Round 28.
Stadium: City Ground (Nottingham).
Referee: Chris Kavanagh.
8.03.2025 15:30
The first match of the 28th round of the English Championship is between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at the Forest's home ground. The game's on 8 March at 15:30. Do you think the hosts will be able to break their shutout series and the series of defeats from the Citizens? Telecomasia has got you covered with a prediction and all the key stats.
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Last week, Nottingham Forest played in the last 16 of the FA Cup. At home, the team, led by Nuno Espirito Santo, took Ipswich Town to a close game. In the end, it was only in a penalty shootout that the Foresters managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In the English Championship, the team's performance has been pretty poor. They've only scored one point in their last three matches, and there was a 0:0 draw with Arsenal at home. They lost away to Fulham 1:2 and Newcastle United 4:3 in the last few games. Before the new weekend, the club has 48 points, and Nottingham is still in third place in the English league.
Manchester City
The Citizens also played in the previous weekend's FA Cup round of 16. In this round, Plymouth knocked out Brentford and Liverpool with the same score of 1:0. At the Etihad, Plymouth took the lead, but City's half-back added on and scored three goals to make it 3:1 and progress to the quarterfinals.
In the last English Premier League match, Tottenham Hotspur were the opponents. In the match of round 27, Guardiola's team was stronger with a minimum advantage of 1:0. Earlier, the club suffered a painful defeat from Liverpool 0:2, showing nothing on the game against the leader of the EPL. At the moment, Manchester City has 47 points and is in fourth place in the standings.
H2H Meetings
In the first round of the current Premier League season, Man City played Nottingham Forest at home. At that point in the season, the Citizens had suffered a bunch of bad losses, but against Forest, the team under Pep Guardiola showed their best game and scored three goals. And the previous season, the reigning champions also won both league games 2:0.
Bookmakers' Options
The bookie 1xbet is putting their money on the team led by Pep Guardiola to win again. If the hosts won, the odds were 3.85, for the away team to win 1.958, and for it to be a draw 3.915.
The pros at the betting company are expecting a high productivity. The odds for more than 2.5 goals to be scored are 1.54, and for the reverse line with TU, they're 2.35.
History of Head-to-Heads
FA Cup 2024/2025
Manchester City
Premier League 2024/2025
Manchester City
Premier League 2024/2025
Nottingham Forest
Premier League 2023/2024
Manchester City
Premier League 2023/2024
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Latest Games
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
Brentford
Manchester City Latest Games
Manchester City 
Manchester City
Bournemouth
Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa
Expert Betting Tips
This is a matchup between opponents in the Premier League and contenders for the Champions League. It's a shame for the visitors, but it's going to be tough for them to keep the title, especially with Liverpool on top form and the gap between the two teams getting bigger. But the City is getting better and better, even if they did slump in their second game this season. Meanwhile, Espiritu Santo's lot have been struggling a bit of late. So, we're thinking the visitors will probably win, but the hosts might just score at least once in the league for the first time in ages.
Our picks:
W2 & TO (2.5) for 2.52
W2 for 1.92
CS 1:2 for 8.50
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