Premier League · Matchweek 7

Nott'm Forest vs Arsenal

Sun 18 Oct, 16:30 UK · The City Ground

Nott'm Forest0–1Arsenal

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.