Nottingham Forest v Man City

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Nottingham Forest safely navigated their way past Premier League counterparts, Ipswich Town, and into the quarter-finals of this season's FA Cup by virtue of winning a penalty shoot-out after the scores were level at 1-1 and the Tricky Trees will hold home advantage once again on Saturday lunchtime when they play host to fourth placed Manchester City with just a single point separating the two sides.

Manchester City had no such worries against Championship outfit Plymouth Argyle in last weekend's 5th round FA Cup tie as The Citizens ran out 3-1 winners although Pep Guardiola's side had to come from behind to secure their place in the last eight of the domestic cup competition.

Anyway, both sides now return to the business of securing a top four finish in this season's campaign and Nottingham Forest look to have a job on their hands if they are to remain in their current position of third place in the table having failed to win any of their last three games.

Defeats to Fulham and Newcastle United along with a draw with Arsenal have allowed the chasing teams such as Chelsea and Newcastle United to close the gap on Nuno Espírito Santo's side, and having lost three out of their last five league games overall, the east midlands club find themselves in a nervy situation.

However, Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last seven games at the City Ground, picking up five wins and two draws.

Manchester City will now turn their attentions to the Premier League this Saturday lunchtime where the visitors will be keen to pick up where they left off, that being a 1-0 win in the nation's capital against Tottenham.

After having had to endure a highly publicised disastrous eight-match sequence in the English top flight from early November through to just before Christmas which saw Manchester City pick up just one win but slip to six losses, the visitors have since steadied the ship.

Indeed, City have lost just twice in their subsequent 10 games overall which came in the form of defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool, but also includes collecting six wins in the process overall and wins registered on their travels at Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Tottenham respectively.

Ironically, the single win that City had achieved in their previous slump in form came in the shape of a 3-0 home win against Saturday's upcoming opponents, Nottingham Forest, at their Etihad Stadium.

Nottingham Forest v Manchester City Verdict

Manchester City have held the upper hand over Nottingham Forest in previous exchanges as Pep Guardiola's side have won four out of the last five meetings between the two clubs and the visitors may nick another victory here as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Manchester City win @ 1.90

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Correct Score: Manchester City 1-0 @ 11.00