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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Saturday 7 November 2026, What to watch?
Struggling Nottingham Forest (19th position) hosts Manchester City (2nd position) at the City Ground on 7 November 2026.
Ludistat
Referee
Craig Pawson
Premier League: Brighton beat Manchester City 1–0. Goals: Yasin Ayari 11'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Manchester City | Brighton |
|---|---|---|
| 11′ · Yasin Ayari | 0 | 1 |
| 90′ | 0 | 1 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.68 | 1.02 |
| xG per shot | 0.080 | 0.146 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.68 | -0.02 |
| Manchester City win | 53% | |
| Draw | 24% | |
| Brighton win | 23% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.68 | 1.02 |
| xG per shot | 0.080 | 0.146 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.68 | -0.02 |
| Manchester City win | 53% | |
| Draw | 24% | |
| Brighton win | 23% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| Off target | 7 | 3 |
| Blocked | 8 | 1 |
| Inside the box | 19 | 6 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 1 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 62% | 38% |
| Passes | 611 | 373 |
| Completed | 518 | 285 |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 76% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 9 | 13 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 2 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Verbruggen | Brighton | 9.5 | 90 |
| Y. Ayari | Brighton | 7.8 | 90 |
| E. Anderson | Manchester City | 7.2 | 90 |
| L. Dunk | Brighton | 7.1 | 90 |
| A. Khusanov | Manchester City | 7.1 | 90 |
| Matheus Nunes | Manchester City | 6.9 | 90 |
| G. Rutter | Brighton | 6.9 | 6 |
| G. Donnarumma | Manchester City | 6.9 | 90 |
| M. Yalcouyé | Brighton | 6.8 | 18 |
| J. Doku | Manchester City | 6.8 | 90 |
| L. Vušković | Brighton | 6.7 | 90 |
| Rúben Dias | Manchester City | 6.7 | 90 |
| N. O'Reilly | Manchester City | 6.7 | 26 |
| J. Hadjam | Brighton | 6.6 | 26 |
| M. De Cuyper | Brighton | 6.6 | 72 |
| M. Wieffer | Brighton | 6.5 | 26 |
| E. Fernández | Manchester City | 6.5 | 64 |
| J. Gvardiol | Manchester City | 6.5 | 79 |
| R. Cherki | Manchester City | 6.4 | 35 |
| A. Bouaddi | Manchester City | 6.4 | 55 |
| P. Groß | Brighton | 6.4 | 90 |
| P. Foden | Manchester City | 6.3 | 11 |
| Allan | Manchester City | 6.3 | 11 |
| J. Hinshelwood | Brighton | 6.3 | 18 |
| C. Kostoulas | Brighton | 6.3 | 72 |
| José María Andrés Baixauli | Brighton | 6.2 | 64 |
| Costinha | Brighton | 6.1 | 90 |
| I. Ndiaye | Manchester City | 6.1 | 79 |
| D. Gómez | Brighton | 6.0 | 84 |
| E. Haaland | Manchester City | 6.0 | 90 |
| O. Boscagli | Brighton | 5.9 | 64 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
G. Donnarumma
B. Verbruggen| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Coach: E. Maresca
Bench
8M. KovačićM
10R. CherkiM
47P. FodenM
37AllanF
28G. RulliG
6M. GuéhiD
22Vitor NunesD
33N. O'ReillyD
82R. LewisDCoach: F. Hürzeler
Bench
3J. HadjamD
27M. WiefferM
30M. SvobodaD
8J. HinshelwoodM
10G. RutterF
11Y. MintehF
33M. O'RileyM
23J. SteeleG
35M. YalcouyéM| 27Matheus NunesD | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10R. CherkiM | 35 | 6.4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8M. KovačićM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82R. LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33N. O'ReillyD | 26 | 6.7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Vitor NunesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6M. GuéhiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28G. RulliG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37AllanF | 11 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47P. FodenM | 11 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1G. DonnarummaG | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9E. HaalandF | 90 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45A. KhusanovD | 90 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Rúben DiasD | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24J. GvardiolD | 79 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5E. AndersonM | 90 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32A. BouaddiM | 55 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7I. NdiayeF | 79 | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17E. FernándezM | 64 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11J. DokuF | 90 | 6.8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |