Overview
- Kick-off is 12:30 GMT at the City Ground, with live coverage on TNT Sports 1 in the UK and streaming via Discovery+.
- City arrive on a seven-match winning run in all competitions, including five straight league victories and multiple recent clean sheets.
- A City win would take them back to the Premier League summit before Arsenal play later in the day, underscoring the title-race stakes.
- Erling Haaland leads the visitors’ threat after 19 league goals in 17 games this season, with Phil Foden also in strong scoring form.
- Forest have improved under Sean Dyche but remain near the drop zone and are without Willy Boly and Ibrahim Sangare due to AFCON, with several others sidelined through injury; media outlets have published predicted XIs pending official confirmation.