Manchester City and Nottingham Forest will play on Saturday the 23rd of September at 3:00 pm in the 6th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The appointed referee is Anthony Taylor.
Manchester City is in the 1st position in the standings with 15 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League.
Manchester City won the last 5 consecutive matches. So far it still has to lose a match this season (Premier League).
Nottingham Forest sits in the 8th place in the league with 7 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Ederson, Joško Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Matheus Nunes, Julián Álvarez, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 25.45.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Mateo Kovačić and Jack Grealish because of injury.
Zack Steffen, John Stones , Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 3-4-3 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Matt Turner, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Ola Aina, Gonzalo Montiel, Orel Mangala, Ibrahim Sangaré, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Nottingham Forest would be 25.80.
There are doubts about the presence of Willy Boly.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Felipe and Serge Aurier because of injury.
Wayne Hennessey, Ethan Horvath and Danilo will definitely miss the match.
