Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2023

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester City defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Phil Foden opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Phil Foden (7') and Erling Haaland (14'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Nottingham Forest received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 15 points from 5 and Nottingham Forest 8th on 7 points from 5. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (8.1), ahead of Josko Gvardiol (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Manuel AkanjiManchester City
  • 19'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaManchester City
  • 21'Yellow card · Nuno TavaresNottingham Forest
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest
  • 46'Red card · RodriManchester City
  • 46'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 58'Yellow card · Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest
  • 58'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City
  • 77'Yellow card · Orel MangalaNottingham Forest
  • 81'Yellow card · Divock OrigiNottingham Forest
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jack GrealishManchester City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Gonzalo MontielNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Matheus Nunes, Rodri, Phil Foden, Julián Alvarez, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Nottingham Forest line-up (5-4-1)

Matt Turner, Ola Aina, Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Moussa Niakhaté, Nuno Tavares, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ibrahim Sangaré, Orel Mangala, Nicolás Domínguez, Taiwo Awoniyi