Predicted Starting XI: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City (Premier League)

Predicted Starting XI: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City (Premier League) Manchester City have lost their two most recent matches in the Premier League - a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa at Villa Park and a 0-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium. The club did, however, get back to winning ways as they triumphed over RB Leipzig in Germany in midweek, as Castello Lukeba's own goal, Enzo Fernandez, and Erling Haaland netted for the Blues, while Ridle Baku and Antonio Nusa scored for Martin Demichelis’ side. Despite the win, some may argue that City need to do more to compete at a high level, with Gianluigi Donnarumma making yet another error in leaving a significant gap at his near-post for the first equaliser, and Enzo Maresca’s men struggling with short passes throughout. The chance to improve both form and confidence will come on Saturday evening, as the Citizens travel to face a Nottingham Forest side dealing with a bad sequence of results - winless in all of their last five outings. The most recent match between the two sides was played at the Etihad Stadium back in March, when both teams scored twice. Antoine Semenyo and Rodri were the goalscorers for the hosts, as Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson hit the back of the net for the Garibaldis. At Nottingham Forest’s ground, Pep Guardiola’s men came out on top last December with a 1-2 win thanks to goals from Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki, who overcame Omari Hutchinson's strike. Aiming to win once again the Premier League, this is how we predict that Enzo Maresca may choose to line-up hios Manchester City XI against Nottingham Forest. Predicted XI Gianluigi Donnarumma is aware of his mistakes, as manager Enzo Maresca highlighted twice this week during media duties. The Italian international should still be between the sticks for the latest Premier League matchweek, even though criticism is rife. On the right side of the Manchester City defence, Matheus Nunes should start once again, as the Portuguese midfielder - converted into one of the best operators in the full-back role - improves the quality of game played by the Blues. Abdukodir Khusanov is arguably Manchester City’s most in-form centre-back at present given the performances of his fellow central defenders, and the Uzbek may be on the selected team once again. After earning himself a rest on Wednesday night in UEFA Champions League duties, club captain Ruben Dias could be straight back into the Manchester City starting XI against Nottingham Forest. Josko Gvardiol is another player who could return to the starting line-up and operating as an inside full-back from the left, with Nico O’Reilly struggling with an ongoing back problem. Performances in midweek sum up what Enzo Maresca wants from his midfielders as both Elliot Anderson - who is set to meet his old club for the first time since joining Manchester City last summer - and Enzo Fernandez  keep their places in our predicted squad Forming a midfield trio for Manchester City, star creative playmaker  Rayan Cherki  could have the opportunity of repeating a feature of scoring at the City Ground, as he did last season. In the wide roles, Iliman Ndiaye is delivering assists at present and offers danger from both sides of the pitch. With Jeremy Doku expected to play down the left-wing, the Senegalese international should begin on the right. Up front, in no surprise to anyone, we anticipate  Erling Haaland will have the opportunity of getting back to scoring in the Premier League, after going blank against Brighton & Hove Albion last time out. Starting XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernandez, Cherki; Ndiaye, Haaland, Doku. Substitutes: Rulli, Lewis, Reis, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Bouaddi, Kovacic, Foden, Allan.