# Nottingham Forest v Manchester City: Glasner's side 19th and under pressure, City after two league defeats in a row *Saturday's late game, 18:30 CET at the City Ground. Forest have six points from nine; City are second, three behind Arsenal, after losing to Aston Villa and Brighton and then winning 3-2 at Leipzig.* Matches · Published 07:39 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/ng/matches/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-glasner-under-pressure-maresca-after-two-league-defeats/) By Matches desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek Nottingham Forest v Manchester City, 18:30 WAT, 7 Nov 2026 (2026-11-07T17:30:00.000Z). Price source → https://bettingbeast.com/odds/?match=2026-11-07%2C62%2C52&utm_source=matchnews&utm_medium=referral Odds at BettingBeast, correct at 07:22 WAT, 5 Nov 2026. Prices move. Percentages are the chance the price implies, before the bookmaker's margin. 18+ Home 4.83, Draw 4.27, Away 1.78. Manchester City go to Nottingham Forest on Saturday 7 November for the Premier League's late game, at 18:30 CET at the City Ground. City are second in the table on 21 points, three behind Arsenal, after their first two league defeats of the season in a row; Forest are 19th on six points, with one win in nine, and their head coach, Oliver Glasner, is answering questions about his job. ## Why it matters For City, it is the game that decides whether a bad fortnight becomes a pattern. They lost 2-1 at Aston Villa on 24 October and 0-1 at home to Brighton on Saturday 31 October, their first two league defeats under Enzo Maresca, after seven wins from seven to start the season. In between they knocked Brighton out of the Carabao Cup on penalties, and on Wednesday they won 3-2 at RB Leipzig in the Champions League, with Erling Haaland's 78th-minute goal deciding it. Arsenal, who host Hull on Saturday afternoon, can be six points clear before City kick off. For Forest, the numbers are stark. One win, three draws and five defeats from nine games; six goals more conceded than scored; 19th in a table where the bottom three go down. Their last three results are 0-1 at home to Arsenal, 1-1 at Ipswich and 0-2 at Brentford on 31 October. Sky Sports reported on Tuesday that the club's hierarchy regards it as "business as usual" and welcomed what it called a strong reaction from Glasner after the Brentford game; Glasner himself said, as quoted by Sky Sports: "We have to accept it's not good enough." Glasner was appointed on 6 July 2026, according to Sky Sports' report at the time. ## The week around it This is the last round before the international break, so both clubs have a fortnight to live with the result. The round opens with Everton against Coventry at 21:00 CET on Friday. Saturday has Leeds v Tottenham at 13:30 CET, then Arsenal v Hull and Fulham v Newcastle at 16:00 CET, before Forest v City at 18:30 CET. Sunday has Crystal Palace v Liverpool, Sunderland v Chelsea, Brighton v Brentford and Ipswich v Bournemouth at 15:00 CET and Manchester United v Aston Villa at 17:30 CET. After the break, City host Fulham on 21 November and Forest go to Bournemouth the same day. ## Team news No confirmed team news as of 07:30 CET on Thursday; the managers' press conferences are expected on Friday, and the official teams are due at about 17:30 CET on Saturday. The Premier League's own availability notes, which this site reads each morning, list for Forest: Igor Jesus with a calf injury and no return date, Nicolò Savona with a knee injury and no return date, and Nicolás Domínguez as a doubt with a muscular injury and a 75% chance of playing. Omari Hutchinson, who scored against City at this ground last December, is on loan at AC Milan for the season. For City, the same notes list only Antoine Semenyo, out with a knee injury and no return date. City's squad is not the one that drew with Forest in March: Rodri has joined Barcelona and Tijjani Reijnders has left for Saudi Arabia, according to the notes, while Elliot Anderson, who scored for Forest in that 2-2 draw at the Etihad, set up Haaland's winner in Leipzig on Wednesday, as UEFA's round-up describes it. Maresca said after the Leipzig game, as quoted by Sky Sports: "Champions League, Germany away, it's tough so happy with the three points." Sky Sports notes that Haaland's goal was his 13th in nine games against Leipzig, more than he has scored against any other club. ## The recent record City won 2-1 at the City Ground on 27 December last year, with goals from Reijnders and Rayan Cherki after Hutchinson had scored for Forest, according to Sky Sports' match page. The return game at the Etihad on 4 March 2026 finished 2-2: Semenyo and Rodri scored for City, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anderson for Forest. ## How to read the market The market has barely moved. BettingBeast's feed, which this site reads at least once an hour, had City at 1.75 to win when it first carried the game at 18:22 CET on Sunday 1 November, and 1.78 at 07:22 CET on Thursday, the capture on the card above, with Forest at 4.83 and the draw at 4.27. At 1.78, City are given about a 56% chance by the price, a change of about one percentage point across the week, which is noise. The goals line is 2.5 goals, with over at 1.70 and under at 2.35 at the same capture; the handicap gives Forest a one-goal start, at 1.69 for Forest and 2.34 for City. ## What to watch Whether Forest can keep a clean sheet long enough to make City nervous: they have scored in only one of their last three league games and conceded in all of them. Whether City's response to the Brighton defeat in Leipzig, where they led, were pegged back twice and still won, carries into the league. A lean: a City win by a single goal looks the most likely shape, given last season's 2-1 here and how close Forest have kept the scores even while losing. The card on this page carries the latest price. ## Sources 1. Nottingham Forest hierarchy welcome 'strong reaction' from Oliver Glasner after Brentford defeat (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13607133/oliver-glasner-nottingham-forest-hierarchy-welcome-strong-reaction-from-head-coach-after-brentford-defeat - Read 07:15 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 2. Nottingham Forest appoint Oliver Glasner as head coach (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13560923/ - Read 07:15 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 3. RB Leipzig 2-3 Manchester City: match report (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/rb-leipzig-vs-manchester-city/report/577666 - Read 07:17 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 4. Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City, 27 December 2025: stats (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/nottingham-forest-vs-manchester-city/stats/531306 - Read 07:17 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 5. Manchester City 2-2 Nottingham Forest, 4 March 2026 (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13514286/ - Read 07:17 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 6. Champions League highlights and round-up: Como equal biggest-ever win, Real Madrid stay perfect (UEFA) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/02ab-21fe508a035b-5eed0199e0b2-1000--champions-league-round-up-como-equal-biggest-ever-win-real/ - Read 06:48 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 7. Premier League availability notes (official Fantasy Premier League data, updated 2026-11-05T05:23Z, in data/latest.json) (Premier League via Match News) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/api/bootstrap-static/ - Read 06:40 WAT, 5 Nov 2026 8. 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