Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

England - FA Cup

Nottingham Forest
27/04/2025 11:30
Manchester City

Prediction :

 

Manchester City to win

 
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 by Steve Ashfield | in FA Cup Predictions

Nottingham Forest's incredible season continues with an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium. The Red take on Manchester City who are looking to rescue what has been a disappointing season by their standards. Here's our match prediction.

When the season began, few expected Forest to be in the top ten of the Premier League, let alone challenging for a Champions League place next season. They have had a difficult time making it to this semi-final as you'll read in the form section of this preview.

Manchester City are attempting to reach a third successive FA Cup final. They were the losing finalists last season and this is the seventh season in a row they have reached the semi-finals, lifting the trophy twice. Their Premier League title has already been lost but they are in good form at present and there's still a lot to play for this season. The winners of this match will play either Crystal Palace in the final.

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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Form

Nottingham Forest and Manchester City Last Matches

Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Last matches
W D W L L W
Wins

3/6 (50%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

2/6 (33%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.33 Total goals
50% BTTS
1.33 Goals scored
1 Goals conceded
50% Over 2.5
50% Under 2.5

21 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Tottenham
1 :  2
Nottingham Forest

12 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
0 :  1
Everton

5 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Aston Villa
2 :  1
Nottingham Forest

1 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  0
Manchester United

29 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Brighton
0 :  0
Nottingham Forest

15 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Ipswich Town
2 :  4
Nottingham Forest
W D D W W L
Wins

3/6 (50%)

Draw

2/6 (33%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2 Total goals
17% BTTS
1.67 Goals scored
0.33 Goals conceded
17% Over 2.5
83% Under 2.5

12 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
0 :  1
Everton

1 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  0
Manchester United

8 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  0
Manchester City

3 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Nottingham Forest
1 :  1
Ipswich Town

26 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
0 :  0
Arsenal

1 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
7 :  0
Brighton
L L W D L W
Wins

2/6 (33%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

3/6 (50%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

3.67 Total goals
83% BTTS
1.83 Goals scored
1.83 Goals conceded
83% Over 2.5
17% Under 2.5

21 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Tottenham
1 :  2
Nottingham Forest

5 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Aston Villa
2 :  1
Nottingham Forest

29 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Brighton
0 :  0
Nottingham Forest

15 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Ipswich Town
2 :  4
Nottingham Forest

23 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Newcastle
4 :  3
Nottingham Forest

15 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Fulham
2 :  1
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
Manchester City Last matches
W W D W W W
Wins

5/6 (83%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

0/6 (0%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.83 Total goals
50% BTTS
2.17 Goals scored
0.67 Goals conceded
50% Over 2.5
50% Under 2.5

22 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  1
Aston Villa

19 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Everton
0 :  2
Manchester City

12 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
5 :  2
Crystal Palace

6 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester United
0 :  0
Manchester City

2 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  0
Leicester

30 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Bournemouth
1 :  2
Manchester City
L W D W W W
Wins

4/6 (67%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

3.67 Total goals
67% BTTS
2.33 Goals scored
1.33 Goals conceded
67% Over 2.5
33% Under 2.5

22 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  1
Aston Villa

12 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
5 :  2
Crystal Palace

2 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  0
Leicester

15 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  2
Brighton

1 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Manchester City
3 :  1
Plymouth

23 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Manchester City
0 :  2
Liverpool
L W L W D W
Wins

3/6 (50%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

2/6 (33%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

1.83 Total goals
33% BTTS
1 Goals scored
0.83 Goals conceded
33% Over 2.5
67% Under 2.5

19 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Everton
0 :  2
Manchester City

6 Apr 2025 - Premier League

Manchester United
0 :  0
Manchester City

30 Mar 2025 - FA Cup

Bournemouth
1 :  2
Manchester City

8 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  0
Manchester City

26 Feb 2025 - Premier League

Tottenham
0 :  1
Manchester City

19 Feb 2025 - Champions League

Real Madrid
3 :  1
Manchester City

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Stats: Head to Head (H2H)

Nottingham Forest

17 %

Draw

17 %

Manchester City

67 %

Average stats (last H2H results)

2.67
Total goals
16.67%
BTTS
0.33
Goals scored
2.33
Goals conceded
33.33%
Over 2.5
66.67%
Under 2.5

8 Mar 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  0
Manchester City

4 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Manchester City
3 :  0
Nottingham Forest

28 Apr 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
0 :  2
Manchester City

23 Sept 2023 - Premier League

Manchester City
2 :  0
Nottingham Forest

18 Feb 2023 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest
1 :  1
Manchester City

31 Aug 2022 - Premier League

Manchester City
6 :  0
Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest - Manchester City: Form Analysis

Manchester City went above Nottingham Forest in the Premier League when beating Aston Villa 2-1 at home in midweek. They are now third in the table and looking on their way to the Champions League.

The win over Villa extended their unbeaten run to seven matches. The last three have each been won with nine goals scored and that's without Erling Haaland. Only one of their last 16 FA Cup games has been lost and that was last year's final.

To reach this semi-final, the Citizens have beaten Salford, Orient, Plymouth and Bournemouth. The last three of those games saw them concede the first goal in the match.

Difficult route to the last four for Forest.

Over 90 minutes, Forest have only won one match in this season's FA Cup. They beat Luton 2-0 in round three but since then, ties against Exeter, Ipswich and Brighton have been won by a penalty shootout. Not since 2014 have they won an away FA Cup match in 90 minutes.

Nottingham Forest can create history if they win this year's FA Cup. They will become the first club to win the trophy in three different centuries. Forest haven't won the FA Cup since 1959 in a game in which Roy Dwight (cousin of Elton John) scored.

Their last match produced a 2-1 win at Spurs, ending a run of two successive losses.

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Nottingham Forest against Manchester City Lineups: Starting 11

Nottingham Forest

Formation : 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

26
M. Sels
44
Z. Abbott
31
N. Milenkovic
5
Murillo
15
H. Toffolo
16
N. Dominguez
28
D. Oliveira
14
C. Hudson-Odoi
10
M. Gibbs-White
8
E. Anderson
11
C. Wood
7
O. Marmoush
10
J. Grealish
20
B. Silva
26
Savinho
82
R. Lewis
8
M. Kovacic
75
N. OReilly
24
J. Gvardiol
3
R. Dias
27
M. Nunes
18
S. Ortega

Formation : 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Manchester City

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest
Goalkeeper

C. Miguel

Defender

Morato

W. Boly

Midfielder

I. Sangare

E. Anderson 71'

R. Sosa

Z. Abbott 83'

Forward

A. Elanga

D. Oliveira 46'

J. Silva

N. Dominguez 82'

T. Awoniyi

C. Wood 71'

A. Moreno

Manchester City
Manchester City
Goalkeeper

Ederson

Defender

V. Reis

A. Khusanov

M. Akanji

Midfielder

I. Gundogan

J. Grealish 71'

P. Foden

Savinho 81'

N. Gonzalez

M. Kovacic 89'

K. De Bruyne

Forward

J. Doku

O. Marmoush 81'

Missing players

Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest
Defender

O. Aina

Manchester City
Manchester City
Defender

J. Stones

Midfielder

Rodri

Forward

E. Haaland

Nottingham Forest & Manchester City Squad Analysis

Manchester City may be without Erling Haaland but they are scoring plenty of goals. Eight different players have scored for City this month. One of the stars of this FA Cup run has been James McAtee who scored a hat-trick against Salford. He was sent off in the last round and will miss this match.

Jeremy Doku is likely to replace him but hasn't scored since January. Nico O'Reilly is fit and he's impressed in this FA Cup run with three goals and two assists. He's also scored in two of City's last three matches.

Defensive problems for Forest.

McAtee isn't the only player suspended for this semi-final. Forest will be without both Neco WIlliams and Ryan Yates on Sunday. The absence of Williams may cause them plenty of problems. That will be so if Ola Aina's calf problem rules him out of this match.

Not having a recognised right-back against City would not be helpful.  At least Chris Wood is back fit again. His goal at Spurs last weekend was his first since February.

Nottingham Forest - Manchester City Key Points

  1. Manchester City are unbeaten in their last seven matches.
  2. Manchester City have only lost one of their last 16 games in the FA Cup.
  3. Forest have lost two of their last three games.
  4. Over 90 minutes, Forest haven't won an FA Cup away game since 2014.
  5. Three of Forest's four wins in this season's FA Cup have come via a penalty shootout.
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Our Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction

Manchester City are in top form again and they will be out to end the season with some silverware. They have scored 15 goals on their way to this semi-final but three times they've gone 1-0 down. The fact so many different players are scoring for them puts Forest in real danger here.

Forest have had to win three penalty shootouts to get this far. They have been inconsistent in the Premier League of late. Our main Nottingham Forest v Manchester City prediction is Manchester City to win.

Prediction :

 

Manchester City to win

 
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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Alternative Predictions

Manchester City to score most of their goals in the second half

Odds 2.3
Manchester City have scored 11 goals in the second half in this season's FA Cup.
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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City - FAQs

This FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City is being played on Sunday April 27. It is scheduled to kick-off at 16:30 UK time.
This FA Cup semi-final is being played at Wembley Stadium in North London. Manchester City have won their last two FA Cup semi-finals played at this ground.
You will need to tune into ITV1 to watch this match live. You can also go online to ITVX. Alternatively, you can go to our FA Cup livescore and read our informative live text commentary and updated statistics.

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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction