MANCHESTER. Manchester City was in the end too strong for Nottingham Forest with the goal of Bernardo Silva (8′), Kevin De Bruyne (31′) and J. Doku (57′). Manchester City was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver assisted by Stuart Burt and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.63 degrees Celsius or 42.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Manchester City

3 - 0

Nottingham Forest

• ! 67 Ball Possession 33

Shots

• 17 Total 12
• 7 On Target 3
• 7 Off Target 7
• 3 Shots blocked 2

• 106 Attack 72
• 66 Dangerous attack 36
• 70 Ball safe 49

• 0 Penalties 0
• 8 Corners 2
• 1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

• 7 Total 15
• 2 Yellow Cards 4
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 66% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match​.

Manchester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nottingham Forest shot 12 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (Bernardo Silva and İlkay Gündoğan). On the other side, Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards (N. Milenković, Nicolás Domínguez, Morgan Gibbs-White and Murillo).

Standings

After playing this contest, Manchester City has 26 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest stays with 22 points like Aston Villa to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away with Crystal Palace on the 7th of December with a 17-2 head to head in favor of Manchester City (8 draws).

Nottingham Forest will play away against Manchester United on the 7th of December with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester United (0 draws).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City

G

Stefan Ortega 18.Germany

7.7

D

Nathan Aké  6.Netherlands

6.9

90'

D

Rúben Dias 3.Portugal

7.3

D

Josko Gvardiol 24.Croatia

6.7

D

Manuel Akanji 25.Switzerland

7.0

46'

M

Jack Grealish 10.England

7.8

90'

M

Jérémy Doku 11.Belgium

9.0

90' 57'

M

Kevin De Bruyne 17.Belgium

9.1

74' 31'

M

İlkay Gündoğan 19.Germany

7.2

52'

M

Bernardo Silva 20.Portugal

8.2

69' 8'

M

Phil Foden 47.England

F

Erling Haaland 9.Norway

7.6

Substitutes

G

Scott Carson 33.England

G

Ederson 31.Brazil

D

Rico Lewis 82.England

6.6

74'

D

Kyle Walker  2.England

6.8

46'

M

Savinho 26.Brazil

90'

M

Matheus Nunes 27.Portugal

90'

M

Jacob Wright 56.England

M

James McAtee 87.England

90'

Manchester City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: P. Foden, Stefan Ortega (7.7), M. Akanji (7.0), Rúben Dias (7.3), Nathan Aké (6.9), J. Gvardiol (6.7), İlkay Gündoğan (7.2), J. Grealish (7.8), Bernardo Silva (8.2), Kevin De Bruyne (9.1), J. Doku (9.0) and E. Haaland (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: K. Walker (6.8), Ederson, Sávio, Matheus Nunes, Scott Carson, Jacob Wright, Nico O’Reilly, R. Lewis (6.6) and James McAtee.

Manchester City could not rely on the presence of James McAtee (injured).

Substitutions

Manchester City made 5 changes: M. Akanji for K. Walker (46′), Nathan Aké for James McAtee (90′), Kevin De Bruyne for R. Lewis (74′), J. Doku for Sávio (90′) and J. Grealish for Matheus Nunes (90′).

Player of the match: Kevin De Bruyne​

The most impressive player for Manchester City was Kevin De Bruyne.

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest

G

M. Sels 26.Belgium

6.8

D

Álex Moreno 19.Spain

7.0

D

Murillo 5.Brazil

6.6

54'

D

N. Milenković 31.Serbia

6.3

76'

D

Ola Aina 34.Nigeria

6.7

63'

M

Nicolás Domínguez 16.Argentina

6.6

45'

M

Jota Silva 20.Portugal

6.5

72'

M

Morgan Gibbs-White 10.England

7.1

63' 51'

M

A. Elanga 21.Sweden

7.3

M

Ryan Yates 22.England

6.5

46'

F

Chris Wood 11.New Zealand

6.4

62'

Substitutes

G

Carlos Miguel 33.Brazil

D

Felipe Morato 4.Brazil

6.7

46'

D

N. Williams 7.Wales

M

James Ward-Prowse 18.England

M

Ramón Sosa 24.Paraguay

6.6

72'

M

Elliot Anderson 8.Scotland

7.1

63'

M

Callum Hudson-Odoi 14.England

F

Taiwo Awoniyi 9.Nigeria

6.7

62'

F

Eric da Silva Moreira 17.Germany

6.6

63'

Also Nottingham Forest adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: M. Sels (6.8), Ola Aina (6.7), N. Milenković (6.3), Murillo (6.6), Álex Moreno (7.0), Ryan Yates (6.5), Nicolás Domínguez (6.6), A. Elanga (7.3), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.1), Jota Silva (6.5), Chris Wood (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: N. Williams, Elliot Anderson (7.1), Callum Hudson-Odoi, Felipe Morato (6.7), Taiwo Awoniyi (6.7), Eric da Silva Moreira (6.6), James Ward-Prowse, Ramón Sosa (6.6) and Carlos Miguel.

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Chris Wood for Taiwo Awoniyi (62′), Ola Aina for Eric da Silva Moreira (63′), Jota Silva for Ramón Sosa (72′), Ryan Yates for Felipe Morato (46′) and Morgan Gibbs-White for Elliot Anderson (63′).

Player of the match: A. Elanga​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was A. Elanga.

His rating is 7.3 with 19 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal – Manchester United – 2-0
• Aston Villa – Brentford – 3-1
• Everton – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 4-0
• Manchester City – Nottingham Forest – 3-0
• Newcastle United – Liverpool – 3-3
• Southampton – Chelsea – 1-5