Result, Sunday 18 October: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal.
Kickoff time and how to watch Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal
- UK: 16:30 BST on Sunday 18 October. Sky Sports' fixture list shows the game live on Sky Sports Premier League.
- US Eastern: 11:30 a.m. ET. ESPN lists Peacock as the US broadcaster.
- US Pacific: 8:30 a.m. PT.
It is the last of Sunday's four Premier League games, and every matchweek 7 kickoff time is on our Premier League fixtures page.
Form and the table
Arsenal have 15 points from six games, with five wins and one defeat. Manchester City, who have won all six, lead on 18, and Brighton & Hove Albion are third on 13. Arsenal's last five league results read W-W-W-L-W. The defeat was 3-0 at Brighton on 19 September, the only league game in which they have failed to score, and in their latest league game they came from behind to beat Leeds United 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium on 10 October.
On Tuesday 13 October Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 in the Champions League, a second win from two in the league phase after a 1-0 win at Napoli on 9 September; our Arsenal v Lille report has the details. Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard came off the bench in the 65th minute, and Saka scored the third goal. Arsenal also won 4-2 at Ipswich Town in the Carabao Cup on 15 September, and three days after the trip to Nottingham they play Bayern Munich away in the Champions League, on Wednesday 21 October. Asked about Bayern after the Lille game, Arteta pointed to Sunday instead.
I think the beautiful challenge will be Nottingham Forest away, and we've experienced that over the last few years - we'll make sure we're ready for that one first.
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, after the Lille game, via arsenal.com
Forest are 15th with five points from one win, two draws and three defeats. Their last five league results read D-D-W-L-L: a 2-2 draw at Liverpool, 0-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, a 2-1 win at Aston Villa, a 1-0 home defeat by Coventry City and a 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace, Glasner's former club, on Sunday 11 October. At Selhurst Park, Dan Ndoye scored in the third minute and Forest had 24 shots to Palace's 13, but Palace scored three times. Forest have not played since.
I think in total we played our best performance in the entire season.
Oliver Glasner, Nottingham Forest manager, after the defeat at Crystal Palace, via Sky Sports, 11 October
Forest are two points above the relegation places, where Bournemouth and Tottenham Hotspur have three points and Fulham two. Aston Villa, 16th, also have five points but a worse goal difference, and Sunderland are 17th on four. Forest's three home league games, against Leeds United, Tottenham and Coventry, have brought one point and no goals.
A win would take Arsenal to 18 points and Forest to eight. Manchester City host Ipswich Town on Saturday, so Arsenal will know City's result before kickoff. The Premier League table updates after every game, and the Premier League simulator lets you play out the rest of the season from the current standings.
Team news
By Wednesday we could not confirm any Forest injury news for Sunday from the club or the outlets we use. Neither club had a player sent off in matchweek 6.
Martín Zubimendi and Piero Hincapié were both injured in a post-match training session on the Emirates Stadium pitch after the Leeds game, arsenal.com reported on Monday 12 October, and both missed the Lille match. Afterwards Arteta said Zubimendi is much better but that the club have to see how he deals with the pain on the pitch, while Hincapié is improving but his injury looks more significant and will probably take a matter of weeks, according to the club's transcript of his press conference.
William Saliba is doing individual training but is still weeks from a return, Arteta said on Monday, and on 9 October he said Christos Tzolis has a muscle injury that would probably keep him out for a few weeks, arsenal.com reported. Kai Havertz, sent back early by Germany with a muscle injury, and Ezri Konsa, who missed England's final group match of the break, have played twice since. Arteta also said Saka had not been ready to start against Lille because of an illness.
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal: head to head
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 2026 | Premier League 2025-26 | Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal |
| 13 Sep 2025 | Premier League 2025-26 | Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Premier League 2024-25 | Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Premier League 2024-25 | Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Premier League 2023-24 | Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal |
Arsenal have won three of the last five meetings and drawn two; Forest have not scored against them in the last four, and both of the last two games at the City Ground ended 0-0.
Key numbers
| Nottingham Forest | Arsenal | |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 15th | 2nd |
| Points | 5 | 15 |
| Won-drawn-lost | 1-2-3 | 5-0-1 |
| Goals for | 5 | 10 |
| Goals against | 8 | 5 |
| Home (Forest) / away (Arsenal), W-D-L | 0-1-2 at home | 2-0-1 away |
| Goals at home / away | 0 for, 2 against | 3 for, 3 against |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 3 |
| Games without scoring | 3 | 1 |
| Last five league games | D-D-W-L-L | W-W-W-L-W |
| Top league scorer (ESPN) | Dan Ndoye, 2 | Bukayo Saka, 3 |
Saka has three of Arsenal's 10 league goals and Declan Rice leads them with three assists, ESPN's figures show. For Forest, Ndoye has two of their five goals and Morgan Gibbs-White has one goal and two assists.
How they lined up last time
- Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1), lost 3-1 at Crystal Palace: Matz Sels in goal; Ousmane Diomande, Murillo, Ola Aina, James McAtee, Xaver Schlager, Neco Williams, Daniel Muñoz, Liam Delap, Dan Ndoye and Morgan Gibbs-White.
- Arsenal (4-2-3-1), beat Leeds United 2-1: David Raya in goal; Gabriel Magalhães, Ezri Konsa, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White, Martin Ødegaard, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and Bukayo Saka.
Both lineups come from ESPN's match data; our Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest report and Arsenal 2-1 Leeds United report have the goals and substitutions.
How this preview was built: the table, results, form, head-to-head record, season leaders and lineups come from ESPN's match data (ESPN's page for this game); the table is computed from ESPN full-time results, three points for a win, then goal difference and goals scored. TV listings are from ESPN (US) and Sky Sports (UK); team news and quotes from arsenal.com and Sky Sports, read on 14 October 2026. No betting odds were used.