The Premier League overall standings tell a story about these contenders so far, with Arsenal ahead of Nottingham Forest by 19 points. Tipsway previews the game:
- Arsenal have won all their matches at home so far.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premier League
There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Europa League match only three days earlier. That game was an away game at PSV, so at least Arsenal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-0-0. After failing to beat Leicester City here at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The club members are hoping that Arsenal will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against PSV. The versatile forward Vieira bested all the other players in that match and received a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Vieira hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Southampton the opponent.Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has seen three goals or more.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Arsenal as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Zurich are visiting.
Arsenal are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Emirates Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson is eager to challenge this, with his 214 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Nottingham had fun at their own home (Emirates Stadium) last time out, beating Liverpool 1-0. Awoniyi scored. Hooray; their first three points in the league after nine matches not winning. Nottingham Forest goalie Henderson was high and low in the Liverpool game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Henderson (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.71. Henderson topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion's stadium before that.Nottingham Forest are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 6 away games. For Nottingham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Arsenal-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Arsenal two wins, Nottingham Forest two wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Jesus 5 goals |  B. Saka 4 goals |  G. Martinelli 4 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Arsenal | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 64% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 83% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.4 | 19.2 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 5.8 | 7.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 39% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 9% | 24% |
| 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 17.3 | 16 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
- All of Arsenal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Arsenal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Arsenal have scored in all their matches so far.
- Arsenal have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
- Arsenal have won all their matches at home so far.
- Arsenal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Fulham | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Brentford | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Everton | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
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