Premier League · Matchweek 7
Nott'm Forest vs Arsenal
Sun 18 Oct, 16:30 UK · The City Ground
Nottingham Forest
- 🟨 17' Neco Williams
Arsenal
- ⚽ 80' Noni Madueke – assist Declan Rice
- 🟨 53' Noni Madueke
Nott'm Forest – Arsenal: match preview and predicted line-ups
Nott'm Forest host Arsenal at The City Ground on Sunday 18 October at 17:30. The match preview, team news and betting tips will be updated ahead of kick-off.
- Predicted line-ups and absences have been updated using Rotowire as of 17 October 2026.
- The line-ups are predictions – the official starting XIs may differ.
Starting lineups
Nott'm Forest3-6-1
- GK
- Matz Sels
- DEF
- Jair Cunha, Murillo, Ousmane Diomande
- MID
- Neco Williams, Ibrahim Sangare, James McAtee, Daniel Munoz, Morgan Gibbs-White, Dan Ndoye
- FWD
- Liam Delap
Rotowire · updated 17 October 2026. Predicted, not confirmed. Morgan Gibbs-White (doubtful) · Nikola Milenkovic (doubtful) · Igor Jesus (out) · Nicolo Savona (out)
Arsenal4-3-3
- GK
- David Raya
- DEF
- Riccardo Calafiori, Ezri Konsa, Gabriel, Ben White
- MID
- Declan Rice, Bruno Guimaraes, Martin Odegaard
- FWD
- Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz
Rotowire · updated 17 October 2026. Predicted, not confirmed. Martin Zubimendi (doubtful) · Piero Hincapié (out) · William Saliba (out) · Christos Tzolis (out)
Our prediction
Under 3.5 goals · Total goals
We prefer under four goals to forcing an away win at short odds. A controlled Arsenal performance and a compact Forest defence are the scenario behind our prediction, not a guaranteed outcome.