Nottingham Forest vs Man City Predictions, Betting Tips & Match Preview

Joe Vaughan 03 Mar 2026

Manchester City’s pursuit of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League continues with a trip to Nottingham Forest.

On a seven-game winning streak, Pep Guardiola’s men will be confident they can make it eight at a Forest side looking over their shoulder at the bottom three.

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Nottingham Forest vs Man City Predictions

Full Time Result: Man City Win
Correct Score: 1-2
Both Teams To Score: Yes
Over/Under 2.5 Goals: Over
First Goalscorer: Erling Haaland

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Tips

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Why We’re Backing Man City & Under 3.5 Goals @ 31/20 with 10Bet

City are flying at the moment with three straight 3-0 wins in the Premier League.
Seven of their 12 wins in the league this season have been in games featuring three goals or less.
And their last four wins over Forest over the past two seasons have been courtesy of a trio of 2-0 successes and a 3-0 win.
Forest will not roll over easily because they have been stiffened up under Sean Dyche.
None of their last eight games has produced over three goals, culminating in Monday night’s disappointing 1-0 loss at Fulham.

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Why We’re Backing Erling Haaland First Goalscorer @ 12/5 with Bet365

One man Forest know they are going to have to be wary of is Erling Haaland, a player who has scored five goals in six games against them including a hat-trick in a 6-0 romp in 2022/23.
This season Haaland is in astonishing form with 38 goals in 28 appearances for City and Norway.
Incredibly, he has been the first scorer in 14 different matches.

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Nottingham Forest Form/Stats

Forest have won six of their last nine, transformed from the team who had five points on the board after the first nine games.
Sean Dyche’s side have lost only one of their last six at the City Ground in all competitions.
Forest struggle to see games out having shipped a joint-high 10 goals from the 76th minute onwards.

Manchester City Form/Stats

City are flying with seven straight wins across all competitions.
They have scored at least two goals in all seven of those games, and two or more in 19 different matches over the season.
City are the division’s top scorers with 41 goals.
Remarkably, they have banged in 21 goals in the first half of games – six more than any other side.

Player to Watch

Erling Haaland rightly collects most of the headlines but his City colleague Phil Foden is back to somewhere near his best.

The England star went without a Premier League goal last season from January onwards and started this term slowly, too.

But Foden has his fire back with six goals in his last seven starts to tell Forest that it’s not only Haaland who carries the scoring threat on Saturday.

Nottingham Forest vs Man City Head-to-Head Record

Apr 27, 2025 – Forest 0 City 2 (FA Cup)
Mar 8, 2025 – Forest 1 City 0
Dec 4, 2024 – City 3 Forest 0
Apr 28, 2024 – Forest 0 City 2
Sep 23, 2023 – City 2 Forest 0

Since City beat Forest 6-0 in August 2022, these teams have played six times, all six delivering under 3.5 goals, five producing under 2.5.

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Nottingham Forest vs Man City Predictions, Betting Tips & Match Preview

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