A massive game awaits for Manchester City when they host Nottingham Forest tomorrow at Etihad Stadium. Defending champions Manchester City have completely lost track after four straight defeats in the English Premier League. Additionally, the Citizens are winless in their last seven games across all competitions, including six defeats!
The situation got worse when Liverpool comfortably beat Man City last week. Man City are now 11 points behind the table topper and stand in 5th in the league table, making it difficult to regain the title contention.
Pep Guardiola is desperate to get back on the winning track when his team welcomes Nottingham Forest at Etihad tomorrow. The manager calls the fans for support in recovering from this situation. He said, “We need them [supporters]. The situation is what it is and we need them – always they have been there.”
Guardiola also hopes that his players will give everything on the pitch to return to the winning track. “Of course they are willing to give everything to change the dynamic,” stated Pep Guardiola.
Stats & Facts
- It is the first time Pep Guardiola has suffered four defeats in a row in a competition.
- The last time Nottingham Forest defeated Man City was in 1997. Since then, they have failed to win any of their last nine matches in the league.
- Manchester City have won each of their last four home matches against Nottingham Forest. They also kept a clean sheet in each of those four games while scoring 12!
- Man City have not lost any of their 31 league matches played on Wednesday, winning the last 20 in a row.
- Man City have conceded 19 goals in their last seven games across all competitions.
Team News
Jeremy Doku successfully returned from injury and played against Liverpool. He is available for the selection for tomorrow’s game. But the City boss will still miss the service of Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Mateo Kovacic, and John Stones.
Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne also had some minutes during the match against Liverpool. They should be available for tomorrow’s game.
As for Nottingham Forest, they will surely miss the service of Danilo and Ibrahim Sangare. Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga recovered from injury and are likely to play against Man City tomorrow.
Possible Lineup for Man City:
Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; B. Silva, Gundogan; Savinho, Grealish, Doku; Haaland
Possible Lineup for Nottingham Forest:
Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Dominguez; J. Silva, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Prediction: Man City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
This is the game Man City looks forward to securing a win after being winless in seven games. Nottingham Forest conceded three goals against Arsenal as well as against Newcastle United before they secured a 1-0 win over Ipswich Town. So it should not be difficult for the Citizens to score goals against the Forest.
Betfair Odds
Man City: 1.37
Draw: 5.47
Nottingham: 8.98
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