Nottingham Forest v Manchester City: Expected line-ups for Premier League clash

Nottingham Forest will play their fifth home match of the season still searching for their first Premier League goal at the City Ground when they host Manchester City in the 10th round of the English top flight.

The fixture brings together two teams with contrasting situations. Nottingham Forest are struggling near the bottom end of the table, while Manchester City are looking to revive their campaign. Here are the expected line-ups for the match.

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest continue to have a lengthy injury list, although no new fitness problems have emerged in recent days.

The home side will be without Igor Jesus, Nicolas Dominguez and Nicolo Savona. Their absences deprive the manager of several important options as Forest attempt to change their current run of results.

Forest are expected to line up with Matz Sels in goal, behind a three-man defence of Nikola Milenkovic, Ousmane Diomande and Murillo.

Ola Aina, Xaver Schlager, James McAtee and Neco Williams are set to form the midfield, with Morgan Gibbs-White, Liam Delap and Dan Ndoye leading the attack.

Expected Nottingham Forest XI: Matz Sels; Nikola Milenkovic, Ousmane Diomande, Murillo; Ola Aina, Xaver Schlager, James McAtee, Neco Williams; Morgan Gibbs-White, Liam Delap, Dan Ndoye.

Manchester City

Manchester City have not reported any new absences from the squad this week. However, Enzo Maresca will still be unable to select Antoine Semenyo, who remains unavailable while continuing his recovery.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is expected to start in goal. The likely defence consists of Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias and Nico O’Reilly.

Elliot Anderson, Rayan Cherki and Enzo Fernandez are tipped to occupy the midfield positions, while Iliman Ndiaye, Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku are expected to make up the forward line.

Expected Manchester City XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Nico O’Reilly; Elliot Anderson, Rayan Cherki, Enzo Fernandez; Iliman Ndiaye, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku.

The match will be Nottingham Forest’s 10th-round fixture in the English championship and will take place at the City Ground against Manchester City.

The listed betting prices give Nottingham Forest odds of 4.75 to win, with a draw priced at 4.00 and a Manchester City victory at 1.70. A separate price of 1.77 is also quoted for the Premier League match.