Story byCity unchanged for Forest as Rodri returns to the benchManchester City FCSat, December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM UTC·4 min readPep Guardiola has named an unchanged side for our Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground at 12:30 (UK). Club News Get up to 70% off in our winter sale The boss keeps the same Manchester City side that beat West Ham 3-0 last time out as we look to extended our winning streak to eight matches in all competitions. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRodri is named among the substitutes for the first time since featuring against Bournemouth at the beginning of November. Jeremy Doku, John Stones, Oscar Bobb and Mateo Kovacic are still missing through injury while City are without Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri who are both at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. TEAMSFOREST XI: John Victor, Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Anderson, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White (C), Hudson-Odoi, Igor JesusSubs: Sels, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Zinchenko, AbbottCITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, HaalandAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSubs: Trafford, Ake, Rodri, Savinho, Khusanov, McAIdoo, Mukasa, Lewis, R HeskeyTACTICS AND FORMATIONWith an unchanged line-up, it can only be expected that City go with the same system that proved successful against the Hammers before Christmas. Of course, Guardiola is always the innovator and he demanded an improvement despite our impressive win a week ago. The City boss has options to move his players around with plenty of flexibility in the squad, but the set-up of the side is unlikely to change too much after the wins of recent weeks.20-20 visionWith 19 goals in 17 Premier League games so far this season, Erling Haaland is aiming to reach 20 before the turn of the year. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOnly one player in Premier League history has achieved that before. His name?
