Man City vs Nottingham Forest: Confirmed teams and line ups in Premier League 2025/26
Confirmed teams from Man City vs Forest in the Premier League
Manchester City and Nottingham Forest have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Wednesday.
The second-placed Cityzens are five points behind Arsenal with a match more to play and have won their last six matches in all competitions as part of a nine-game unbeaten run.
Forest’s 2-1 loss at Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday was Vitor Pereira’s second successive league defeat since becoming their fourth head coach of the season, leaving the fourth-bottom side two points above West Ham with 10 league matches remaining.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-ups from Manchester City vs Forest in the 2025/26 Premier League, as well as details on how to watch.
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Man City confirmed starting team vs Nottingham Forest
Manchester City starting XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo, Semenyo, Cherki, Foden, Haaland
Man City substitutes: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Doku, Nunes, Nico, Savinho, Khusanov
Nottingham Forest full line up vs Manchester City
Nottingham Forest starting XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Sangare, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Jesus, Cunha, Milenkovic, Aina
Forest substitutes: Gunn, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Netz
How to watch Man City vs Forest: TV channel, live online stream
| Date | Kick-off time | UK channel | UK streaming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 4 | 19:30 GMT (14:30 ET / 11:30 PT | TNT Sports 4 | Discovery Plus |
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 vs Nottingham Forest stats
- Manchester City have won four of their last five Premier League matches against Nottingham Forest (L1), prevailing 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)