# Nottingham Forest v Manchester City — the Match Wizard Premier League, game week 10 — Saturday, 7 November 2026, kick-off 17:30 UK time. > The wizard is price-blind: four steps on played-match facts alone, then your appraisal — and only then the market. Read it in order. Nothing here is a tip or a selection. Nottingham Forest: 47 league matches in the bank, 9 from this season and the rest from last season. Manchester City: 47 league matches in the bank, 9 from this season and the rest from last season. ## Step 1 of 4 — The table **The table makes Manchester City the bigger side: 2nd against 16th of 20 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Nottingham Forest takes 0.80 points a game, Manchester City 2.40 -- the block form is Manchester City's.** Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart? ### Nottingham Forest -- at home - **Where it stands:** Stands 19th of 20 after 9 games, with 6 points. Last season it finished 16th of 20 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (14th to 20th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 9 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 6th). Against that block it has won 2, drew 6, lost 7 of 15 -- 12 points of 45. At home against them: won 0 of 7. Away against them: won 2 of 8. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 6, lost 7 of 15 (0.80 a game); against the middle block won 4, drew 2, lost 9 of 15 (0.93 a game); against the bottom block won 6, drew 5, lost 4 of 15 (1.53 a game); against sides new to the division won 0, drew 1, lost 1 of 2 (0.50 a game). ### Manchester City -- away - **Where it stands:** Stands 2nd of 20 after 9 games, with 21 points. Last season it finished 2nd of 20 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 6th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 9 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the bottom block (14th to 20th). Against that block it has won 11, drew 3, lost 1 of 15 -- 36 points of 45. At home against them: won 5 of 7. Away against them: won 6 of 8. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 8, drew 2, lost 4 of 14 (1.86 a game); against the middle block won 9, drew 4, lost 3 of 16 (1.94 a game); against the bottom block won 11, drew 3, lost 1 of 15 (2.40 a game); against sides new to the division won 2, drew 0, lost 0 of 2 (3.00 a game). ## Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form **-0.91 points a game is the venue form gap, in Manchester City's favour: Nottingham Forest takes 0.91 a game at home over the last two seasons, Manchester City 1.83 away.** Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so. ### Nottingham Forest -- at home - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season at home: won 0, drew 1, lost 3 of 4, scoring 0 and conceding 3. Last season at home: won 4, drew 8, lost 7 of 19, scoring 20 and conceding 23 -- 1.05 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Brentford 0-2 away; drew with Ipswich Town 1-1 away; lost to Arsenal 0-1 at home; lost to Crystal Palace 1-3 away; lost to Coventry City 0-1 at home. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 5 different managers took its 47 matches with one recorded (18, 12, 9, 5, 3 apiece), most recently Oliver Glasner with 9. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ### Manchester City -- away - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season away: won 3, drew 0, lost 1 of 4, scoring 9 and conceding 3. Last season away: won 9, drew 6, lost 4 of 19, scoring 32 and conceding 21 -- 1.74 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 at home; lost to Aston Villa 1-2 away; beat Ipswich Town 3-2 at home; beat Liverpool 3-0 away; beat Sunderland 5-3 at home. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 3 different managers took its 47 matches with one recorded (37, 9, 1 apiece), most recently Enzo Maresca with 9. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ## Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come **Nottingham Forest scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Manchester City scores heaviest in 31-45+ and concedes heaviest in 61-75.** Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference. Side by side: Nottingham Forest scores most in the 76-90+ band (14 of 54); Nottingham Forest concedes most in the 76-90+ band (19 of 63); Manchester City scores most in the 31-45+ band (24 of 97); Manchester City concedes most in the 61-75 band (11 of 45). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask. ### Nottingham Forest -- at home - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.1 and concedes 1.3 a game over its last 47 league matches; at home, 0.9 for and 1.1 against over 23. - **When it scores:** Of 54 scored across its own 47 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 10; 16-30: 3; 31-45+: 9; 46-60: 11; 61-75: 7; 76-90+: 14. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 14 of 54 (26%). - **When it concedes:** Of 63 conceded across its own 47 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 6; 16-30: 7; 31-45+: 15; 46-60: 12; 61-75: 4; 76-90+: 19. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 19 of 63 (30%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 15 of its 47 read -- then won 9, drew 5, lost 1; conceded first in 28 -- pulled back 3 wins and 5 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 14 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 9 of its 47 read, winning 9 of them; trailed by two in 13, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 7. ### Manchester City -- away - **Goals a game:** Scores 2.1 and concedes 1.0 a game over its last 47 league matches; away, 1.8 for and 1.0 against over 23. - **When it scores:** Of 97 scored across its own 47 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 10; 16-30: 14; 31-45+: 24; 46-60: 14; 61-75: 17; 76-90+: 18. - **When it concedes:** Of 45 conceded across its own 47 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 3; 16-30: 6; 31-45+: 7; 46-60: 10; 61-75: 11; 76-90+: 8. - **The first goal:** Scored first in 37 of its 47 read -- then won 28, drew 7, lost 2; conceded first in 9 -- pulled back 2 wins and 1 draw from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 8 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 21 of its 47 read, winning 20 of them; trailed by two in 3, rescuing 1 result; was ahead at some point without winning in 9. ## Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets **Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 56% of their games, both teams scoring in 49%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 37%. On the record this leans a goals match.** Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds. How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Nottingham Forest's numbers over its games, Manchester City's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so. For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Nottingham Forest's own 23 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (35%). In Manchester City's own 23 away matches read, 9 (39%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 37% of games. ### Nottingham Forest -- at home - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 23 of its own 47 (49%); over 1.5 in 36 (77%); over 3.5 in 12 (26%). At home: over 2.5 in 8 of its 23 (35%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 22 of its own 47 (47%). At home: 9 of its 23 (39%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 10 of its own 47 (21%); failed to score in 19 (40%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Nottingham Forest's own 47 matches read: Nottingham Forest or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 22 (47%). Nottingham Forest itself held the lead in 9, winning 9. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 8 of 23. ### Manchester City -- away - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 30 of its own 47 (64%); over 1.5 in 39 (83%); over 3.5 in 11 (23%). Away: over 2.5 in 13 of its 23 (57%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 24 of its own 47 (51%). Away: 12 of its 23 (52%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 19 of its own 47 (40%); failed to score in 5 (11%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Manchester City's own 47 matches read: Manchester City or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 24 (51%). Manchester City itself held the lead in 21, winning 20. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 9 of 23. ## Your appraisal — and now the market **The table makes Manchester City the bigger side: 2nd against 16th of 20 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Nottingham Forest takes 0.80 points a game, Manchester City 2.40 -- the block form is Manchester City's. -0.91 points a game is the venue form gap, in Manchester City's favour: Nottingham Forest takes 0.91 a game at home over the last two seasons, Manchester City 1.83 away. Nottingham Forest scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Manchester City scores heaviest in 31-45+ and concedes heaviest in 61-75. Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 56% of their games, both teams scoring in 49%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 37%. On the record this leans a goals match.** If the pattern holds -- and a pattern is a shape, not a promise: Manchester City lands the first blow more often (37 of 47 to 15 of 47); when a lead builds towards 2UP it is more often Manchester City's -- two goals clear in 21 of 47, against 9 of 47; a one-goal lead has not been safe in Manchester City's hands -- ahead without winning in 9 of 47; Nottingham Forest finds its goals latest of all -- 14 of its 54 after the 75th. That read is built from the four steps, with no price in your ear -- the steps hold the evidence if you want the post-mortem. Now the market gets its say. Where it agrees with you it got there first; where it does not, your read and the crowd's disagree -- that is the conversation this tool exists to set up, and no measured edge backs either side of it. The tissue is a plain goals model: Nottingham Forest 0.75 goals expected, Manchester City 1.57, from two seasons of scoring rates (23 home matches and 23 away in the bank), shrunk toward the division average. It is calibrated against nothing and claims no edge -- it exists to make your view concrete before the market speaks. - **Match result:** Our tissue: Nottingham Forest 5.58 (18%), the draw 3.95 (25%), Manchester City 1.76 (57%). The market's averages: 4.10, 3.85 and 1.73. The widest gap is on Nottingham Forest: the market is shorter (4.10) than our 5.58 -- it rates that outcome more than we do. - **Over or under 2.5 goals:** Our tissue: over 2.5 2.44 (41%), under 2.5 1.69 (59%). The market's averages: over 2.5 1.65, under 2.5 2.27. The market is shorter than our number on over 2.5. - **Both teams to score:** Our tissue: yes 2.39 (42%), no 1.72 (58%). The market's averages: yes 1.57, no 2.38. The market is shorter than our number on yes. - **The 2UP fact:** For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Nottingham Forest's own 23 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (35%). In Manchester City's own 23 away matches read, 9 (39%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 37% of games. No tissue is offered for this -- the played-match rates above are the honest read. The market figures are the AVERAGE pre-match odds our feed records across books, not a best price -- a shaded average, so small gaps mean nothing. ## Half-time The HTML page reads the second half from any half-time score you give it: /football/wizard/epl/2026-11-07/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city/halftime/ Built 2026-11-05T02:26:39+00:00 from matches completed before kick-off.