Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Premier League, 27 Dec 2025

📅27/12/2025 · 🕒15:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 1-3
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
19%
4.13
Draw
21%
3.8
Away
60%
1.62
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
43%
2.21
Over 2.5
57%
1.6
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.66
No
47%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
23%
4.36
2-3 Goals
41%
1.88
4-5 Goals
23%
2.88
6+ Goals
13%
8.3
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
6%
7.86
1/2
8%
20.8
1/X
4%
15.95
X/1
6%
10.5
X/2 EV+ ✓
25%
4.36
X/X
11%
6.1
2/1
6%
35.0
2/2
28%
2.05
2/X
6%
14.4
Value flag · X/2 at 4.36 — our 25% vs market 18.3%. Landed.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Away Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
19%
Home Win
20%
-1.7pp
21%
Draw
22%
-1.7pp
60%
Away Win
57%
+3.5pp
43%
Under 2.5
41%
+1.9pp
57%
Over 2.5
59%
-1.9pp
53%
BTTS Yes
56%
-3.0pp
47%
BTTS No
44%
+3.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Nottingham Forest EU Bookmakers 24%
Head to Head
AWAY Manchester City EU Bookmakers 62%
+8% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -3%
1.22/1.37 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.05/1.14
-9% / +26% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +7% / -3%
40% Ball Possession 60%
11 Total Shots 15
3 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 6
276 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 504 · 85%
21.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 36.3
18.8 Crosses 17.1
2.1 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Nottingham Forest
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Manchester City
0.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.09 xG 1.65
33% Ball Possession 67%
10 Total Shots 14
2 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 6
248 Passes 567
79% Pass Accuracy 89%
16 Box Touches 32
14 Crosses 18
3 Yellow Cards 2
27.04.2025 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 0-2 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City FAK
08.03.2025 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 1-0 HT 0-0 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
04.12.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 3-0 HT 2-0 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest İNP
28.04.2024 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 0-2 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
23.09.2023 Manchester City Manchester City 2-0 HT 2-0 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest İNP
18.02.2023 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 1-1 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Nottingham Forest
1-2
AWAY Manchester City
0.59 xG 1.45
34% Ball Possession 66%
7 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
219 Passes 536
75% Pass Accuracy 90%
12 Box Touches 33
22 Crosses 18
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester City squeezed past Nottingham Forest 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Manchester City as the likeliest winner at 60%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (57%) came in.

On the day, Nottingham Forest had 34% of the ball to Manchester City's 66%, shots finished 7-16, expected goals 0.59 to 1.45.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Manchester City led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.33 goals for Nottingham Forest and 1.67 for Manchester City.

What was the final score of Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City?

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City in the England - Premier League on 27/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City?

Before kick-off our model rated an Manchester City win the most likely single outcome at about 60%, with the full match-result split Nottingham Forest 19%, draw 21%, Manchester City 60%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Manchester City), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Manchester City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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