Man City team news vs Nottingham Forest and predicted lineup | OneFootball

Manchester City travel to Nottingham Forest for Premier League action on Saturday looking to make it eight straight wins in all competitions.

Pep Guardiola’s men are two points off top spot and will be aiming for a victory in the early kick-off to leapfrog leaders Arsenal, who will host Brighton shortly after the full-time whistle blows at the City Ground.

Forest have won four of their last six home games under Sean Dyche and will be hoping to derail City’s title pursuit.

The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 1, Prime Video, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+ and the discovery+ App.

Manchester City predicted lineup vs Nottingham Forest

Man City (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Reijnders, Gonzalez; Cherki, Bernardo Silva, Foden; Haaland.

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Man City team news vs Nottingham Forest

Guardiola named the same side that beat Crystal Palace for the visit of West Ham and was rewarded with another 3-0 victory on Saturday. Erling Haaland and Phil Foden in particular have hit top form at the right time ahead of a busy schedule.

Heading to Forest, the Spanish tactician is likely to stick with the winning team, though Bernardo Silva, Nico Gonzalez and Gianluigi Donnarumma are each one booking away from missing the New Year’s Day trip to Sunderland.

City have kept three clean sheets in the top flight in the absence of John Stones, who has been sidelined with a muscle problem. Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb also missed the win over the Hammers while Rodri is yet to return to full fitness.

Mateo Kovacic has been unavailable due to an ankle injury while Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Pep to put indulgent City stars on naughty list

City’s stars will have to pay attention to how much they enjoy their Christmas dinner as Guardiola has revealed his players will be weighed when they return to training.

The City boss is keen for his team to maintain peak fitness in their push for the Premier League title and checked their weight before the win over West Ham. They will be weighed again over the festive period to ensure they are ready to face Forest on Saturday lunchtime.

The players have been afforded three days off to spend Christmas at home but will have to make sure they don’t overdo it. If Guardiola is not happy with a player’s physical shape when they come back, he’s adamant they won’t be part of the matchday squad to travel to the City Ground.

“The moment they arrive after three days, I want to see how they come back. They can eat but I want to control them,” admitted the Spaniard.

“Imagine one player and now he’s perfect but he will arrive with three kilos more. He will be in Manchester, he will not travel to Nottingham Forest.”

While Haaland has been enjoying plenty of second helpings in front of goal this season, netting braces in the victories over West Ham and Crystal Palace, the Norway international will have to be less ruthless at the dinner table this Christmas.