Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest match stats & report

2–2 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 29 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · Ref D. England

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Manchester City drew with Nottingham Forest 2–2 in the Premier League on 4 March 2026. Expected goals finished 2.12–0.97. Manchester City had 70% of the ball.

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest match statistics

Manchester CityNottingham Forest

70% Ball possession 30%
2.12 Expected goals (xG) 0.97
21 Total shots 9
7 Shots on target 4
8 Shots off target 2
6 Blocked shots 3
16 Shots inside the box 6
6 Corners 1
10 Fouls 6
1 Offsides 3
0 Yellow cards 4
774 Passes 329
92% Pass accuracy 82%
2 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

31' Goal A. Semenyo (assist R. Cherki) Manchester City
45+1' Yellow card I. Sangare Nottingham Forest
56' Goal M. Gibbs-White (assist Igor Jesus) Nottingham Forest
60' Yellow card Murillo Nottingham Forest
62' Goal Rodri (assist R. Aït-Nouri) Manchester City
63' Yellow card N. Milenkovic Nottingham Forest
76' Goal E. Anderson (assist C. Hudson-Odoi) Nottingham Forest
90+4' Yellow card M. Sels Nottingham Forest

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Manchester City

Confirmed 4-1-3-2 Pep Guardiola

25 G. Donnarumma

21 R. Aït-Nouri 15 M. Guéhi 3 Rúben Dias 27 M. Nunes

16 Rodri

10 R. Cherki 20 B. Silva 47 P. Foden

42 A. Semenyo 9 E. Haaland

Bench J. Trafford , T. Reijnders , J. Doku , J. Stones , Nathan Aké , Omar Marmoush , Nico , Savinho , A. Khusanov

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 5-3-2 Vitor Pereira

26 M. Sels

3 N. Williams 5 Murillo 31 N. Milenkovic 23 Jair 34 O. Aina

8 E. Anderson 6 I. Sangare 16 N. Domínguez

19 Igor Jesus 10 M. Gibbs-White

Bench A. Gunn , T. Awoniyi , R. Yates , L. Netz , J. McAtee , C. Hudson-Odoi , D. Ndoye , Morato , O. Hutchinson

Form guide

Manchester City at home

8–0–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.5 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 7.7 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

32% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 1.7 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.0 per game
Shots on target: 5.0 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
27 Dec 25	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	1–2
27 Apr 25	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	0–2
8 Mar 25	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	1–0
4 Dec 24	Manchester City v Nottingham Forest	3–0
28 Apr 24	Nottingham Forest v Manchester City	0–2
23 Sep 23	Manchester City v Nottingham Forest	2–0

The full Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head record