Nottingham Forest welcome Manchester City to the Midlands for the first Premier League game after the latest round of FA Cup fixtures.
Both sides are within touching distance of a place in the Champions League next season, and with England likely to get a fifth spot, there is a lot on the line for each team.
Rodri returned to outdoor training for the visitors last week but is still a way off full fitness again, but Pep Guardiola does have plenty of powerful tools at his disposal.
Meanwhile, Forest’s home record this season is excellent and they have beaten enough giants to fancy their chances in this game.
Read on to see how both teams line-up.
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Nottingham Forest line-up
Your Reds to face @ManCity. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/yNonwU6hbz
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) March 8, 2025
Forest have all of their tools available to them.
Mats Sels is in goal, with a backline of Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo and Neco Williams.
Nicolas Dominguez partners Elliott Anderson in midfield.
Then comes a three of Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Chris Wood will start up front as usual.
Manchester City line-up
Your City side to take on Nottingham Forest 📋
XI | Ederson, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Nico, Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Marmoush, Kovacic, Grealish, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Reis, O’Reilly, Lewis#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/MmODh3oqRe
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 8, 2025
For the champions, it is as strong as they can get.
Ederson is in goal, behind a defence of Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol.
Nico Gonzalez will play as a defensive midfielder, with both Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva ahead of him.
Savinho is on the right, with Jeremy Doku on the left.
And Erling Haaland is the lone striker.
