Confirmed Line-Ups: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City (Premier League)

Manchester City prepares for a Premier League match against Nottingham Forest following a Champions League victory. The report details team fitness concerns, recent performance struggles, and the starting lineup for the upcoming fixture.
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Enzo Maresca's side head to the City Ground on the back of a 3-2 Champions League win at RB Leipzig on Wednesday night, where an own goal from Castello Lukeba, a strike from Enzo Fernandez and a late Erling Haaland winner secured all three points.
That victory followed a difficult spell in which Manchester City lost three of seven games in all competitions, with defeats to Aston Villa and Brighton and Hove Albion leaving them three points behind Arsenal , who went top after winning at Liverpool .
Individual errors have been central to that run, with Matheus Nunes failing to clear for Yasin Ayari's winner against Brighton after Marc Guehi's loose touch and two goals slipping past Gianluigi Donnarumma proved costly at Villa Park, although Maresca has insisted that no player is undroppable at the club.
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