Manchester City — Nottingham Forest

Premier League · England

Manchester City

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Nottingham Forest

Before kick-off

Team comparison

Statistics, not a prediction

Manchester City

Last 5 completed matches

Nottingham Forest

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Head-to-head

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Manchester City

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Nottingham Forest

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Figures use the last five completed matches in this competition. They describe statistics and are not a result prediction.

Manchester City

Match events

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Nottingham Forest

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Match prediction

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest: prediction and match stats

Statistical prediction based on recent results, goals, xG and xGA.

Saved before kickoff · 26 Oct 2026, 18:19 UTC

xG-based expectationNo clear favouriteNo pick

Goals-total expectationNo shared trendNo pick

Head-to-head trends

Latest available head-to-head meetings: 9 · 31 Aug 2022 — 04 Mar 2026

6/9

In 6 of the 9 available recent head-to-head matches, at least one team did not score.

Both teams to score — noOdds unavailable

Included meetings

At least 3 and at most 10 confirmed head-to-head matches from the available archive. Historical frequency is not the probability of the next result. Scores use 90 minutes plus stoppage time, excluding extra time and penalties. The calculation and available odds were frozen before kickoff.

Pre-match data and calculation

Manchester City

4W0D1L5 recent matches

Goals2.60per match

Conceded1.40per match

xG2.345 matches

xGA1.37per match

Over 2.54/5Under 2.51/5

Nottingham Forest

1W1D3L5 recent matches

Goals0.80per match

Conceded1.40per match

xG2.175 matches

xGA1.11per match

Over 2.52/5Under 2.53/5

Match prediction and stats

Manchester City over the last 5: 4W, 0D, 1L · 2.60 scored and 1.40 conceded per match.
Nottingham Forest over the last 5: 1W, 1D, 3L · 0.80 scored and 1.40 conceded per match.
The xG balance is close: Manchester City 0.97, Nottingham Forest 1.07. No clear edge in the current sample.
Goals total in recent matches (each team's games, not head-to-head): Manchester City: over 2.5 in 4/5, under 2.5 in 1/5; Nottingham Forest: over 2.5 in 2/5, under 2.5 in 3/5. The sample does not show a common totals trend.