points from their 13 matches.

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Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• With 43 wins from the last 104 meetings between the sides, Manchester City hold the upper hand in the history of this fixture.
• Nottingham Forest have picked up 33 wins in that time, while the spoils have been shared on 28 occasions.
• Manchester City are unbeaten in eight of their most recent nine games against the Reds, claiming six wins and two draws since August 1999.
• Nottingham Forest have lost just one of their last eight Premier League matches while picking up five wins and two draws since the start of May.

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Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

It has been weeks of mediocre results for Manchester City, having failed to win their last seven matches across all competitions. Nottingham Forest have proven tough to beat this season and will be backing themselves to inflict more misery on the hosts.

However, we predict Guardiola’s men will do enough to secure the win and rekindle their title push.

Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Nottingham Forest

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Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Manchester City to win

Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals - Yes (There have been three or more goals scored in six of Manchester City’s last seven games)

Tip 3: Both sides to score - Yes (Both sides have also scored in five of the hosts’ most recent seven matches)