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Nottingham Forest
FT
1–2
HT 0–0
Manchester City
Premier League Sat 27 Dec, 12:30London The City Ground, Nottingham Robert Jones 30,778 attendance

Timeline

  1. 36' Rúben Dias Yellow Card
  2. 43' Elliot Anderson Yellow Card
  3. 48' Tijjani Reijnders assist Rayan Cherki
  4. 54' Omari Hutchinson assist Igor Jesus
  5. 59' Nico O'Reilly Yellow Card
  6. 73' Sávio for Tijjani Reijnders
  7. 83' Rayan Cherki assist Josko Gvardiol
  8. 87' Taiwo Awoniyi for Nicolás Domínguez
  9. 89' Nathan Aké for Rayan Cherki
  10. 90'+2' Dilane Bakwa for Callum Hudson-Odoi

Match stats

34% Possession 66%
7 Shots 16
2 On target 5
5 Fouls 13
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 1
3 Saves 1
219 Accurate passes 536

Lineups

Nottingham Forest 4-2-3-1
13 Victor
3 Williams 5 Murillo 31 Milenkovic 37 Savona
16 Domínguez 8 Anderson
7 Hudson-Odoi 10 Gibbs-White 21 Hutchinson
19 Jesus
Manchester City 4-3-2-1
25 Donnarumma
33 O'Reilly 24 Gvardiol 3 Dias 27 Nunes
4 Reijnders 14 González 20 Silva
47 Foden 9 Haaland
10 Cherki
Nottingham Forest 4-2-3-1
  1. 13 John Victor G
  2. 5 Murillo CD-L
  3. 31 Nikola Milenkovic CD-R
  4. 3 Neco Williams LB
  5. 37 Nicolò Savona RB
  6. 10 Morgan Gibbs-White AM
  7. 16 Nicolás Domínguez ▼ LM
  8. 8 Elliot Anderson RM
  9. 19 Igor Jesus F
  10. 7 Callum Hudson-Odoi ▼ AM-L
  11. 21 Omari Hutchinson AM-R

Came on

  1. 29 Dilane Bakwa ▲ SUB
  2. 9 Taiwo Awoniyi ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko SUB
  2. 15 Arnaud Kalimuendo SUB
  3. 12 Douglas Luiz SUB
  4. 4 Morato SUB
  5. 44 Zach Abbott SUB
  6. 24 James McAtee SUB
  7. 26 Matz Sels SUB
Manchester City 4-3-2-1
  1. 25 Gianluigi Donnarumma G
  2. 24 Josko Gvardiol CD-L
  3. 3 Rúben Dias CD-R
  4. 33 Nico O'Reilly LB
  5. 27 Matheus Nunes RB
  6. 14 Nico González CM
  7. 4 Tijjani Reijnders ▼ CM-L
  8. 20 Bernardo Silva CM-R
  9. 9 Erling Haaland F
  10. 47 Phil Foden CF-L
  11. 10 Rayan Cherki ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 26 Sávio ▲ SUB
  2. 6 Nathan Aké ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 45 Abdukodir Khusanov SUB
  2. 16 Rodri SUB
  3. 92 Reigan Heskey SUB
  4. 63 Divine Mukasa SUB
  5. 82 Rico Lewis SUB
  6. 1 James Trafford SUB
  7. 56 Ryan McAidoo SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2.
  3. 90'+5' Offside, Manchester City. Erling Haaland is caught offside.
  4. 90'+2' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  5. 90'+2' Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 90'+2' Foul by Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest).
  7. 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico González.
  8. 90'+1' Attempt saved. Savinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by John Victor (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
  9. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  10. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Rayan Cherki.
  11. 87' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
75 earlier entries
  1. 86' Delay in match (Manchester City).
  2. 83' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 83' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.
  4. 82' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
  5. 80' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.
  6. 79' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  7. 79' Foul by Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).
  8. 77' Attempt missed. Nico González (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  9. 76' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  10. 76' Attempt blocked. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  11. 75' Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
  12. 75' Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  13. 74' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 74' Foul by Savinho (Manchester City).
  15. 73' Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by John Victor (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  16. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  17. 72' Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
  18. 69' Nico González (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  19. 69' Foul by Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).
  20. 68' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  21. 68' Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
  22. 66' Attempt missed. Nicolò Savona (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the left.
  23. 66' Attempt saved. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  24. 62' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  25. 62' Attempt blocked. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Savona with a cross.
  26. 59' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  27. 59' Omari Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  28. 59' Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
  29. 58' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico González.
  30. 56' Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
  31. 54' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 1. Omari Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Igor Jesus.
  32. 53' Offside, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus is caught offside.
  33. 52' Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  34. 52' Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  35. 51' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
  36. 51' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by John Victor.
  37. 51' Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by John Victor (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  38. 50' Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City).
  39. 50' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  40. 48' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
  41. 46' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  42. 46' Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
  43. 45' Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 0.
  44. 45'+1' First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 0.
  45. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  46. 43' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  47. 43' Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  48. 43' Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
  49. 42' Nicolò Savona (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 42' Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
  51. 40' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
  52. 40' Attempt blocked. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  53. 40' Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  54. 36' Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  55. 36' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  56. 36' Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
  57. 35' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  58. 35' Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  59. 35' Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  60. 30' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
  61. 29' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  62. 27' Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  63. 27' Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
  64. 26' Attempt missed. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  65. 25' Foul by Nico González (Manchester City).
  66. 25' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  67. 22' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 22' Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
  69. 20' Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  70. 18' Attempt blocked. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elliot Anderson with a cross.
  71. 11' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  72. 10' Attempt missed. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  73. 3' Handball by Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).
  74. First Half begins.
  75. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Nottingham Forest L W W L W

  • W at Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Premier League
  • L at Everton 3-0 Premier League
  • W at FC Utrecht 2-1 UEFA Europa League
  • W Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Premier League
  • L at Fulham 1-0 Premier League

Manchester City W W W W W

  • W Sunderland 3-0 Premier League
  • W at Real Madrid 2-1 UEFA Champions League
  • W at Crystal Palace 3-0 Premier League
  • W Brentford 2-0 Carabao Cup
  • W West Ham United 3-0 Premier League

Head to head

MNC leads series 4-1

  • 27 Apr 2025 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City 2024-25 English FA Cup
  • 8 Mar 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester City 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 4 Dec 2024 Manchester City 3–0 Nottingham Forest 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 28 Apr 2024 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City 2023-24 English Premier League
  • 23 Sep 2023 Manchester City 2–0 Nottingham Forest 2023-24 English Premier League

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