Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Preview

The City Ground hosts Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, with the visitors second in the Premier League table and Nottingham Forest back in 15th. Forest have lost their last two, 3-1 away at Crystal Palace on 11 October and 1-0 at home to Coventry on 19 September, and have scored just five goals in the five games sampled. Arsenal arrive after a 3-0 home win over Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday and a 2-1 home win over Leeds in the league on 10 October. Ten points separate the clubs in the table, and Arsenal’s goal difference of +5 compares with -3 for Forest. Kick-off in Nottingham is at 4:30pm UK time.

Nottingham Forest’s last five read W1 D2 L2, with five goals scored and seven conceded. The latest was Sunday’s 3-1 defeat away at Crystal Palace in the Premier League, which made it two losses in a row. Before that, Coventry won 1-0 at the City Ground, one of two games in the run in which Forest failed to score. Further back, they won 2-1 away at Aston Villa on 12 September, drew 0-0 at home with Tottenham on 5 September and drew 2-2 away at Liverpool on 29 August. That win at Villa is the only victory of the five, and Forest conceded in four of the five games. At the City Ground, the two home games in the sample brought one draw and one defeat.

Arsenal have won four of their last five, scoring 11 and conceding six. The latest was Tuesday’s 3-0 home win over Lille in the Champions League, a clean sheet that made it two wins from two in the league phase. Prior to that, they beat Leeds 2-1 at home in the Premier League on 10 October. Earlier in the run, Brighton won 3-0 against Arsenal on 19 September, the only defeat of the five and the only game in which they failed to score, while Ipswich were beaten 4-2 away in the EFL Cup on 15 September and Sunderland 2-0 away in the league on 12 September. Three of the five were played away from home, and Arsenal won two of those.

Arsenal have won three and drawn two of the five Premier League meetings listed, and Nottingham Forest have not won any of them. The most recent was a goalless draw at the City Ground on 17 January 2026, and before that Arsenal won 3-0 at home on 13 September 2025. The visitors have not lost at the City Ground in this record, drawing 0-0 there on 26 February 2025 and winning 2-1 on 30 January 2024. Arsenal kept clean sheets in four of the five games, the aggregate stands at 8-1 in their favour, and Forest’s only goal came in that 2-1 defeat.

Arsenal are second in the Premier League table on 15 points with a goal difference of +5, and Nottingham Forest are 15th on five points with -3. A win would take Arsenal to 18 points, level with leaders Manchester City’s current total.

In the UK, the match is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with Sky Go UK, NOW and SKY GO Extra streaming. Viewers in the USA can watch on NBCSN and Peacock, with fuboTV also streaming, while in Canada it’s on DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada and Fubo Sports Network Canada. In Ireland, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League carry the game.

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