Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th October 2022

The Gunners face bottom-placed Nottingham Forest this coming Sunday at Emirates Stadium, which has the look of a straight win for the Premier League leaders. This is the first time Arsenal squares up against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

A glance at the Premier League table reveals that, the current difference between the teams is 19 points and 19 places.

Top side Arsenal will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Nottingham Forest this coming Sunday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Sunday.

The Gunners scored 2.3 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 23 times. They conceded 11 goals, an average of 1.1 and pulled off three clean sheets.

Nottingham Forest scored seven goals, conceded 21 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Arsenal form

Arsenal claimed four points to their account in the last three matches, where they won 1-0 against PSV Eindhoven, followed by a 1-1 draw with Southampton. Their latest game against PSV Eindhoven resulted in a 2-0 defeat. Arsenal bulldozed their way through the previous six Premier League outing at Emirates Stadium. They won all six, adding 18 points to their account, whilst scoring 19 and conceding eight.

Among a select group of teams spoken of as contenders for the podium this season, The Gunners are even looking ripe for a title challenge right now.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest gained four points in their past three matches. First, they went down 1-0 against Wolverhampton, before picking up a 0-0 draw against Brighton. Their latest match brought a 1-0 win in their encounter with Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 14 goals while scoring one themselves.

They were expected to struggle to avoid relegation from the Premier League this season, and sadly for Nottingham Forest, they remain on course for the drop.

A home win for Arsenal is the obvious choice at Emirates Stadium. With the attacking qualities on display here, it has the makings of a high scoring affair when Nottingham Forest come visiting.

Arsenal scored 16 goals and conceded four in their last seven games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 19 points and six victories. Nottingham Forest claimed two wins and seven points from their last seven encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring four goals to 13 against.

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Team News

At the time of writing, Arsenal have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Nottingham Forest this coming Sunday. There is no need for Gabriel to show up in the Arsenal dressing room, as he is suspended.

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Emile Smith Rowe and Mohamed Elneny nurses various injuries and won't take part for Arsenal against Nottingham Forest at Emirates Stadium.

Nottingham Forest are juggling with five absent players on this coming Sunday when travelling to Arsenal.

Lewis O'Brien, Harry Toffolo, Jack Colback, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards all face a spell on the sidelines for Nottingham Forest due to various injuries.

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Having never played each other in the Premier League in the 21st century, this is the first time Arsenal comes up against Nottingham Forest in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Arsenal picked up two wins in their previous four matches against Nottingham Forest, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 7.00.

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Results

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Taiwo Awoniyi shows decent form right now for Nottingham Forest, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Arsenal, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Bukayo Saka also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Arsenal won ten of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing zero in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Nottingham Forest won one of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing four and losing five. Entertainment seems guaranteed at Emirates Stadium these days, as nine of their previous 10 matches at Emirates Stadium saw both teams score. Both teams also scored in one of the last 10 away matches for Nottingham Forest.

Arsenal witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.8 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of the last ten matches Nottingham Forest played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.