Nottingham Forest host Manchester City in a key contest in the Premier League top-four race.
While City have fallen away from title contention, Forest have surged up the table under Nuno Espirito Santo to sit above Pep Guardiola’s side in the table.
But while Forest are hanging onto third position, Nuno’s team have not won since beating Brighton 7-0 last month - requiring penalties to beat Exeter and Ipswich in the FA Cup and losing to Fulham and Newcastle before drawing 0-0 with Arsenal in the Premier League.
City - who won 3-0 in the reverse fixture earlier this season - defeated Tottenham 1-0 in their last Premier League outing as Guardiola’s side look to salvage their campaign by finishing in the top four and winning the FA Cup, where they face Bournemouth in the quarter-finals.
Here’s everything you need to know.
When is Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City?
The Premier League match kicks off at 12:30pm on Saturday 8 March at the City Ground, Nottingham.
How can I watch it?
It will be shown on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+, with coverage getting underway from 11:30am. You can purchase a TNT Sports subscription via discovery+ here, for only £30.99 per month.
Confirmed line-ups
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Manchester City XI: Ederson; Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Nico, Bernardo; Savinho, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Team news
Nottingham Forest’s last Premier League game was a 0-0 draw with Arsenal and Nuno Espirito Santo names the same team that faced the Gunners at the City Ground.
Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White return to the team that faced Ipswich in the FA Cup. On the wings, Anthony Elange and Callum Hudson-Odoi will hope to have space to hit Manchester City on the counter-attack.
Perhaps a slight surprise for Manchester City as Omar Marmoush drops out of the starting line-up. Phil Foden is set to play behind Erling Haaland, with the Egyptian on the bench.
Speaking of, City’s bench is looking very strong, with Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Ilkay Gundogan and Mateo Kovacic joining Marmoush to give Guardiola several options to change the game.
While City are down to the bare bones in defence, with Matheus Nunes continuing at right back and Ruben Dias and Abdukodir Khusanov continuing their recent partnership.
