Manchester City predicted lineup: Major selection decisions facing Maresca against Nottingham Forest

Manchester City predicted lineup: Major selection decisions facing Maresca against Nottingham Forest Manchester City will play their final match before the upcoming international break when they take on Nottingham Forest at The City Ground this afternoon. Enzo Maresca’s side have lost their past two Premier League matches against Aston Villa and Brighton. They’ll be eager to return to winning ways by picking up all three points today. However, they’ll face a Nottingham Forest side who sit 19th on the Premier League table. Oliver Glasner’s side are adept at creating chances but they fail to take them. That has plagued their play this season, which has led to them sitting in a precarious position on the league table. Despite the fact that Manchester City sit second on the Premier League table and Nottingham Forest are 19th, a tough test awaits Enzo Maresca’s side today. They’ll have to be at their best at The City Ground today. A tough test awaits City and you do also feel that Enzo Maresca will have several tough selection decisions to make given how Manchester City’s 3-2 win over RB Leipzig played out on Wednesday night. Latest Manchester City team news. Manchester City only have one player unavailable for today’s game due to injury. Antoine Semenyo continues to be sidelined due to a knee injury and isn’t expected to return until sometime in December. Also, Enzo Maresca informed the media yesterday that Nico O’Reilly continues to have fitness issues. O’Reilly was left out of the England squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain and it does seem unlikely that he will start against Nottingham Forest today. In terms of team selection for today’s match, it does seem that there are several selection decisions for Enzo Maresca to make today. Neither Rayan Cherki nor Phil Foden were at their best against RB Leipzig. Based on this, it would not be a surprise to see Ayyoub Bouaddi, Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez start in midfield. If this proves to be the case, the preference would be for Enzo Maresca to play Bouaddi as a number six with Elliot Anderson alongside him and Enzo Fernandez as a number ten. That would give Manchester City almost the ideal balance in midfield. The expectation is that Erling Haaland will lead the line for Manchester City today. I expect Jeremy Doku to start on the left wing with Iliman Ndiaye on the right. Phil Foden or Rayan Cherki could also slot in on the right, but that seems unlikely. At the back, the City back four seems to pick itself with Gianluigi Donnarumma starting in goal. My predicted Manchester City starting eleven can be seen below. Predicted City starting eleven.