Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Nottingham Forest
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Arsenal defeated Nottingham Forest 1–0 on 18 October 2026 at The City Ground in Premier League.
Lineups
Nottingham Forest: (3-4-2-1) Ousmane Diomande, Neco Williams, Murillo, Nicolás Domínguez, Dan Ndoye, Liam Delap, Xaver Schlager, Jair Cunha, James McAtee, Matz Sels, Daniel Muñoz.
Arsenal: (4-2-3-1) David Raya, Ben White, Gabriel, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Eberechi Eze, Ezri Konsa, Kai Havertz, Riccardo Calafiori, Bruno Guimarães, Declan Rice.
Substitutions
Nottingham Forest: Arnaud Kalimuendo for Dan Ndoye, Ibrahim Sangaré for Nicolás Domínguez, Callum Hudson-Odoi for James McAtee, Chris Wood for Jair Cunha.
Arsenal: Noni Madueke for Eberechi Eze, Viktor Gyökeres for Kai Havertz, Mikel Merino for Bruno Guimarães, Jurriën Timber for Ben White.
Sidelined players
Nottingham Forest: Nicolò Savona, Igor Jesus.
Arsenal: William Saliba, Christos Tzolis.
Match statistics
Nottingham Forest had 26% of the possession, compared with 74% for Arsenal.
Nottingham Forest registered 14 shots, with 2 on target. Arsenal had 9 shots, with 1 on target.
Nottingham Forest won 8 corners, while Arsenal won 6.
Top players
Nottingham Forest: Murillo was the highest-rated player (7.4), had 1 shot on target and created 2 chances.
Arsenal: Noni Madueke scored 1 goal, Declan Rice provided 1 assist, and Gabriel was the highest-rated player (7.8).