Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 December 2024

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Wednesday 4 December 2024, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester City defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 December 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Bernardo Silva (8'), Kevin De Bruyne (31') and Jérémy Doku (57'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 23 points from 13 and Nottingham Forest 6th on 22 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 65.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.9), ahead of Jérémy Doku (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 2-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Nicolás DomínguezNottingham Forest
  • 51'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 52'Yellow card · İlkay GündoğanManchester City
  • 54'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 57'Goal · Jérémy DokuManchester City · 3-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · Nikola MilenkovićNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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

Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Josko Gvardiol, İlkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Álex Moreno, Ryan Yates, Nicolás Domínguez, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jota Silva, Chris Wood