3–1
Full TimeSat, 7th Nov 265:30pm GMT · 12:30pm ETGW10EPLThe City GroundReferee: Samuel Barrott
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Nottingham Forest 3–1 Manchester City match report

Nottingham Forest
3–1
Manchester City

Team news

Nottingham Forest

Changes vs last EPL lineup vs Brentford 31 Oct 2026

  • 3-4-2-1 formation used for the 10th EPL game in a row.
  • Unchanged goalkeeper line for the 10th EPL game in a row.
  • Sels started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • Murillo started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • Williams started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • McAtee started their 10th consecutive EPL match.

Manchester City

Changes vs last EPL lineup vs Brighton 31 Oct 2026

  • 4-2-3-1 formation used for the 10th EPL game in a row.
  • Unchanged goalkeeper line for the 10th EPL game in a row.
  • Donnarumma started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • Dias started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • Haaland started their 10th consecutive EPL match.
  • Ndiaye started their 6th consecutive EPL match.
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL COMPETITIONS

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City record

2
Nottingham Forest wins
2
Draws
6
Manchester City wins

10 meetings on record

Nottingham Forest
  • M. Gibbs-White started all 8 of our recorded meetings vs Manchester City
  • Murillo started the last 7 meetings vs Manchester City
Manchester City
  • Rúben Dias started the last 6 meetings vs Nottingham Forest
  • G. Donnarumma started the last 3 meetings vs Nottingham Forest

Fan predictions

20 lineups
Top fan accuracy
Anonymous10/11on Manchester City

Nottingham Forest

1 prediction
Avg 9.0/11Best 9/11
100% called the 3-4-2-1 shape ✓
Nobody saw D. Muñoz starting
100% backed Diomande, left on the bench

Manchester City

19 predictions
Avg 8.2/11Best 10/11
84% called the 4-2-3-1 shape ✓
Just 37% had I. Ndiaye starting
84% backed Foden, left on the bench
About this match

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City lineups

Updated

Confirmed lineups for Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City in the Premier League on 7 Nov 2026. See both teams' starting XIs, formations, who came off the bench and how the crowd predicted it.

Nottingham Forest confirmed lineup (3-4-2-1): Sels; Jair, Milenković, Murillo; Muñoz, Yates, Schlager, Williams; McAtee, Gibbs-White; Delap.

Manchester City confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernández; Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.

How did Nottingham Forest and Manchester City line up?
Nottingham Forest confirmed lineup (3-4-2-1): Sels; Jair, Milenković, Murillo; Muñoz, Yates, Schlager, Williams; McAtee, Gibbs-White; Delap. Manchester City confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernández; Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku; Haaland. Both confirmed starting XIs, formations and substitutes for Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City are shown above.
What was the score in Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City?
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City finished 3–1 on 7 Nov 2026.

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