Manchester City are unbeaten in their last eight league games against Nottingham Forest (W6 D2), since a 3-2 home defeat in the second division in December 1997.

Nottingham Forest have lost their last four league away games against Man City by an aggregate score of 12-0, while they are winless in their last seven games in the top flight (D3 L4) since a 3-0 win in November 1989. .

Nottingham Forest have lost their last five away games against the reigning top flight champions by an aggregate score of 21-2. Their last win of this kind came in December 1994 against Manchester United (2-1).

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 31 Premier League home games on a Wednesday (27 wins, 4 draws) and have won each of the last 20. The last such defeat came against Tottenham in May 2010.

Nottingham Forest have alternated between losses (4) and wins (4) in their last eight midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games, most recently beating Fulham 3-1 in April.

Manchester City have conceded more than three goals in each of their last two home games in all competitions (0-4 v Spurs, 3-3 v Feyenoord), most recently in three home games in a row in April/May 1963. In one season they were relegated from the top division.

Man City went unbeaten for 35 consecutive home games in the Premier League between December 2022 and October 2024, losing 4-0 to Spurs in their last game at the Etihad. City have not lost in a row at home against Leeds and Chelsea since April/May 2021, while this has not happened in front of fans since February 2016 against Leicester and Spurs.

After winning five of seven away games in the Premier League between May and October (D2), Nottingham Forest lost 3-0 to Arsenal in their last away game. Since returning to the top flight in 2022, Forest have lost all four away games in Manchester by an aggregate score of 14-2.

Erling Haaland has scored 15 goals in all competitions in his last 11 games at the Etihad for Manchester City, while he scored four goals in two against Nottingham Forest on home soil. His last brace against Feyenoord came in his 100th home game for a team in the five major European leagues (all competitions), where he scored 110 goals in those games.

Chris Wood has scored 12 goals in his last 13 away Premier League games for Nottingham Forest and has scored in each of his last three. No Forest player has scored in four consecutive Premier League away games, while Garry Birtles was the last Forest player to do so in the top flight (six in a row) in the 1983–84 season.