Man City vs Nott'm Forest

4 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Bernardo Silva 8’
  • Kevin De Bruyne 31’
  • Jéremy Doku 57’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Nott'm Forest. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

Bernardo Silva put Man City ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne, Kevin De Bruyne made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, set up by Jéremy Doku, and Jéremy Doku made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Erling Haaland.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.22 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.80 from 12.

Match stats

Man City Nott'm Forest
17 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.20 xG 0.80
3.20 Non-penalty xG 0.80
10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Man City Nott'm Forest
Kick-off
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne
1-0 (Man City)
8’
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Jéremy Doku
2-0 (Man City)
31’
Half-time2-0
Jéremy Doku
Assist: Erling Haaland
3-0 (Man City)
57’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man City
  • Ilkay Gündogan
  • Bernardo Silva
Nott'm Forest
  • Murillo
  • Nikola Milenkovic
  • Nicolás Domínguez
  • Morgan Gibbs-White

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.22 0.80 8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 1-0 8’ 31’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 2-0 31’ 57’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), 3-0 57’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.22 0.80 8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 1-0 Silva 8’ 31’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 2-0 De Bruyne 31’ 57’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), 3-0 Doku 57’
Man City 3.22 xGNott'm Forest 0.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nott'm Forest attacking Man City attacking 
8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.85 xG, goal 15’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 31’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 21’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 90+2’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 57’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 30’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 64’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 87’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 38’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 6’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 73’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Álex Moreno (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Elliot Anderson (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Jota Silva (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Murillo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.85 xG, goal 15’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 31’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 21’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 90+2’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 57’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 30’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 64’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 87’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 38’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 6’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 17’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 69’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 13’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 73’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Álex Moreno (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Elliot Anderson (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 9’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Jota Silva (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Murillo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stefan Ortega Moreno GK900 0.000.000
Manuel Akanji DEF471 0.070.000
Nathan Aké DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF902 0.770.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID901 0.020.031
Jack Grealish MID902 0.130.173
Bernardo Silva MID9011 0.850.552
Kevin De Bruyne MID75115 0.631.064
Jéremy Doku MID90113 0.400.351
Erling Haaland FWD9012 0.340.613
Kyle Walker Sub430 0.000.000
Rico Lewis Sub150 0.000.000
Sávio Sub10 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes Sub10 0.000.000
James McAtee Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 73% Avg odds 1.32
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.64
Nott'm Forest win 10% Avg odds 9.34

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.