Nottingham Forest won their last Premier League match against Man City 1-0 in March last season, last winning consecutive league games against the Citizens in September 1995.
Manchester City have failed to score in half of their Premier League away games against Nottingham Forest (3/6) but have avoided defeat in each of the three in which they’ve found the net (W2 D1).
Nottingham Forest have won their last four Premier League matches played between Christmas and New Year, all under Nuno Espírito Santo in 2023 and 2024. The most recent of those on 29 December last year was against Everton who were then managed by Sean Dyche.
Manchester City haven’t lost any of their last 10 Premier League matches played between Christmas and New Year (W8 D2) since losing 3-2 to Wolves on 27 December in the 2019-20 campaign.
Only Wolves (10) have failed to score in more different Premier League games than Nottingham Forest (9) this season. It’s already more than the Tricky Trees failed to find the net in the whole of last season (8).
Manchester City have won each of their last three Premier League games by a 3-0 scoreline, last winning more consecutively without conceding in February 2021 (6). Meanwhile, no team in English top-flight history has ever won four in a row by 3+ goals to nil before.
Nottingham Forest won 29 points from their 12 home games between matchday 8 (19th October) and matchday 30 (3rd April) in the Premier League last season (W9 D2 L1), with only Liverpool earning more (32). They’ve won just 11 points from their subsequent 12 at home (W3 D2 L7), with only West Ham (9) and Wolves (8) gaining fewer among ever present sides.
Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche is winless in all 16 of his Premier League matches against Man City’s Pep Guardiola (D2 L14). Only Steve Bruce against Alex Ferguson (17) has managed more games against one manager without a single victory in the Premier League.
Man City’s Erling Haaland has scored five goals in six Premier League appearances versus Nottingham Forest, although 60% of those came in his first game against them in August 2022 when he netted a hat-trick from four attempts. He’s scored two goals from 10 shots in his last five games against Forest.
Erling Haaland has scored 19 goals in 17 Premier League games for Manchester City this season. The only player in the competition’s history to score 20 before the end of the year in a campaign is Haaland himself (21 in 2022-23).