Nottingham Forest host Manchester City this afternoon in a big game at both ends of the Premier League.
The Citizens are looking to win their fourth consecutive top-flight title and are chasing down Arsenal at the top of the table.
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Pep Guardiola's side are unbeaten in the league since December, and after being knocked out of the Champions League, they have one less competition to think about.
Meanwhile, Forest are locked in a tense relegation battle, with Luton and Burnley closing the gap.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side made headlines last week with a statement aimed at the PGMOL over their VAR appointment in the 2-0 loss to Everton, so you can expect a fiery atmosphere as the Forest fans show their frustrations with the officials.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: Struggling Nuno
Nuno returned to the Premier League in late 2023 after a failed spell at Tottenham and a successful one with Wolves.
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He came in for the extremely popular Steve Cooper with the expectation things would improve.
However, since his appointment, Forest have won just four league games, drawing another four and losing nine.
In that time, they've scored 25 goals but conceded 30, which has stopped them from gaining significant points.
This is unusual because Nuno's teams at Wolves were built on solid defences.
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However, Forest have kept just one clean sheet since his appointment, and with Man City coming up, 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), going down 2-0 in 1985, 3-1 in 1990 and 2-0 in 1993.
- Manchester City are looking to complete their first league double over Nottingham Forest since 1999-00 in the second tier, 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 reigning top-flight champions (W4 D3). Since then, they’ve lost eight of their nine such games (D1), conceding 32 goals across these matches.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: Team news
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Niakhate, Boly, Murilo, Aina, Danilo, Gibbs-White, Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Turner, Montiel, Toffolo, Omabamidele, Sangare, Reyna, Yates, Origi, Ribeiro.
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne, Grealish, Doku, Alvarez.
Subs: Carson, Ortega, Stones, Gomez, Lewis, Nunes, Kovacic, Bobb, Haaland.
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- Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last nine Premier League games (D3 L5), though they are unbeaten in their last three at the City Ground (W1 D2).
- Nottingham Forest have kept just one clean sheet in their last 23 Premier League games, with that coming via a 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, going down 2-1 at Wolves and 1-0 at Aston Villa. They last lost three consecutive such visits between March and December 2008.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: What has been said?
talkSPORT's Jamie O'Hara believes that the Premier League title race is over.
Speaking on The Sports Bar to a City fan, he said: “Arsenal have got to play Spurs, it’s an easy three points for Spurs.
“You’ve got a game in hand – it’s all over, get the open top bus parade ready.
“Just repair Liverpool’s farewell tour bus and take that over to Manchester, get it fixed up and get the tour bus ready.”
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- Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espírito Santo has won three of his last five Premier League encounters with Man City (L2), including his most recent one with Spurs in August 2021 (1-0). In fact, the Portuguese has lost just one of his four home top-flight matches against Man City boss Pep Guardiola (W2 D1), a 1-3 loss with Wolves in September 2020.
- Man City boss Pep Guardiola will become the 19th manager to take charge of 300 Premier League games in this match, and just the fifth to do so for a single club. Six of the last seven bosses to do so have lost their milestone match, with the exception being a 3-0 win for Jürgen Klopp 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). Indeed, since their 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 exact fixture last term. He’s been involved in six goals across 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 game is set to take place on Sunday, April 28.
Kick-off at the City Ground is scheduled for 4:30pm.
Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League will show the action.
Sky Go customers can watch on their laptops and mobile devices.
Alternatively, supporters can buy a one-day NOW TV pass for £11.98.
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