In this 5th week match, on Wed Aug 31st, Nottingham Forest will travel to Manchester to battle Manchester City in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. 2nd placed Manchester City is fresh off their 4-2 win against Crystal Palace. John Stones scored the first goal for Crystal Palace on an own goal in the 4th minute, then Joachim Andersen added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Eberechi Eze But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 70th minute on a goal by Erling Braut Håland. Manchester City is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 1-1 draw against Everton. Brennan Johnson struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 81st minute, then Demarai Gray tied it up for Everton in the 88th minute on a feed from Jordan Pickford squeezing out at least the one point for Everton. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Nottingham Forest’s top weapon lately has been Brennan Johnson, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored six goals for Manchester City
Josep Guardiola i Sala’s squad will be without Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Kalvin Phillips, Palmer and Mbete-Tatu, while Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Moussa Niakhaté, Ryan Yates and Omar Richards.