Nottingham Forest host Arsenal at the City Ground on Sunday afternoon, with Arsenal on 15 points and Forest on five after six league games.
Forest have scored five league goals, with only Tottenham Hotspur having fewer, and lost 3-1 at Crystal Palace last Sunday despite creating eight big chances. Arsenal have failed to score in the first half in each of their last five games in the league and Champions League, but beat Leeds United 2-1 after trailing and Lille 3-0 in midweek. The sides drew 0-0 at the City Ground in each of the last two seasons, and Forest have lost one of their last six home games against Arsenal.
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal – Match preview and team news
- Date: Sunday, 18 October 2026
- Kick-off: 16:30 BST
- Venue: City Ground
- Last meeting: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal, Premier League, 17 January 2026
Team news
Nottingham Forest
Igor Jesus (calf) and Nicolo Savona (knee) are out. Morgan Gibbs-White sustained a minor muscle injury at Crystal Palace, missed most of the week’s training and is a doubt, Glasner said. Nikola Milenkovic (knee) is back in training but is not expected to start.
Arsenal
Piero Hincapie (ankle), William Saliba (back) and Christos Tzolis are out, with Arteta conceding Hincapie faces weeks out. Martin Zubimendi (ankle) is much improved but is not expected to start. Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz are expected to return to the attack after cameos against Lille.
Form
Nottingham Forest
Forest have won one, drawn two and lost three of their six league games, losing 1-0 at home to Coventry City and 3-1 at Palace in their last two. They created eight big chances at Selhurst Park but scored once. Dan Ndoye has two of their five league goals, and Liam Delap has one in 350 minutes.
Arsenal
Arsenal have won five and lost one of their six league games, the defeat a 3-0 loss at Brighton on 19 September. They beat Leeds on 10 October after Riccardo Calafiori and Bruno Guimaraes overturned James Justin’s opener, then beat Lille 3-0 on Tuesday, with Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze among the scorers. They have won nine of their 10 games in all competitions this season.
Predicted lineups
Nottingham Forest predicted XI: Sels; Aina, Diomande, Murillo; Munoz, Schlager, McAtee, Williams; Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Delap
Arsenal predicted XI: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimaraes, Rice; Saka, Odegaard, Eze; Havertz
How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal?
The match will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.
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