Overview
- City arrive on a seven-match winning run across all competitions and can go first for a few hours with an early victory at the City Ground.
- Guardiola said players will be weighed after Christmas and warned anyone returning out of shape will not be selected for the matchday squad.
- Reported absentees include Rodri, John Stones, Jeremy Doku, Mateo Kovacic and Oscar Bobb, with Omar Marmoush and Rayan Aït-Nouri unavailable due to AFCON duty.
- Erling Haaland has 19 goals in 17 games as City pair prolific scoring with three straight 3-0 league wins and clean sheets.
- Forest sit 17th under Sean Dyche after four wins in his first nine league games and have been vulnerable from set pieces, conceding 14 goals in those situations.