Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Match Preview


On Sat Feb 18th, Manchester City will travel to Nottingham to battle Nottingham Forest in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 14th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 0-2 loss against Fulham. Willian struck first for Fulham in the 17th minute, then Manor Solomon added another in the 88th minute on a feed from Andreas Pereira At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nottingham Forest couldn’t manage to score, and Fulham took the shutout win. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while manchester City is fresh off their 3-1 win against Aston Villa. Rodri struck first for Manchester City in the 4th minute, then İlkay Gündoğan added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Erling Braut Håland. Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.

In their last match on the 31st of August, Manchester City was victorious by a score of 6 to 0 in front of just over 53000 fans. Erling Braut Håland struck first for Manchester City in the 12th minute on a feed from Phil Foden, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 23rd minute In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory.

Manchester City is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Brennan Johnson has been the most prolific scorer on Nottingham Forest in his last five matches with three goals

Jesse Lingard, Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jonjo Shelvey, Ryan Yates, Dean Henderson and Omar Richards are unavailable to play for Nottingham Forest, while Manchester City will be without John Stones.