Premier League champions Manchester City take on newly-promoted Nottingham Forest tonight.
Pep Guardiola's City have been in fine form yet again to start the new season and came from two goals down to see off Crystal Palace over the weekend.
Haaland scored his first Premier League hat-trick to see City to victory over Crystal Palace at the weekend
They could return to the top of the table with a win tonight if other results go their way.
Meanwhile, Forest have played some fine football since returning to the Premier League and have taken four points from as many games.
They were beaten by Tottenham on Sunday but were arguably the better side for much of the match.
This will be the first league clash between these two since Darren Huckerby's hat-trick secured victory for City in the old First Division in 2002.
Man City v Nottingham Forest: Date and how to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Wednesday, August 31.
The game at the Etihad is scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm.
It will be broadcast on BT Sport 3 with coverage starting at 7pm.
BT Sport customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.
Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the evening.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Guardiola's City have started the new season in fine form again
Man City v Nottingham Forest: Team news
City are expected to pick from the same squad for the visit of Forest.
Nathan Ake, Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish are all expected to remain on the sidelines, with long-term absentee Aymeric Laporte.
Guardiola will decide whether to rest Erling Haaland, having previously said he will not play every game before the World Cup.
Meanwhile, Forest are without Orel Mangala.
Mangala has a hamstring injury and joins Omar Richards and Moussa Niakhate in the treatment room.
Boss Steve Cooper was coy on whether new signing Renan Lodi will be available after he became the 18th new player to join the club this summer.
Man City v Nottingham Forest: What's been said?
Guardiola says he does not care if he upsets Haaland or any other City stars by dropping them.
He said: "I'm not going to explain. I don't explain the reason for my decisions, because I will not convince them, some players understand they are part of everyone and some never will understand me.
"I know them quite well and some of them I can tell them the reason but others, I don't care.
"I do it for the best for the team, to win the games and for many reasons and that's all. I'm the manager and I decide for that and I am being paid for that, and they have to accept my decisions.
"In one week we change many things, about the opponent, because of injuries, because of the previous game and now this crazy schedule for everyone.
"The day before or the day of the game I start to take the decision for many reasons, for the way they train, how they behave when they play, how they behave when they don't play, when they play 10, 15 or 90 minutes and some players accept it.
"Some believe they have to play because I am who I am. And they are completely wrong."
Forest can take heart from the problems they caused Spurs
Man City v Nottingham Forest: Match stats
- Manchester City have found themselves two goals behind in four of their last six Premier League games, as many as in their previous 84 combined. They are the only side in Premier League history to avoid defeat in four games in a row in which they found themselves 2+ goals behind.
- Nottingham Forest haven't conceded more than twice in any of their last 73 away league matches, since a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday in April 2019. In the entire history of the Football League, only Plymouth Argyle between February 2015 and May 2018 have had a longer run without conceding three goals in an away league game (77 in a row).
- Manchester City have won their last 20 Premier League games on a Wednesday – victory here would equal the competition's record for most consecutive wins on a specific day of the week, currently held by Liverpool with 21 straight Saturday victories between November 2018 and February 2020.
- Nottingham Forest have lost their last six Premier League games against the reigning champions by an aggregate score of 23-3. Their last such win was in December 1994 at Manchester United, with that 2-1 victory Man Utd's only home league defeat that season, accounting for 50% of the goals they conceded at Old Trafford that term.
- Man City have won just one of their six Premier League meetings with Nottingham Forest (D3 L2), though this is the first such meeting since December 1995. In fact, the last time Nottingham Forest were in the Premier League in 1998-99, Manchester City were in the third tier of English football.
- Man City are unbeaten in their last four league games against Nottingham Forest (W3 D1), with this their first such meeting since a 3-0 win in March 2002, courtesy of a Darren Huckerby hat-trick.
- This is the first meeting in any competition between Man City and Nottingham Forest since January 2009, with Forest winning an FA Cup tie 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
- Brennan Johnson has been involved in seven goals in his last nine away matches in all competitions for Nottingham Forest (5 goals, 2 assists), scoring at Everton in their last away Premier League game. The only player aged 21 to score in consecutive away Premier League appearances for Forest is Roy Keane in December 1992.
- Erling Haaland has scored six goals in his first four Premier League appearances for Manchester City, with only Diego Costa (7) netting more after four matches in the competition. The record for goals in a player's first five games is held jointly by Mick Quinn and Sergio Agüero (8).
- Man City's Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in 20 goals in his last 20 Premier League appearances against promoted sides, scoring seven and assisting 13. At the Etihad, the Belgian has been involved in 18 goals in 16 such games overall (7 goals, 11 assists).
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