Manchester City 2-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2026

Result

Manchester City 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Manchester City drew with Nottingham Forest 2-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Antoine Semenyo (31') and Rodri (62'). Nottingham Forest scored through Morgan Gibbs-White (56') and Elliot Anderson (76').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 59 points from 28 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 27 points from 28. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 44.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rayan Cherki of Manchester City (8.1), ahead of Bernardo Silva (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Antoine SemenyoManchester City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest
  • 56'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 62'Goal · RodriManchester City · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Nikola MilenkovićNottingham Forest
  • 76'Goal · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest · 2-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Matz SelsNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-1-3-2)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rodri, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland, Antoine Semenyo

Nottingham Forest line-up (5-3-2)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Jair Cunha, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolás Domínguez, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus