Manchester City having a bad season doesn't mean that they should be losing to Nottingham, plus they are not that far away, if they win, then there is a chance that City could maybe finish third place, that is not a bad deal at all. The top, Liverpool, is basically settled at this point and we can say Arsenal is guaranteed a second place unless something major shifts.
But, the third fourth and fifth place battle is still going on and that is fun for the time being. Sure in 10 years time nobody will remember the fourth place or anything like that, but we should be looking at this as fun for the season itself, until the summer. The team that wins this game will get a much better future, and it would be a big advantage for them.
I think the chances of changes occurring in the first and second positions are very unlikely to occur although it still does not rule out all possibilities that can occur until the end of the season, several teams are currently fighting for two automatic champions league tickets next season so it looks like the competition for positions 3 and 4 will be very tight, the results of the match between manchester city vs nottingham forest this weekend will certainly create significant changes in the position and opportunities of the two teams later, so indeed both teams must be able to maximise the match later to get 3 points, the result of the match between manchester city and nottingham, I think will also have an impact on the chances of teams like chelsea and newcastle, because after all with a small difference in points from 3rd and 4th place it is of course still possible for chelsea and newcastle to enter the top 4 zone later.
