Nottingham Forest vs Man City: Teams desperate for points for different reasons in City Ground clash: Kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Nottingham Forest host Manchester City this weekend in a big match at both ends of the Premier League.
He The citizens They seek to win their fourth consecutive title in the highest category and pursue Arsenal in it on the table.
pep guardiolaThe team is unbeaten in the league since December and, after being eliminated from the Champions League, has one less competition to think about.
Meanwhile, Forest are locked in a tense relegation battle, with Luton and Burnley closing the gap.
Nuno Holy SpiritThe team made headlines last week with a statement addressed to the PGMOL about their appointment with VAR in the 2-0 defeat to Everton, so expect a fiery atmosphere as Forest fans show their frustrations with the referees.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: Nuno in trouble
Nuno returned to the Premier League at the end of 2023 after an unsuccessful spell at Tottenham and a successful one with Wolves.
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He entered through the extremely popular Steve Cooper with the expectation that things would improve.
However, since his appointment, Forest have only won four league games, drawn four and lost nine.
In that time, he scored 25 goals and conceded 30, which prevented him from scoring important points.
This is unusual because Nuno's Wolves teams were built around solid defences.
However, Forest have only kept one clean sheet since his appointment, and with Manchester City close behind, they are unlikely to get a second.
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- Nottingham Forest have lost just three of their last 16 top-flight home games against Manchester City (W10 D3), losing 2-0 in 1985, 3-1 in 1990 and 2-0 in 1993.
- Manchester City are looking to complete their first league double against Nottingham Forest since 1999-00 in the second division, and their first in the top flight since 1990-91.
- Between May 1991 and December 1994, Nottingham Forest were unbeaten in seven league games against the reigning top-flight champions (W4 D3). Since then, they have lost eight of their nine games (D1), conceding 32 goals in those games.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: team news
The hosts have a relatively large squad to choose from, with Willy Boly being the only permanent absentee.
Taiwo Awoyini is also back in full training and should be in the matchday squad.
Meanwhile, City were left without Erling Haaland in the 4-0 win over Brighton on Thursday, and with this game coming so quickly he may not be fit to take part again.
Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku came off the bench and hope to start.
Meanwhile, Juan Piedras and Rubén Dias is likely to return to defense.
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- Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last nine Premier League games (D3 L5), although they are unbeaten in their last three at the City Ground (W1 D2).
- Nottingham Forest have only kept one clean sheet in their last 23 Premier League games, and that came in the 2-0 win over West Ham in February.
- Manchester City have lost both of their Premier League games in the Midlands so far this season, losing 2-1 to Wolves and 1-0 to Aston Villa. The last time they missed three consecutive visits of this type was between March and December 2008.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: What has been said?
talkSPORT's Jamie O'Hara believes the Premier League title race is over.
speaking in The sports bar He told a City fan: “Arsenal have to play against Spurs, it's an easy three points for Spurs.
“You have a game on your hands: everything is over, prepare the open-top bus parade.
“Just repair the Liverpool farewell tour bus and take it to Manchester, repair it and prepare the tour bus.”
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- Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espírito Santo has won three of his last five Premier League games against Man City (L2), including the most recent with Spurs in August 2021 (1-0). In fact, the Portuguese has only lost one of his four top-flight home games against Man City manager Pep Guardiola (W2 D1), a 1-3 loss to Wolves in September 2020.
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will become the 19th manager to manage 300 Premier League games in this match, and just the fifth to do so for a single club. Six of the last seven managers to do so have lost their historic match, with the exception of Jürgen Klopp's 3-0 win against Aston Villa earlier this season.
- Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White has been involved in four goals in his last three Premier League home games (2 goals, 2 assists). In fact, since his return to the top flight last season, Gibbs-White has been involved in 19 goals at the City Ground, at least eight more than any other player (8 goals, 11 assists).
- Chris Wood's first Premier League goal for Nottingham Forest came against Man City in this same match last season. He has been involved in six goals in his last nine home league starts for Forest (5 goals, 1 assist).
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: date and how to follow
This Premier League match will take place on Sunday, April 28.
Kick-off at the City Ground is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League will show the action.
Sky Go customers can watch on their laptops and mobile devices.
Alternatively, fans can purchase a one-day NOW TV pass for £11.98.
talkSPORT will also have updates throughout the afternoon and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen through the talkSPORT appon DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
