Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 31 August 2022

Result

Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Wednesday 31 August 2022, 18:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 6-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The half-time score was 3-0.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Erling Haaland (12'), Erling Haaland (23'), Erling Haaland (38'), João Cancelo (50'), Julián Alvarez (65') and Julián Alvarez (87'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Nottingham Forest 14th on 4 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Julián Alvarez (9.0).

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-D-W-W and Nottingham Forest's L-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-0
  • 38'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · João CanceloManchester City · 4-0
  • 65'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 5-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Emmanuel DennisNottingham Forest
  • 87'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 6-0

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, İlkay Gündoğan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Julián Alvarez, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland

Nottingham Forest line-up (5-3-2)

Dean Henderson, Neco Williams, Joe Worrall, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Scott McKenna, Renan Lodi, Ryan Yates, Remo Freuler, Lewis O'Brien, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White