LIVE – Manchester City v Nottingham Forest: Commentary, updates, goals and stats as Anderson levels things

Manchester City will look to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal when they host relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.

City start five points behind the Gunners with a game in hand and know they cannot afford a slip-up against a Forest side fighting for their lives.

The arrival of Vitor Pereira as Forest’s fourth head coach of the season has had mixed results, reaching the Europa League last 16 with a two-legged win over Fenerbahce but losing both league games under the Portuguese.

The visitors are two points above the drop zone and taking anything away from the Etihad Stadium would be viewed as a bonus.

Where to watch Man City v Forest: TV channel, online live stream

Kick-off on Wednesday is at 19:30 (14:30 ET / 11:30 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 4 and the Discovery Plus app.

TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Manchester City v Nottingham Forest stats

• City have won four of their last five Premier League matches against Nottingham Forest (L1), winning 2-1 earlier this season at the City Ground
• They have won 16 of their last 19 Premier League home games (D2 L1), which is at least three more than any other side since April 2025
• Of Man City’s Premier League wins this season, 39% have been by one goal (7/18), beating Newcastle 2-1 and Leeds 1-0 in their last two. That’s their highest proportion of wins by a single goal since 2012/13 (52%, or 12/23)
• Under Pep Guardiola, City have won 24 of their 26 Premier League games on a Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium (D2), averaging 2.85 points-per-game – the best of any side under a manager at home on a specific day of the week in the competition’s history among teams to have played at least 10 such games
• Guardiola has won 17 of his last 20 Premier League matches against Portuguese managers (D1 L2), including two wins over Vitor Pereira when he was Wolves boss in May 2025 (1-0) and August 2025 (4-0)
• Nico O’Reilly has three goals in City’s last two Premier League home games. A goal in this game would make him the second player to score in three successive home appearances in the competition for the club while aged 20 or younger, after Phil Foden in July 2020
• Since returning to the Premier League in 2022/23, Forest have lost all three of their away Premier League games against Man City without scoring, conceding 11 times. They are winless in eight away top-flight visits (D3 L5) since a 3-0 win in November 1989
• Their three Premier League games at the Etihad have been lost by an aggregate score of 11-0, representing one of three instances in which a side has failed to score while shipping at least 10 goals at a stadium in the competition, along with Birmingham City at Old Trafford (0 goals, 17 conceded) and Bradford City at Old Trafford (0 goals, 10 conceded)
• Across his spells at Wolves (10 games) and Nottingham Forest (2), Vitor Pereira remains winless in the Premier League this season (D2 L10). Only two managers have taken charge of more games in a campaign in the competition without winning: Paul Jewell in 2007/08 (24, all with Derby) and Terry Connor in 2011/12 (13, all with Wolves)
• Only Chris Wood (37) has scored more Premier League goals for Nottingham Forest than Morgan Gibbs-White (24, level with Bryan Roy). Gibbs-White’s seven goals this season are his joint-most in a Premier League campaign (also 7, in 2024/25)