Comments and predictions for Nottingham vs Man City: Last minute dominance
The match between Nottingham vs Man City in the FA Cup takes place at 10:30 p.m. on April 27. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Nottingham vs Man City team information
Man City's squad is largely unchanged, with Haaland (ankle), Rodri (cruciate ligament), Ederson (groin), Nathan Ake (ankle) and John Stones (thigh) still sidelined. Oscar Bobb is also struggling with his recovery.
In addition, James McAtee received a second yellow card in the FA Cup quarter-finals and will be suspended for this match – a blow to a young player who is slowly establishing himself in Guardiola's squad.
Jeremy Doku – who assisted Nunes' last-minute winner against Villa – is likely to replace McAtee, while 'new hero' left-back Nico O'Reilly is also expected to continue his impressive form, having had five goal involvements in just four FA Cup games this season.
McAtee is not the only player sitting out at Wembley. Forest players Ryan Yates and Neco Williams are also suspended after accumulating yellow cards in the quarter-finals.
Williams' absence is particularly worrying if Ola Aina fails to recover from a calf injury, which could leave Forest without a natural right-back, although Aina is racing against time.
Eric da Silva Moreira (ankle) and Jota Silva (minor injury) are also unavailable, but neither were in Santo's plans to start at Wembley.
Latest predicted lineup for Nottingham vs Man City
Nottingham Forest:
Sels; Aina, Milenkovic,Murillo, Toffolo; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Manchester City:
Ortega; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Silva, Kovacic, Gundogan; Doku, De Bruyne, Marmoush
Latest Nottingham vs Man City football review
While the Premier League title may be slipping away from them – Liverpool need just a point against Tottenham Hotspur at 4.30pm on Sunday to be crowned champions – the reigning English champions still have a chance to claim a significant consolation prize: a third successive FA Cup final.
Only once in his nine seasons in charge of Man City has Pep Guardiola failed to take his side to at least the semi-finals, and by ending Bournemouth's Wembley dream in the quarter-finals, City set a record as the first team to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for seven consecutive years.
As the designated 'away team' in this semi-final, Man City have a 50% success rate in their last six appearances at this stage – winning three, losing three – but even without Erling Haaland in the box, Guardiola's men have been in fine form this spring.
The 2-1 quarter-final win over Bournemouth was one of five wins City have had in their last six games, including three straight wins over Crystal Palace, Everton and most recently Aston Villa, where Matheus Nunes saved the day with an injury-time winner.
With 14 points from their last 18 Premier League games, Guardiola's side are well placed in the race for Champions League qualification and are a reliable choice for goals in the FA Cup, having scored in 21 consecutive games in the competition since their 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the 2020-21 semi-finals.
As Man City look to reach a third successive FA Cup final, Nottingham Forest are desperate to end a 34-year absence from the final, their last appearance being in 1991, when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in extra time.
More than three decades later, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side – also vying for a top-five Premier League spot alongside Man City – relied largely on their penalty shootout prowess to reach Wembley, having won all three successive penalty shootouts.
After easily overcoming Luton Town, Forest have beaten Exeter City, Ipswich Town and Brighton & Hove Albion on penalties, so it would be understandable if they took the initiative to drag the semi-final into a two-hour penalty shootout.
Like their opponents, Forest travel to the capital on the back of a 2-1 Premier League win – Santo beat his former club Tottenham Hotspur in crisis on Monday – and he now aims to replicate the exploits of a famous compatriot.
In fact, Jose Mourinho is the only Portuguese manager to have taken his team to an FA Cup final – with Chelsea and Manchester United – and with Man City and Forest having each beaten each other once in the Premier League this season, Sunday's semi-final promises to be a mouthwatering affair.
Latest Nottingham vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Nottingham vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Nottingham 0-2 Man City
- WhoScore:Nottingham 1-2 Man City
- Our newspaper predicts:Nottingham 1-2 Man City
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