Man City vs Nott'm Forest

23 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Phil Foden 7’
  • Erling Haaland 14’

Match summary

Man City beat Nott'm Forest 2-0. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

Phil Foden put Man City ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Kyle Walker and Erling Haaland made it 2-0 with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Matheus Nunes.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.73 from 10. Man City had a player sent off.

Match stats

Man City Nott'm Forest
7 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 7
1 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 0.73
1.34 Non-penalty xG 0.73
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Man City Nott'm Forest
Kick-off
Phil Foden
Assist: Kyle Walker
1-0 (Man City)
7’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Matheus Nunes
2-0 (Man City)
14’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Rodri
  • Ederson
  • Manuel Akanji
  • Jack Grealish
Nott'm Forest
  • Nuno Tavares
  • Morgan Gibbs-White
  • Orel Mangala
  • Ibrahim Sangare
  • Taiwo Awoniyi
  • Gonzalo Montiel
  • Divock Origi

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.73 7’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-0 7’ 14’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 14’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.73 7’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-0 Foden 7’ 14’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 Haaland 14’
Man City 1.34 xGNott'm Forest 0.73 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nott'm Forest attacking Man City attacking 
78’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 14’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 58’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 21’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 3’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 7’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 75’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 84’ Divock Origi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 50’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 71’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+5’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Willy Boly (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 14’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 58’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 21’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 3’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 7’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 84’ Divock Origi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 50’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 71’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Willy Boly (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF9010 0.000.071
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF900 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes MID9010 0.000.361
Rodri MID510 0.000.000
Phil Foden MID9011 0.070.051
Julián Álvarez MID624 0.340.000
Jéremy Doku MID570 0.000.141
Erling Haaland FWD9012 0.930.000
Kalvin Phillips Sub330 0.000.000
Nathan Aké Sub280 0.000.571
Jack Grealish Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 83% Avg odds 1.16
Draw 12% Avg odds 8.11
Nott'm Forest win 5% Avg odds 18.46

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.