Nottingham Forest – Manchester City

The odds on Nottingham’s unexpected success look a little too low

If English football fans had been told before the start of the season that Nottingham Forest would feature in the 28th round of the Premier League, with Manchester United vs Arsenal on the programme, they would have turned their fingers. However, the clash between the Mancunian and London clubs now looks like nothing more than a match between a hopeless mid-table side and the future vice-champion of the country. At the same time, Nottingham will see the very contenders for a place in the Champions League zone. Of course, the dynamics of the game form now speaks not in favour of the home team. "Foresters" shocked football England at the junction of last year and this year, but now strongly "bookus". Manchester City, on the contrary, have survived the most significant crisis in a couple of decades and the last few weeks have been rocking, improving their form and regaining confidence in their own abilities. All that remains to be answered on Saturday is whether the momentum of both clubs will continue or be interrupted by a successful result for the hosts. Bookmakers have the visitors as favourites for the upcoming encounter, offering odds of 1.92 on their victory. Nottingham Forest have recently lost a lot of momentum. "Foresters" not only stopped playing as reliably as possible in defence of their own gates, but also began to lose. The 7-0 victory over Brighton emphasised that there is a powerful team at the City Ground, but that game was the only one won in the last five rounds. In the rest Nuno Santo's wards lost, respectively, losing nine points in a month. The Portuguese coach has missed the team style, due to which Nottingham Forest won for so long and which even the strongest representatives of the Premier League could not recognise. In the context of the proposed bet, it is important that in the last twelve home meetings played since the end of September last year, the Foresters have not scored only to Arsenal. Manchester City are out of the Champions League and can now focus on the FA Cup and the goal of securing a place in the Champions League zone of the Premier League. There is no doubt that the Citizens will be active in attack. We bet that the rivals will exchange goals.