Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th May 2023

The penultimate round of the Premier League season presents an interesting battle between Nottingham Forest and Arsenal. The match takes place this coming Saturday at City Ground, Nottingham.

While Arsenal are chasing the lead in the Premier League after collecting 81 points in 36 rounds, Nottingham Forest trail by 34 points after 36 rounds, leaving them as number 16 in the table.

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

Nottingham Forest only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 20 for an average of two per game. They kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

The Gunners scored 24 goals, conceded 17 and held on for a clean sheet in two of their last ten matches.

Their latest encounter in the Premier League was a belter of a game, which finished with a 5-0 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday.

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three matches, Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 against Brentford, won 4-3 against Southampton, before drawing 2-2 against Chelsea. In their last six Premier League home matches, Nottingham Forest have two wins, while they've drawn two and lost two. They scored 11 and conceded 11 goals.

Nottingham Forest are closer to the relegation zone than they would have wished for at this late stage of the season. They are still capable of pulling clear though and securing another season in the top flight.

Arsenal Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Arsenal. They first took out Chelsea by 3-1 before downing Newcastle by 0-2. The winning streak came to an end against Brighton, who ran out 0-3 winners. Arsenal won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 11 goals whilst conceding eight.

Going forward, Nottingham Forest and Arsenal are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net on Saturday.

Arsenal claimed seven wins from 28 goals scored and 11 conceded in the previous 11 encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. This earned them a total of 24 points. Nottingham Forest are looking at a record of eight wins, ten draws and 18 defeats in the Premier League this season. Arsenal so far pulled off 25 wins, six draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Steve Cooper will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Arsenal from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Dean Henderson (0/18), Keylor Navas (0/16), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Felipe (0/15), Giulian Biancone (0/0), Harry Toffolo (0/18), Joe Worrall (1/28), Moussa Niakhate (0/12), Neco Williams (1/31), Omar Richards (0/0), Renan Lodi (0/26), Scott McKenna (0/20), Serge Aurier (1/22), Steve Cook (0/12), Willy Boly (0/9), Andre Ayew (0/0), Cafu (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (1/19), Danilo (3/12), Gustavo Scarpa (0/0), Harry Arter (0/0), Jack Colback (0/0), Jesse Lingard (0/17), Jonjo Shelvey (0/11), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/35), Orel Mangala (1/25), Remo Freuler (0/28), Ryan Yates (0/24), Tyrese Fornah (0/0), Will Swan (0/0), Alex Mighten (0/0), Brennan Johnson (8/36), Chris Wood (3/25), Emmanuel Dennis (2/18), Lyle Taylor (0/0), Sam Surridge (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (8/25).

Arsenal Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 41 year-old Arsenal manager Arteta will select his starting XI from these players:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/36), Matt Turner (0/0), Ben White (2/36), Gabriel (3/36), Jakub Kiwior (0/5), Kieran Tierney (0/25), Oleksandr Zinchenko (1/27), Rob Holding (1/14), Takehiro Tomiyasu (0/21), William Saliba (2/27), Bukayo Saka (13/36), Emile Smith Rowe (0/11), Fabio Vieira (1/20), Granit Xhaka (5/35), Jorginho (2/30), Martin Oedegaard (15/35), Mohamed Elneny (0/5), Thomas Partey (3/31), Edward Nketiah (4/28), Gabriel Jesus (10/24), Gabriel Martinelli (15/36), Leandro Trossard (8/34), Reiss Nelson (3/10).

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Nottingham Forest, as they prepare to meet Arsenal, since nine could be missing.

Neco Williams, Taiwo Awoniyi, Tyrese Fornah, Jesse Lingard, Jonjo Shelvey, Cheikhou Kouyate, Giulian Biancone, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards are all absent from the Nottingham Forest squad that faces Arsenal at City Ground, Nottingham.

Arsenal have five players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Saturday against Nottingham Forest. For instance, Arsenal won't be able to field Gabriel as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Arsenal need to do without Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe, who are not fit enough to travel to City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal H2H

It was an enormously entertaining 5-0 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Saturday. Nottingham Forest picked up two wins in their previous five matches against The Gunners, while the latter claimed three wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 16/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Results

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Betting Tips

It is difficult to look past Martin Oedegaard, when searching for a goalscorer, as he is seems in wonderful shape. He hit the target five times in recent Premier League matches for Arsenal, with a total for the season saying 15 goals scored in this Premier League campaign. With four goals lately for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Taiwo Awoniyi is also a player to look out for.

Nottingham Forest claimed four wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing three. Arsenal won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost three of these matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at City Ground, Nottingham since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Nottingham Forest. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Arsenal.

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Nottingham Forest’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 1.5 goals on the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in eight of Arsenal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals in these matches.