Man City vs Nottingham Forest preview: Best free betting tips, odds and predictions

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MANCHESTER CITY will look to end their run of seven games without a victory when they host Nottingham Forest at the Etihad on Wednesday.

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Man City vs Nottingham Forest preview

It’s fifth vs sixth at the Etihad Stadium as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Nottingham Forest clash in Wednesday’s Premier League encounter.

The Cityzens have had just over two days to dust themselves down following their unsuccessful trip to Merseyside.

Liverpool’s 2-0 win extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points, while City extended their winless run to seven games in all competitions.

The shot count made for grim reading with Liverpool’s 10 efforts to City’s one in the first half. In fact, it took City until the 39th minute to register their first shot of the match, which is the longest they’ve waited for a shot at goal since 2010.

I didn’t help that Erling Haaland was the only player in the starting XI that had scored a Premier League goal for Manchester City this season.

It was another chastening experience for Guardiola, who was serenaded by chants of “sacked in the morning” towards the end of the game.

Pep raised six fingers to Liverpool’s fans in response, indicating the number of Premier League titles he has won but a seventh now looks unlikely.

Only three teams have ever won the title after trailing the leaders by 11 points or more.

Over the last five league games, only Leicester and Aston Villa have picked up fewer points and conceded more goals than City, who’ve shipped 2+ goals in each of their last seven in all competitions.

No such issues for Nottingham Forest, who returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are sixth on 22 points from their 13 games, and could potentially leapfrog their opponents and Brighton into fourth spot with a win on Wednesday.

Nuno got his side “back to basics” with their fifth clean sheet of the season, a record bettered only by Manchester United and Liverpool. He also boasts a good record against City from his Wolves and Tottenham days, winning three and drawing one of their nine encounters.

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Man City vs Nottingham Forest preview betting tips and predictions

Goals? Unlikely

Nottingham Forest could be viewed as a nightmare opponent for Manchester City. Nuno’s side have already shown they are no pushovers on the road having collected 11 points from their six away league fixtures – only Chelsea and Liverpool have more.

They are also the only side to have beaten Arne Slot’s Liverpool at Anfield this season, while only three sides have conceded fewer goals away from the City Ground (7). That’s hardly good news for a City side who’ve netted just two goals in their last four PL games with only goalless Everton netting fewer.

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If Nottingham Forest are to pile more misery on Manchester City, it’s more than likely to come via their talisman Chris Wood.

Wood, 32, scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season against Ipswich Town over the weekend, a goal which made him Forest’s joint-leading Premier League scorer since the competition’s formation in 1992.

With City leaking 2+ goals per game and confidence at an all-time low, it’s possible that Forest’s in-form penalty taker moves to double figures.

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