Phil Foden and John Stones narrowing distance to major landmarks - Stat Preview: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Manchester City are set to lock horns against Nottingham Forest in their upcoming battle on Wednesday night.

After dropping points to Newcastle the Sunday prior, Manchester City certainly bounced back in style courtesy of a dramatic 4-2 victory against Crystal Palace at the weekend.

Much like in their clash against the Magpies, City came back from two goals behind, but this time walked away with the all-important three points, courtesy of a brilliant Erling Haaland hat-trick.

After digging in deep to continue their unbeaten start in the Premier League so far, Pep Guardiola’s side will be hoping for a more comfortable win in their upcoming tie against Nottingham Forest.

However, the newly-promoted outfit will aim to make life hell for the hosts, considering they come in to this one off the back of a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

After a summer where they have made 19 signings (and counting), Steve Cooper’s side will have their sights set on making an impression on the pitch as well, against Manchester City.

In what promises to be an enthralling fixture at the Etihad Stadium this week, here are the key statistics and potential landmarks worth taking note of!

Manchester City

• Erling Haaland has enjoyed the best start to a new Premier League season since Diego Costa for Chelsea in 2014 (six goals in four league games).
• Manchester City have scored 71 goals in their last 15 games in all competitions.
• Bernardo Silva reached 50 goals and 50 assists for Manchester City last time out, after getting on the scoresheet against Crystal Palace.
• No player in the Premier League has played more passes than Rodri (415).
• Erling Haaland has more goals than 10 Premier League teams so far.
• Kevin De Bruyne has played the most number of through passes out of any player in the division (7).

Erling Haaland netted a treble against Crystal Palace (Twitter)

Nottingham Forest

• Dean Henderson has made the most saves out of any goalkeeper in the Premier League so far (22).
• Neco Williams has made the most number of tackles in the Premier League this term (19).
• Joe Worrall has made the highest number of blocks in the league up until this point (7).
• Dean Henderson has made more penalty saves in the English top-flight (2).
• Scott McKenna, Harry Tofollo, Dean Henderson, Brennan Johnson, Neco Williams and Joe Worrall have played every possible minute of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign (360).

Dean Henderson with Nottingham Forest

Previous Meetings

• Manchester City and Nottingham Forest have faced each other 100 times, with the former winning 40, the latter 33 and 27 games ending in draws.
• The last time these two sides met was in January 2009, when Forest beat the Sky Blues 3-0 in the FA Cup.

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest in 2009. (REUTERS / Alamy)

Potential Landmarks

• Kevin De Bruyne (89) is three assists away from equalling Steven Gerrard’s assist tally in the Premier League (92).
• Kyle Walker is one clean sheet away from reaching 120 clean sheets in the Premier League.
• Ilkay Gundogan is two goals away from reaching 40 goals in the Premier League for the Sky Blues.
• Pep Guardiola is set to manage Manchester City for the first time against Nottingham Forest.
• John Stones is two appearances away from 200 in a Manchester City shirt.
• Phil Foden is four goals away from 50 in a Manchester City shirt.

John Stones is preparing for his seventh season at the Etihad (Image: Alamy)