GolVolt — Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City: preview, line-ups, chances

Today

Premier League Matchday 10

Nottingham Forest

18:30 Sat 7 Nov · your time in 4 days 21 h

Manchester City

Pre-match chances

24% Nottingham Forest 23% draw Manchester City 52%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

A dot on a form pip marks another competition.

Where to watch: Telemundo+1 Stadium: The City Ground, Nottingham

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

What's at stake

Nottingham Forest: a match about staying up

48%after a loss 32%after a win

Relegation risk: 48% after a defeat, 32% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Attack

Manchester City score 2.2 goals per match

Nottingham Forest0.4 Manchester City2.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Nottingham Forest score 0.4.

Last time

Last meeting, 4 March: Manchester City – Nottingham Forest 2:2

WWLWWD

Manchester City are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.

Streak

Nottingham Forest without a win in 5 matches

LLLDL

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 1 draw and 4 defeats. Last win: 12 September, 2:1 against Aston Villa.

Player in form

Erling Haaland: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.26

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.3).

What's at stake

Manchester City: a match for the title

21%after a loss 29%after a win

Title chances: 21% after a defeat, 29% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Players to watch

Premier League, this season.

Morgan Gibbs-White

Nottingham Forest · forward

1goal 2assists 7.31avg rating

Last match, Brentford: rating 6.9.

Erling Haaland

Manchester City · forward

9goals 0assists 7.42avg rating

Last match, Brighton & Hove Albion: rating 6.6.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Nottingham Forest at home and Manchester City away, as in this match.

Nottingham Forest

at home · 10

3W3D4L0.8scored per match0.8conceded per match

Manchester City

away · 10

7W2D1L2.0scored per match0.7conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 6.2 · 5.6; cards 1.8 · 1.4

Head to head

10 meetings since 2009. The last 5 below.

Last time · 4 Mar 2026 · Premier League Manchester City 2:2 Nottingham Forest Semenyo 31' · Rodri 62' · Gibbs-White 56' · Anderson 76'

1wins

1 draw2.6 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5

3wins

Show older (5)

28 Apr 2024Premier League Nottingham Forest0:2Manchester City Gvardiol 32' · Haaland 71' before our records
23 Sep 2023Premier League Manchester City2:0Nottingham Forest Foden 7' · Haaland 14' before our records
18 Feb 2023Premier League Nottingham Forest1:1Manchester City Wood 84' · Silva 41' before our records
31 Aug 2022Premier League Manchester City6:0Nottingham Forest Haaland 12', 23', 38' · Cancelo 50' · Alvarez 65', 87' before our records
3 Jan 2009FA Cup Manchester City0:3Nottingham Forest Tyson 38' · Earnshaw 42' · Garner 75' before our records

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1, last: Brentford) · Manchester City (4-3-3, last: Brighton & Hove Albion).

Official around 17:30, Sat 7 Nov

MSSels MUMurillo NMMilenković JCCunha NWWilliams XSSchlager JMMcAtee OAAina MWGibbs-White DNNdoye LDDelap GDDonnarumma MNNunes AKKhusanov RDDias JGGvardiol ABBouaddi EAAnderson EFFernández INNdiaye EHHaaland JDDoku

Nottingham ForestManchester City

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Oliver GlasnerNottingham Forest Enzo MarescaManchester City

Full squads (55 players)

Nottingham Forest

Goalkeepers

12 John Victor
26 Matz Sels

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

– Steven Benda

Manchester City

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

24%Nottingham Forest

23%draw

52%Manchester City

Out of 20 matches like this, Nottingham Forest win 5, 5 end level and Manchester City win 10.

The forecast leans to Manchester City. By Volt (strength from league results) Manchester City rate higher: 45.6 and 69.9.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

0:110%
1:110%
1:210%
0:29%
0:07%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

2+ goals77% Nottingham Forest 6 of 10 · Manchester City 8 of 10
3+ goals54% Nottingham Forest 3 of 10 · Manchester City 8 of 10
4+ goals31% Nottingham Forest 2 of 10 · Manchester City 6 of 10
5+ goals19% Nottingham Forest 0 of 10 · Manchester City 5 of 10

Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 53%.

What this match changes in the season

Each club's chance in its part of the table, after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

Nottingham Forest relegation risk today 43%

after a defeat: 48%
after a draw: 44%
after a win: 32%

Manchester City title chance today 25%

after a defeat: 21%
after a draw: 21%
after a win: 29%

Nottingham Forest: 17 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

Pro analysisGolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

45.6 69.9