Nottingham Forest and Manchester City face off at the City Ground in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Sitting third and fourth in the top flight table respectively, the two teams are separated by just one point ahead of this lunchtime showdown.
Last time out in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest snapped a run of back-to-back defeats by holding Arsenal to a 0-0 draw, in a game that brought up one of my selections.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have since booked an FA Cup quarter-final berth thanks to a penalty shootout win over Ipswich.
Opponents Man City have joined Forest in the last-eight of the FA Cup after surviving an early scare to defeat Plymouth Argyle 3-1 last weekend.
That victory came fresh off the back of a 1-0 win away at Tottenham in the Premier League last midweek, a victory that moved Pep Guardiola’s side up to fourth place in the table.
How the bookies view it: City set for City Ground success
Man City – who have won three of their last five Premier League away games – are odds-on 20/23 favourites with Boylesports to emerge from the City Ground victorious.
Despite avoiding defeat in each of their last seven Premier League home games, Nottingham Forest come into this clash as big outsiders at 13/5 on Boylesports, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 14/5 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: City record strong
Man City have held the upper hand in this fixture since Nottingham Forest returned to the Premier League, triumphing in four of the five meetings between the pair, with the other game ending all square. This season’s reverse fixture saw Man City run out 3-0 winners at the Etihad,
Players to watch: Haaland back on the goal hunt
After scoring the only goal of the game against Tottenham last Wednesday night, Erling Haaland holds plenty of appeal for an anytime strike on Saturday at 20/21 on Boylesports.
Having clocked up seven yellow cards across his 29 appearances for Nottingham Forest this season, Elliot Anderson looks like an enticing option to go into the book again here at 5/1 with Boylesports.
Predicted line-ups
After shuffling his pack in the FA Cup on Monday night, Forest boss Nuno will almost certainly revert back to his strongest starting XI this weekend.
Nathan Ake is not expected to feature for Man City again this season after undergoing surgery for a fractured foot. The Dutchman joins John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Oscar Bobb and Rodri in the Man City medical room.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Man City: Ederson; Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Gonzalez, Kovacic; Savinho, Marmoush, Doku; Haaland
Anything else catch the eye?
Given that Nottingham Forest have made a favourable habit of keeping games tight this season, I’m happy to back under three Asian goals here at 17/20 on Bet 365.
The only way this bet would lose is if this City Ground clash produces four or more match goals or fewer.
A sizable 19 of the Forest’s 27 Premier League games this season have featured three match goals or fewer, as have nine of Man City’s 14 top flight fixtures away from the Etihad this term.
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