Week 24 features a match on Saturday Feb 18th, where Nottingham Forest will host Manchester City in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 14th placed Nottingham Forest is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Fulham. Willian scored the first goal for Fulham in the 17th minute, then Manor Solomon added another in the 88th minute on a feed from Andreas Pereira At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nottingham Forest couldn’t manage to score, and Fulham took the shutout win. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 3-1 win against Arsenal. Kevin De Bruyne scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 24th minute, then Bukayo Saka tied it up for Arsenal in the 42nd minute. Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Manchester City and Nottingham Forest last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on the 31st of August. Manchester City was victorious by a score of 6 to 0 in front of just over 53000 spectators. Erling Braut Håland scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 12th minute, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 23rd minute In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory.
Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Manchester City. Nottingham Forest’s most prolific scorer has been Brennan Johnson. The Welsh midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Jesse Lingard, Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jonjo Shelvey, Ryan Yates, Dean Henderson and Omar Richards, while John Stones is unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team.