Forest vs Man City 7 Nov 2026: Time IST

Saturday night football in early November lands late in India, and Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City is the Sky selection that does it. The Premier League’s November notice puts the match on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 17:30 GMT at the City Ground. That is 23:00 IST, and 12:30pm EST. It is Forest’s second televised home date against a big side in three weeks, after Arsenal on 18 October, and it is City’s league Saturday between a Champions League trip to Leipzig on 4 November and whatever the table says that morning. The kick-off is confirmed. The eleven is not.

Verification note (TheTriFusion editorial): Premier League fixture amendments for November: Saturday 7 November, 17:30, Nott'm Forest v Man City (Sky Sports). All November times in that notice are GMT. The ground is the City Ground, Nottingham. India rights: Star Sports and JioHotstar. The early game that day is Leeds vs Tottenham at 12:30 GMT on TNT Sports, a different broadcaster and a different Indian hour (18:00 IST).

Broadcasts

India

JioHotstar and Star Sports. A 23:00 IST Saturday kick-off is one of the later legal windows of the weekend. If the household is also watching the 18:00 IST TNT lunchtime game through the same Indian rights — the rights are for the league, and the early match is Leeds vs Spurs — leave a gap rather than assuming one continuous stream.

United Kingdom

Sky Sports has the 17:30. TNT Sports has the 12:30 Leeds vs Tottenham game. They are not interchangeable subscriptions in Britain, even though both matches are Premier League.

United States

12:30pm EST is a comfortable afternoon slot. NBC, USA Network or Peacock will carry it according to that week’s map. Confirm on Saturday morning US time.

No unofficial stream is worth a compromised phone. Use the rights-holder apps.

Clock card

• Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026
• Kick-off UK: 17:30 GMT
• Kick-off India: 23:00 IST
• Kick-off US East: 12:30pm EST
• Venue: City Ground, Nottingham
• UK selection: Sky Sports
• Earlier that day: Leeds vs Tottenham, 12:30 GMT / 18:00 IST, TNT Sports

November is GMT in Britain and EST in the US east. 17:30 GMT plus 5 hours 30 minutes is 23:00 IST. A full match plus added time finishes after midnight in India. Plan for that before you promise a watch party.

City’s week into the City Ground

Manchester City’s Champions League Matchday 4 game is at RB Leipzig on Wednesday 4 November, in the 21:00 CET wave, which is 01:30 IST on Thursday 5 November. Forest at home is the Saturday after that trip. City’s earlier October European home games, including PSG on 14 October, are a separate chapter and already have their own pages on this site. None of those results are a lineup for 7 November. Wait for the club.

Forest hosted Arsenal at this ground on 18 October at 16:30 BST. The return to a Saturday 17:30 GMT under lights is a different television shape: later, louder, and on the other side of the clock change. Supporters who came to the Arsenal game should not assume the same entry pattern. The club will publish matchday information closer to the date. We will not invent a ticket price.

The rest of that November weekend

Sunday 8 November is busy in the Premier League notice: Brighton vs Brentford, Crystal Palace vs Liverpool, Ipswich vs Bournemouth and Sunderland vs Chelsea at 14:00 GMT (19:30 IST), and Manchester United vs Aston Villa at 16:30 GMT (22:00 IST), all on Sky. Forest vs City on Saturday night is the start of that cluster, not the end of it. If you only have room for two matches, decide before the weekend rather than discovering the United game after midnight.

We are not ranking those matches by importance and we are not attaching odds. Search interest is why they are on television. The football case for watching Forest vs City is the meeting of a home side at the City Ground and a City team three days off a European away game. How that shows up is for the match, not for a preview written in September.

Standards for the page you are reading

Lineups, the referee and any late injury are not yet confirmed. If a site publishes an XI in the last week of September for a 7 November match, treat it as fiction. The honest sentence is the one in this FAQ: not yet confirmed.

The ISO time attached to this article is 2026-11-07T23:00:00+05:30. Visible copy says 17:30 GMT and 23:00 IST. Those three should stay identical if you syndicate the page. TheTriFusion builds this kind of event record for media teams who need the sitemap, the FAQ schema and the on-page clock to tell the same story.

Practical checklist

• 23:00 IST, and a plan for a finish after midnight.
• Sky in the UK for this match; TNT is the lunchtime game.
• Do not use the October BST shortcut.
• Keep United vs Villa on Sunday as a separate 22:00 IST event if you want it.
• No leaked teams.

Things the pictures will answer

• How many changes City make after Leipzig.
• Forest’s start under the Saturday night lights.
• Whether the game is played in City’s half or in transition.
• Set pieces, judged by what happens, not by a pre-written script.
• The official sheet, an hour before kick-off.

No gambling content.

A late Saturday that runs into Sunday

23:00 IST on a Saturday is a different promise from 21:00. Kick-off at the City Ground is 17:30 GMT. Ninety minutes plus a long stoppage page takes the end of the match past midnight in India. Tell the group chat that before they agree to “watch City”. People who have to travel on Sunday morning should know the shape of the night. The Premier League did not pick 17:30 to suit Kolkata. The conversion is our job, and the honest conversion includes the finish, not only the start.

Earlier that Saturday, Leeds vs Tottenham is 12:30 GMT on TNT, 18:00 IST. It is a perfectly watchable game and a different subscription in Britain. In India both can sit inside the Premier League rights, but they are not one continuous programme. Log out of the idea that “Saturday Premier League” is a single stream you leave on. Search Forest when 22:30 IST arrives. City’s trip to Leipzig on 4 November is the European context, three days before, at 01:30 IST on the 5th if the 21:00 CET listing holds. How many of those players start at the City Ground is a Saturday question.

Sunday 8 November then piles up: several 14:00 GMT games and United vs Aston Villa at 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST. Forest vs City is the Saturday night door into that Sunday. You can skip all of it. You cannot claim you were surprised by the congestion if you read the Premier League’s November notice, which is where these times come from. We have not added matches that notice does not list.

Ground reminder, because Forest appear twice in this batch. Arsenal on 18 October was 16:30 BST, 21:00 IST, a Super Sunday. City on 7 November is 17:30 GMT, 23:00 IST, a Saturday night. Same City Ground, different week, different British zone, different Indian hour, different opponent. If your notes say “Forest home, 9pm”, they are only right for Arsenal. City is 11pm. Fix the note now.

Related reading already on TheTriFusion: Man City vs PSG on 14 October, Liverpool vs Man City, how we handle a midweek European page. Forest’s earlier home game against Arsenal is the 18 October guide. For a calendar product or club-site build, see digital marketing, web development, and web development.

FAQ

What time is Forest vs Manchester City in IST?

23:00 IST on Saturday 7 November 2026.

What is the UK time?

17:30 GMT at the City Ground.

Sky or TNT?

Sky Sports. TNT has Leeds vs Tottenham at 12:30 GMT the same day.

Where in India?

Star Sports and JioHotstar. Confirm the tile.

Does the match finish before midnight in India?

Kick-off is 23:00 IST, so the final whistle is after midnight. Not yet confirmed how long added time will be.

Lineups?

Not yet confirmed.

Set a 22:45 IST reminder and expect to be up past midnight if you watch to the end.