After an uneventful game was won late on by Callum Hudson-Odoi, check out the best facts and Opta data with our Nottingham Forest vs Man City stats page.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the only goal of the game as Nottingham Forest took a huge step towards qualifying for next season’s Champions League by beating Manchester City.
The two sides were separated in the Premier League table by just a single point coming into the game, and it seemed both were more worried about losing than going all out for the win, so cagey was the game for most of the 90 minutes.
The first half was almost a complete non-event. Nico González clipped the outside of the post with a decent effort from 25 yards early on but otherwise, there was next to no action.
Forest did not manage a single shot until the 39th minute – and even that was a speculative Morgan Gibbs-White effort that very nearly went for a throw-in – while neither side managed a shot on target until 42 minutes in when Jérémy Doku had a tame effort easily saved by Mats Sels.
Following a first half in which the hosts showed little ambition, they came out of their shell a little after the break, but moments of real quality eluded them. They came close to a goal when City goalkeeper Ederson produced a brilliant save to tip a Hudson-Odoi strike onto the post, but then, with just seven minutes of normal time to go, the Forest winger struck the winner.
Found by a wonderful switch of play by Gibbs-White, Husdon-Odoi beat Ederson at his near post to down the reigning champions. Following that assist, only Ian Woan (44) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals for Forest than Gibbs-White (39 – 15 goals, 24 assists).
A ninth Premier League defeat of the season for City means manager Pep Guardiola has equalled his worst ever record for losses in a league campaign (level with nine in 2019-20). They have now lost three of their last five matches, and finishing in the top four is by no means guaranteed.
With 10 games remaining, Forest have a four-point cushion to fourth-placed City, and should be starting to believe their Champions League dreams can become a reality.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Nottingham Forest vs Man City stats from their Premier League meeting at the City Ground.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Nottingham Forest vs Man City: Post-Match Facts
Manchester City have failed to score in four Premier League matches in 2024-25, only in 2016-17 (5) have they done so more often under Pep Guardiola. Nottingham Forest kept their 12th clean sheet of the season in the Premier League, only in 1994-95 (13) have they had more shutouts in single campaign. Despite playing less than 70 minutes, Nicolás Domínguez made twice as many tackles as any other player in the match (8). Only Neco Williams has ever made more tackles (10 against Spurs in December 2023) for Nottingham Forest in a Premier League game on record (since 2022-23).Enjoy this? Subscribe to our football newsletter to receive exclusive weekly content. You should also follow our social accounts over on X, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
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