Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest Prediction, 12/4/2024 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 12/3/2024

Game: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Location: Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England

TV: USA Network

The Tricky Trees (6-4-3) are en route to Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England on Wednesday where they will try to defeat Manchester City (7-2-4). Manchester City are priced at -210 and The Tricky Trees are priced at +172. The total comes in at 3. The goalies expected to start will be Stefan Ortega for Manchester City and Matz Sels for Nottingham Forest.

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The Citizens are ranked 9th in relation to goals expected with 25.0, and the xGA are sitting at 19.0. Man City has allowed 19 goals while allowing 1.46 goals per 90, and opposing teams have tallied 50 shots on target on them. Their goal differential is at 3 by way of 22 goals notched in addition to 19 goals surrendered. They have accumulated 2 clean sheets, which puts them at a rate of 15.4% over the course of the season. Manchester City has accumulated 32 saves and are the owners of a SV percentage of 62.0% on the season. Manchester City has accumulated 30 yellow cards on the season. On the season, the squad comes in with an average of 1.77 points per fixture (23 points) and they also sit at 32nd in Big 5 soccer with 15 assists.

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So far this season, Nottingham has a save rate of 72.9% (48 SoT against), and are ranked 29th in Big 5 soccer with 22 points. The Tricky Trees are averaging 1.7 pts/match while totaling 8 assists and 2 red cards. Nottingham Forest has recorded 16 goals and their xG this year is sitting at 16.1. Nottingham has accumulated a shut out rate of 38.5% so far this season in addition to 33 yellow cards. This club's goals against/90 min is at 1.00 in addition to 35 saves, and they are sitting with 5 shutouts. Nott'ham Forest is 17th in relation to goals given up having 13, and the squad's difference in goals sits at 3.

Ortega has defended the goal for 7,025 minutes and has tallied 282 saves in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.47 (115 total goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 71.4%. The goalkeeper from Germany has faced 395 shots attempted at him in 76 starting assignments. Ortega (19-23-34 mark during his career) has earned 22 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 28.2%% shutout rate. The man defending the goal for Manchester City is Stefan Ortega.

During his career, Sels has allowed 259 goals while earning 497 stops in 193 starting assignments. He has conceded 1.34 goals per 90 minutes and he has a record of 63-63-67. He has a save percentage of 66.0% and his clean sheet rate is currently 22.8%%. Sels has 44 shutouts while defending 753 shots against him in 17,370 mins throughout his career. Matz Sels will be looking after the net for Nott'ham Forest.

Erling Haaland is a member of the team who should impact this matchup for Manchester City. He has totaled 46 assists while earning 478 points in his career. The forward from Norway has totaled 216 goals scored in 18,495 professional minutes played. Haaland has started 208 contests so far in his career and accounts for 1.00 goals per 90 mins.

Nott'ham Forest is being led onto the pitch by Chris Wood, who can cause havoc on the pitch. The forward born in New Zealand has totaled 33,073 professional minutes while scoring 165 goals. He averages 0.44 G/90 and has started 366 games so far in his career. He has collected 369 pts during his soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 39 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Manchester City (+172)

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