Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City English Premier League,kick-off time has been rescheduled and venue change

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,

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