NOTTINGHAM. Manchester City and Nottingham Forest draw 1-1. B. Silva scored the first goal (42′) for Manchester City. C. Wood made it even (84′). Manchester City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (73%)​

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott assisted by Matthew Wilkes and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a strong ball possession 73% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was putting more pressure with 97 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Manchester City to win the encounter​.

Nottingham Forest shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester City shot 23 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (Joe Worrall). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City received 1 yellow card (Josep Guardiola i Sala).

Standings

After this match, Nottingham Forest will have 25 points to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Manchester City will have 52 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will play away with Chelsea on the 13th of May with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (1 draw).

Manchester City will play away agasint Everton on the 13th of May with a 19-12 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (7 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Keylor Navas (7.6), Serge Aurier (6.8), Joe Worrall (6.5), Felipe (6.9), Renan Lodi (6.4), Remo Freuler (6.1), Jonjo Shelvey (6.3), Jack Colback (6.8), Morgan Gibbs-White (6.6), Danilo (6.2) and Brennan Johnson (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Harry Toffolo, Wayne Hennessey, Chris Wood, Orel Mangala (6.5), Neco Williams (6.2), Sam Surridge, Gustavo Scarpa, Emmanuel Dennis and André Ayew (6.8).

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of C. Wood (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Danilo for Neco Williams (58′), Danilo for André Ayew (58′), J. Shelvey for Orel Mangala (72′), Renan Lodi for Harry Toffolo (79′) and Serge Aurier for Chris Wood (79′).

Best player: Keylor Navas​

The most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was the goalkeeper: Keylor Navas. His rating is 7.63. He performed 5 saves.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.6), Kyle Walker (7.4), Rúben Dias (6.9), Aymeric Laporte (7.0), Rodri (7.6), Bernardo Silva (7.2), Phil Foden (6.8), Kevin De Bruyne (8.2), İlkay Gündoğan (7.4), Jack Grealish (7.1) and Erling Haaland (6.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Julián Álvarez, Cole Palmer, Sergio Gómez, Riyad Mahrez, Nathan Aké, Kalvin Phillips, Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji and Rico Lewis.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 2 changes: Kevin De Bruyne for Julián Álvarez (88′) and Phil Foden for Nathan Aké (89′).

Best player: Kevin De Bruyne​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Kevin De Bruyne.

His rating is (8.2) with 47 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – AFC Bournemouth – 0-1
• Nottingham Forest – Manchester City – 1-1
• Newcastle United – Liverpool – 0-2
• Everton – Leeds United – 1-0
• Chelsea – Southampton – 0-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Fulham – 0-1
• Brentford – Crystal Palace – 1-1
• Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2-4