Nottingham take on the visitors Manchester City in the round 24 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, February 18th at City Ground (Nottingham).
Nottingham Forest, on one hand, can in fact be considered a football legend - few of the giants can also boast that they won the European Champions Cup, and twice in a row. On the other hand, for more than a quarter of a century, since the 90s, the Foresters have not risen to the level of the English Premier League. After winning the play-offs and the long-awaited rise to the "elite", Steve Cooper's wards, "overloaded" with newcomers, who bought a record number, started weakly. But gradually, Nottingham Forest were able to noticeably improve and broke away from the relegation zone. Moreover, in January - early February, they had a nice streak of 5 rounds without defeat. At the same time, it turned out to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup, however, Manchester United already passed the opponent there without any problems. And only last Saturday in the championship the Forest lost 0-2 to Fulham.
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Manchester city had turned domestic wins into a routine in recent years. And perhaps that is why there have been so many problems this season that it started with a defeat in the Super Cup to Liverpool. But, most importantly, the giant lost a lot of points in the Premier League, letting Arsenal go into the lead. However, recently the Gunners have slowed down, and all the problems began with a 0-1 in the cup just against City. After that, Mikel Arteta's wards took only 1 point in 2 matches with Everton and Brentford. The wards of Pep Guardiola themselves reacted to the first misfire of a competitor 0-1 with Tottenham. But last weekend it turned out to win 3-1 over Aston Villa. And, most importantly, it turned out to win on Wednesday with the same score against Arsenal. Yes, the Gunners still has a match in hand, but at the same time, the competitors have already leveled on points. But it is worth remembering that the next mid-week will start in the Champions League - are we expecting surprises with the starting line-up?
Over the past 20 years there has been only 1 head-to-head, a cup game, in 2009 - by the way, Nottingham Forest won it. In the Premier League, the sides crossed on the last day of the summer, and then the City recorded easy win, 6-0. Bookmakers do not think that the result of the previous confrontation will be completely repeated, but still City will be clearly stronger again. We recommend betting that the champion will beat the newcomer with a handicap of "-1.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Manchester City to win with -1.5 handicap.
