How to watch Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest live: stream link, TV channel, team news, prediction

Manchester City host Nottingham Forest on Wednesday in an important game for Pep Guardiola’s side.

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After Sunday’s 2-0 defeat in Liverpool, the four-time reigning champions are now 11 points behind leaders Liverpool. City appeared to be a shadow of their former selves as they barely created a chance at Anfield and some poor defensive play underlined their terrible recent form. City are winless in their last seven games in all competitions and have lost six of them. They really need to get back on track at home against Forest.

As for Forest, well, they are solid and reliable and beat Ipswich 1-0 at home on Saturday. Chris Wood, who has scored nine goals so far this season, scored the winner from the penalty spot and summed up Forest’s newfound resilience. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are difficult to beat and are a real threat on the counter-attack and set-pieces, trailing Man City by just one point heading into this game.

How to watch Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest live, with stream link and start time

Kick-off time: 2:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday (December 4)
Venue: Etihad Stadium – Manchester
TV channels: Peacock
Streaming: Watch live on Peacock

Manchester City team news, Focus

Players like Doku, Grealish, De Bruyne and Savinho could all come into the starting XI to give City additional attacking impetus. Guardiola needs to find a solution in the defensive midfielder role. Maybe that’s Manuel Akanji moving forward from central defense?

OUT OF: Rodri (knee – season out)Oscar Bobb (lower leg), Mateo Kovacic (unknown) | QUESTIONABLE: John Stones (ankle)

Nottingham Forest team news, Focus

Forest’s injuries have calmed down and Nuno has some great attacking options to choose from: Hudson-Odoi, Elanga, Gibbs-White and Jota Silva are all pushing to start behind the red-hot Chris Wood.

Missing: Danilo (ankle), Ibrahim Sangare (unknown)

Prediction for Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

This feels like a game where City are angry and score early to calm things down. It won’t be easy, but expect them to pick up a win as they try to rebuild some confidence. Manchester City 2-1 Nottingham Forest.