Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 12/27/25

Nottingham Forest entertain title hopefuls Manchester City in the early Premier League kickoff on Saturday and the hosts could be in line for a difficult afternoon. City briefly replaced Arsenal at the top of the EPL standings over the weekend and they can put more pressure on the leaders again, as the Gunners have a later kickoff. Forest have been much-improved under Sean Dyche but they have still shown signs of vulnerability. The Tricky Trees lost 2-0 at home to Brighton at the end of last month and went down 3-0 at Everton a couple of weeks ago.

City have put together a 5-game Premier League winning run that started with a pair of unconvincing wins over Leeds and Fulham, as they nearly allowed respective 2 and 3-goal leads to slip away. Since then, they’ve been more reliable with a trio of 3-0 wins in the league, alongside a 2-1 triumph at Real Madrid and an EFL Cup win over Brentford.

City should be able to come out on top here and should cover the goal spread. Forest have 4 home losses in the league this season and 3 of those defeats have come by more than one goal. City’s last 3 wins in all competitions have been by 2 or more goals and they have the division’s best attack with 41 goals scored in just 17 games, so they can win at the City Ground by 2 or more goals.

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