Premier League: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest who meet up on Wednesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Bookmakers favour The Sky Blues to be victorious against Nottingham Forest in their upcoming Premier League encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely on Wednesday. They should not underestimate Nottingham Forest, though.

Manchester City are number 5 in the table on 23 points after 13 matches. Nottingham Forest rank as number 6 with 22 points after 13 matches played.

Team form: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City lost 0-4 against Tottenham, drew 3-3 with Feyenoord, before losing to Liverpool by 2-0. Manchester City claimed four wins in their last six Premier League matches at the Etihad Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded ten and scored 12 goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Newcastle in a 1-3 defeat. Arsenal also proved too hard to handle as they won 3-0, before Nottingham Forest were able to strike back in a 1-0 win against Ipswich. Nottingham Forest won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored eight while also conceding seven times.

Betting facts for Manchester City and Nottingham Forest

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Manchester City and Nottingham Forest played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Erling Haaland is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Nottingham Forest look to Chris Wood, hoping he can add to his current total of five Premier League goals in his latest games.

Betting markets: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Full-time result

Manchester City claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing one. Nottingham Forest won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost two of the games in this run. Manchester City lost 4 matches on the bounce. Manchester City have not lost to Nottingham Forest in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Manchester City scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Impressively, Nottingham Forest scored the first goal in eight out of previous ten games. Manchester City managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Manchester City have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Nottingham Forest.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Nottingham Forest, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.