Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City prediction and betting tips on April 28, 2024
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Game Prediction
The match between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City will take place on April 28, 2024 as part of the 35th round of the English Premier League. The latest is under real threat of relegation. The guests want to retain the title, and they are exclusively eager to take 3 points.
Key statistics & trends:
The most popular score between the clubs in Nottingham is a 1-1 draw. It happened 3 times, including the previous cycle.
Chris Wood scored 12 of Nottingham Forest’s 42 goals.
Nottingham Forest’s previous home win against Manchester City was in 1995.
Guardiola’s wards are unbeaten in 12 Premier League away matches.
The hosts have conceded in each of their 10 previous matches.
Nottingham Forest – the shape of the team and its analysis: the club managed to turn everyone against itself
“The Foresters” have already received 4 penalty points for violating financial fair play. They are the ones who keep Nuno Espirito Santo’s wards in the relegation zone. Speaking about the previous round, there was a key match with another refined team, Everton. There they lost with a 0-2 score, after which they publicly and directly called the VAR referee biased. As a result, no replay was ordered, and everyone unanimously criticized this clearly non-British behaviour. Let’s see how everything will affect the next matches, during the decisive period.
Manchester City – the shape of the team and its analysis: the club has already recovered from the blow
“The Citizens,” no matter what they said later, clearly intended to beat Real Madrid, win the Champions League again, and repeat the treble. And they were crippled by elimination in the quarter-finals, especially with an advantage and after a couple of draws. Moreover, the decisive factor was Bernardo Silva’s poke in the post-match penalties in the hands of Lunin, who did not twitch. Then there was an extremely bad match with Chelsea in the cup semi-finals, but everything ended the other way: the better-looking opponent was beaten, and the only goal was scored by the Portuguese performer. And the team was destroying Brighton: the first goal in the 17th minute of the game, a 3-0 score at the break, after which it didn’t stop either.
Nottingham Forest: team news
Only Boly and Awoniyi will not be able to participate – both have muscle contusions.
Manchester City: team news
Even Foden was able to play this week, and Haaland is also expected to return.
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City: predicted starting line-ups
Nottingham Forest (possible line-up): Sels – Aina, Murillo, Niakhate, Williams – Danilo, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Reyna, Hudson-Odoi – Wood.
Manchester City (possible line-up): Ederson – Gvardiol, Ake, Akanji, Walker – Foden, Rodri Hernandez, Kovačić, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva – Alvarez.
Previous head-to-head matches
Taking into account the previous season, “the Foresters” ended the match in a draw at the home arena. Still, the champion won on its native field in both 2022 and 2023.
Free prediction for the match Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City on April 28:
It is great that Nuno Espirito Santo’s wards recently managed to win in the home battle against Fulham and not lose to Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton. Still, the champion is going to defend the title, and must win without risking the outcome of the fight – we bet on its success with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.95).