This will be Nuno Espirito Santo's 50th Premier League game in charge of Nottingham Forest.

He has won 21 of his 49 so far, with only Brian Clough (27) and Frank Clark (25) winning more of their first 50 top-flight games in charge of Forest.

Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

I'm surprised there are no Nottingham Forest players in the England squad and they will be as well.

They'll be hurt and angry because they've been exceptional and I think there could be maybe one or two in there but there's always next time.

They've got to keep on going and banging the drum, and one day they'll get in there if they keep up their performances.

Tattz in Harborne: That Tuchel England squad is such a slap in the face for younger, hungrier talent. Rashford, Henderson and Walker over Spence, Gibbs-White and Branthwaite is such a retrograde step. In fact, it’s insulting.

Southampton surprised me last week against Liverpool - they lost but they played well and they showed they have got a goal in them, and a bit of fight.

So, this is not a gimme for Wolves, but even with Matheus Cunha suspended, they will see this game as an opportunity to put more space between them and the bottom three.

Vitor Pereira's side are already six points clear of Ipswich and Leicester and, if they can win at St Mary's and those two teams both lose this weekend, you would start to think that the bottom three is done and dusted.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

This is not an easy one to call, because Brighton are on a great run - they have won four in a row and are right in the mix for the Champions League places.

The Seagulls will move above City in the table if they win, but everyone down to Bournemouth in ninth place could be in the top five by the end of the weekend, it is that tight.

I have been a bit gutless with City recently and have backed them to win games like this against the teams around them in the table - like last week against Forest for example.

I don't really want to make that mistake again but, at the same time, I do think City look a lot more dangerous with Omar Marmoush in the team.

Also, I'm told by Ali Bruce-Ball that a lot of FPL managers have piled in on Erling Haaland this week because they think he is going to score a hatful in City's next two league games, here and against Leicester at the start of April. I can see where they are coming from.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

How would Scott Carson feel if Stefan Ortega got injured and he had to come on? His last game was three years ago - in a Champions League tie with Sporting.

The 39-year-old has played two first-team games in the past six years.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at the Etihad Stadium

Pep Guardiola can't seem to get continuity of selection at Manchester City.

He has a number of long term injuries but niggles are also having an impact.

Today it is goalkeeper Ederson who misses out.

Stefan Ortega has done well at times this season but I suspect Guardiola longs for the time he could just leave his goalkeeping situation alone.

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Mark (Edinburgh): Branthwaite the centre back that Real Madrid looking to buy but not considered good enough by Tuchel - somebody is wrong. Rolls Royce of defender.

Ben S: Really hoping today that Gibbs-White shows Tuchel why picking Henderson over him was a mistake. Should be looking forwards to glory, not backwards to Southgate nearly-theres.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Goodison Park

There were plenty of eyebrows raised when England boss Thomas Tuchel named his first Three Lions squad on Friday for the start of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

A rather surprising omission was that of Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, who had to make do with a spot in the U21 team.

"I missed out recently with a big squad and I don't want that feeling again," the centre-back told me in an interview on Thursday.

Having been left disappointed again, the 22-year-old will be looking to display his best this afternoon and send a message to the German manager.

I feel like some people don't believe that I am a lifelong Nottingham Forest fan, because I do support about eight other teams too, but there are photos of me as a kid in a new bright red Forest kit at Christmas one year, playing on a little snooker table that my parents had bought me.

So, this is a big game for Ali Bruce-Ball and myself. He says the first game he went to at Portman Road in the mid-80s was against Brian Clough's Forest.

Ipswich won 1-0 and his abiding memory is of walking out of Portman Road afterwards and seeing the Forest team bus with Clough, in his green jumper, sitting in the front seat with a face like thunder.

The Tractor Boys desperately need a repeat of that result but I just can't see it happening.

Ipswich pushed Forest all the way in the FA Cup a couple of weeks ago, only losing on penalties, but both teams made changes for that game and I am not sure it will have too much bearing on what happens here.

It feels like it is now or never for Kieran McKenna's side in their fight to stay up, but I have been saying that for a while now and they still haven't won a league game this year.

Forest were impressive when they beat Manchester City last week and, when I think about their attacking players, I am convinced they are going to score enough to win this.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

I've got to admit I've had some help from my 5 live colleague Ali Bruce-Ball for some of these predictions.

Ali is my co-host on the Fantasy 606 podcast and he is still upset from when I called him a phony Ipswich fan on here a couple of weeks ago.

I do value his football knowledge, which is why I've got him involved here, but if I get any of these predictions wrong then it is all his fault.

Bruce wants to go with a 1-0 Everton win but I think West Ham will score - Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus are both lively, so I reckon a 2-1 Everton victory is more likely.

Everton are on an eight-game unbeaten run in the league under David Moyes, and I certainly don't see that ending this weekend.

Moyes left West Ham amicably last summer but there will still be a part of him that will want to show them they were wrong for not renewing his contract.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at the Etihad Stadium

Pep Guardiola makes four changes to the side that lost at Nottingham Forest last week, with Stefan Ortega replacing Ederson, who is not fully fit, in goal and Scott Carson coming onto the bench.

Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Mathues Nunes drop to the bench as Omar Marmoush, Ilkay Gundogan and Rico Lewis are recalled.

Manchester City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Savinho, Marmoush, Doku, Haaland. Substitutes: Carson, Kovacic, Grealish, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Reis, Nunes, Foden, McAtee.

Former Inter Miami man Diego Gomez comes in for Yasin Ayari, who drops to the bench.

Brighton are aiming to record a seventh successive victory in all competitions but have never beaten Manchester City away from home.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Webster, Estupinan, Baleba, Gomez, Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma, Joao Pedro. Substitutes: Rushworth, Cashin, Gruda, Ayari, Adingra Knight, Slater, Welbeck, Wieffer.

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Ipswich are the only side in England's top four tiers without a league win so far in 2025 - their longest run without a league victory from the start of a calendar year in their history.

Their last Premier League win was against Chelsea on 30 December. They beat two EFL teams in the FA Cup during this time.

Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa striker on Football Focus

You've got to look at teams like Bournemouth, Brentford and Nottingham Forest - they've earned the right to be in the race [for European football]. I think it's great, there's lots to play for.

That race is brilliant.

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Ipswich make one change to the side that started their 1-0 at Crystal Palace in the Premier League last weekend with Omari Hutchinson replacing Jack Clarke.

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, O'Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Phillips, Cajuste, Philogene-Bidace, Enciso, Hutchinson, Delap.

Subs: Walton, Morsy, Burgess, Jack Taylor, Burgess, Johnson, Townsend, Hirst, Broadhead.

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Nottingham Forest stick with the starting line-up from their 1-0 victory over Manchester City last Saturday.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.

Subs: Hennessey, Morato, Sangare, Awoniyi, Moreno, Jota Silva, Yates, Danilo, Boly.

David O'Brien
Football analyst on BBC Radio 5 Live

Those teams in the bottom three, Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich, have to get another 23 points in their remaining fixtures collectively to beat the 66 points the bottom three got last season, which doesn't look like it's going to happen.

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Southampton make three changes to the team that lost to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend.

Armel Bella-Kotchap, Yukinari Sugawara and Joe Aribo come in, replacing Albert Gronbaek and injured duo Jan Bednarek and Will Smallbone.

Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Bella-Kotchap, Harwood-Bellis, Manning, Sugawara, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Dibling, Mateus Fernandes, Sulemana

Subs: McCarthy, Downes, Stephens, Lallana, Wood, Archer, Gronbaek, Onuachu, Welington

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Wolves are unchanged from last weekend's 1-1 draw at home to Everton.

Dan Bentley and Carlos Forbs are named on the bench, replacing Sam Johnstone and Pedro Lima.

Wolves XI: Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri, Munetsi, Bellegarde, Strand Larsen

Subs: Bentley, S Bueno, Hwang, R Gomes, Doyle, Sarabia, Forbs, Guedes, Djiga

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Goodison Park

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Everton boss David Moyes faces his old club and makes just one change to the Toffees side that drew 1-1 at Wolves last time out.

Argentine midfielder Carlos Alcaraz comes in for Jesper Lindstrom, who is on the bench.

Armando Broja returns from an ankle injury and is named as a substitute.

Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Alcaraz, Harrison, Doucoure, Beto.

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West Ham make three changes following their 1-0 defeat by Newcastle on Monday.

Lucas Paqueta gets a start as do Konstantinos Mavropanos and Emerson, with Aaron Cresswell, Oli Scarles and Edson Alvarez dropping out.

West Ham XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.

Joe Hart
Former Tottenham and Man City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

I look at the Southampton games and the stadium spattered with empty seats.

I don't think anyone knows how to feel at Southampton right now. Players, coach and fans are just waiting to go down.

They're not even in the conversation to stay up. They're included in the talk about worst Premier League team in history.

They can't salvage anything from a football point of view, but they really need to get everything in order above that.

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