Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Preview

Nottingham Forest host Manchester City in a Premier League encounter at The City Ground on Saturday lunchtime, with kick-off scheduled for 12:30 GMT. Forest enter this fixture having won their most recent outing 3-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur on December 14th. Prior to that, they secured a 2-1 away victory at FC Utrecht in the Europa League and lost 3-0 away to Everton in the Premier League. Earlier in this sequence, they won 1-0 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers before suffering a 2-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Manchester City arrive at The City Ground in imperious form, having won all five of their last matches across all competitions. Their most recent outing saw them claim a 3-0 home victory over West Ham United in the Premier League on December 20th. Before that, they won 2-0 at home to Brentford in the Carabao Cup and secured a 3-0 away triumph at Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Earlier in this run, they won 2-1 away to Real Madrid in the Champions League and defeated Sunderland 3-0 at home in the Premier League.

The head-to-head record heavily favours Manchester City, who have won four of the last five meetings with no draws and just one Nottingham Forest victory. Most recently, Manchester City won 2-0 away at The City Ground in April 2025, while Forest claimed a memorable 1-0 home win in March 2025.

Fans across the globe can tune in to watch this Premier League clash. In the UK and Ireland, the match will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with streaming available via discovery+ and the discovery+ App. US viewers can catch the action on USA Network, NBC Sports App and nbcsports.com. Canadian fans can watch on DAZN Canada and fuboTV Canada, while Australian supporters can stream via Stan Sport. Danish and Swedish audiences can tune in on Amazon Prime Video, French viewers can watch on Canal+ Foot and Canal+ Live 2, while Spanish fans can stream on DAZN Spain. Indian supporters can watch on Star Sports Select HD1, JioHotstar and Star Sports Select 1, while coverage across Africa is available through SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport MaXimo 2 and DStv Now in numerous territories.

Nottingham Forest Last 5 Games

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
W	Nottingham Forest	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur	English Premier League	Dec 14, 2025
W	FC Utrecht	1-2	Nottingham Forest	Europa League	Dec 11, 2025
L	Everton	3-0	Nottingham Forest	English Premier League	Dec 6, 2025
W	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	Nottingham Forest	English Premier League	Dec 3, 2025
L	Nottingham Forest	0-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	English Premier League	Nov 30, 2025

Manchester City Last 5 Games

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
W	Manchester City	3-0	West Ham United	English Premier League	Dec 20, 2025
W	Manchester City	2-0	Brentford	English Carabao Cup	Dec 17, 2025
W	Crystal Palace	0-3	Manchester City	English Premier League	Dec 14, 2025
W	Real Madrid	1-2	Manchester City	Champions League	Dec 10, 2025
W	Manchester City	3-0	Sunderland	English Premier League	Dec 6, 2025

Head-to-Head Record

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Manchester City	English FA Cup	Apr 27, 2025
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Manchester City	English Premier League	Mar 8, 2025
Manchester City	3-0	Nottingham Forest	English Premier League	Dec 4, 2024
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Manchester City	English Premier League	Apr 28, 2024
Manchester City	2-0	Nottingham Forest	English Premier League	Sep 23, 2023

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Broadcaster
UK	TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+, discovery+ App
USA	USA Network, NBC Sports App, nbcsports.com
Canada	DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada
Australia	Stan Sport
Denmark	Amazon Prime Video
Sweden	Amazon Prime Video
France	Canal+ Foot, Canal+ Live 2
Spain	DAZN Spain
India	Star Sports Select HD1, JioHotstar, Star Sports Select 1
Ireland	TNT Sports 1, discovery+, discovery+ App