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Match officials : Our referee is Graham Scott. He will be assisted by Matthew Wilkes and Derek Eaton. The fourth official is Josh Smith and the VAR is Peter Bankes.
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Manchester City : Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Gundogan, Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne, Grealish, Foden, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Phillips, Ake, Alvarez, Gomez, Akanji, Mahrez, Palmer, Lewis.
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Nottingham Forest : Navas, Worrall, Shelvey, Colback, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Freuler, Aurier, Felipe, Lodi, Danilo. Subs: Hennessey, Mangala, Williams, Toffolo, Surridge, Dennis, Scarpa, Ayew, Wood.
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Forest will have to juggle their defence as both Scott McKenna and Willy Boly will be side-lined after being injured against Fulham.
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City will hope to make it three wins in a week after also beating Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday before that Arsenal game. It may well end up being an important week in the race for the title.
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When these teams met in August 2022 in Manchester City thrashed Forest 6-0 and today's hosts will hope for a better performance in front of their partisan crowd.
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In their last league game Forest went down 2-0 at Fulham.
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City returned to the top of the table on Wednesday after beating Arsenal 3-1, having played a game more. Forest are in 14th position.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 89 | |
| 2 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 84 | |
| 3 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 75 | |
| 4 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 71 | |
| 5 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 67 | |
| 6 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 62 | |
| 7 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | |
| 8 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 60 | |
| 9 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 59 | |
| 10 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | |
| 11 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | |
| 12 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | |
| 13 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 41 | |
| 14 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 | |
| 15 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 39 | |
| 16 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | |
| 17 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 36 | |
| 18 | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 34 | |
| 19 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | |
| 20 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 |
| Home | Away | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal For | 27 | 11 | 38 |
| AVG Goal For | 3 | -33 | -30 |
| Goal Against | 24 | 44 | 68 |
| Pd | W | D | L | Pts | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 8 Overall | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| Last 5 Home | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Last 5 Away | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Home | Away | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal For | 60 | 34 | 94 |
| AVG Goal For | 43 | 18 | 61 |
| Goal Against | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Pd | W | D | L | Pts | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 8 Overall | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Last 5 Home | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Last 5 Away | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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