Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest

5–0Full-time

WWLWWWGoals 18-6

LDWWLLGoals 8-15

Emirates Stadium, London · Capacity 60,383 · grass · Referee: D. England

Match events

31'Gabriel Martinelli (Calum Chambers)
45'Emile Smith Rowe (Bukayo Saka)
56'Reiss Nelson
59'João Carvalho (Sammy Ameobi)
71'Mesut Özil (Dani Ceballos)
71'Rob Holding (Reiss Nelson)
77'Kieran Tierney (Héctor Bellerín)
77'Joseph Willock (Héctor Bellerín)
78'Yuri Ribeiro (Alex Mighten)
81'Joe Lolley (Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel)
84'Reiss Nelson (Calum Chambers)
90+2'Gabriel Martinelli (Calum Chambers)
90'Jack Robinson

Lineups

4-2-3-1

Unai EmeryCoach

S. Lamouchi

Bench (7)

Match trends

Arsenal have averaged 1.8 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Nottingham Forest have averaged 0.8 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 5 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 2 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

5Arsenal wins

2Draws

1Nottingham Forest wins

15-3Goals

0–0Jan 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

3–0Sep 13, 2025, 11:30 AM

0–0Feb 26, 2025, 7:30 PM

3–0Nov 23, 2024, 3:00 PM

1–2Jan 30, 2024, 7:30 PM

2–1Aug 12, 2023, 11:30 AM

1–0May 20, 2023, 4:30 PM

5–0Oct 30, 2022, 2:00 PM

Pre-match comparison

1.8Goals scored per game0.8

0.6Goals conceded per game1.5

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

D. England

4.15Yellow cards / game

0.04Red cards / game

0.3Penalties scored / game

Based on 27 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

Arsenal

0-15'

16.7%

16-30'

16.7%

31-45'

8.3%

46-60'

16.7%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

41.7%

Nottingham Forest

0-15'

33.3%

16-30'

66.7%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

0%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

0%

Match statistics

67%Possession33%

—Expected goals (xG)—

8Shots on target1

27Total shots5

8Shots off target2

11Blocked shots2

18Shots inside the box1

9Shots outside the box4

15Corners0

2Offsides1

6Fouls4

1Yellow cards1

—Red cards—

1Goalkeeper saves3

642Total passes313

587Accurate passes246

91%Pass accuracy79%

Player ratings

1Calum ChambersArsenal🅰️ 38.7
2Reiss NelsonArsenal⚽ 1🅰️ 1🟨8.7
3Gabriel MartinelliArsenal⚽ 28.6
4Mesut ÖzilArsenal7.8
5Shkodran MustafiArsenal7.6
6Rob HoldingArsenal⚽ 17.6

Box score

Arsenal

3Kieran TierneyD · 77'

7.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes84%

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26Emiliano MartínezG · 90'

7.1

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Passes83%

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11Lucas TorreiraM · 90'

7.3

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Passes90%

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20Shkodran MustafiD · 90'

7.6

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes96%

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10Mesut Özil (C)M · 71'

7.8

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes92%

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21Calum ChambersD · 90'

🅰️ 38.7

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes92%

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16Rob HoldingD · 90'

⚽ 17.6

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes98%

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28Joseph WillockM · 90'

⚽ 17.0

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Shots1/4 on target

Passes89%

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35Gabriel MartinelliF · 90'

⚽ 28.6

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Shots2/6 on target

Passes72%

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32Emile Smith RoweM · 45'

6.6

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes83%

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24Reiss NelsonM · 90'

⚽ 1🅰️ 1🟨8.7

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Shots2/4 on target

Passes96%

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Bench (7)

2Héctor BellerínD · 13'

🅰️ 17.1

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes100%

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77Bukayo SakaD · 45'

6.9

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Shots0/3 on target

Passes80%

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8Dani CeballosM · 19'

6.5

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes92%

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40

40T. Bola—

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41

41R. BurtonM

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33

33M. MaceyG

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38

38F. Balogun—

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Nottingham Forest

11Matty CashD · 90'

6.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes77%

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49Arijanet MurićG · 90'

5.6

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Passes100%

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28Tiago SilvaM · 90'

5.2

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes73%

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10João CarvalhoM · 59'

6.5

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes76%

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3Tobias FigueiredoD · 90'

6.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes75%

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40Brennan Johnson90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes86%

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2Yuri RibeiroM · 78'

6.7

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Passes73%

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36ChemaD · 90'

6.5

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Passes89%

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18Jack Robinson (C)D · 90'

🟨5.8

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes81%

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37Albert AdomahF · 90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes77%

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23Joe LolleyM · 81'

6.3

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes64%

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Bench (7)

12Jordan SmithG

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46Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel9'

6.0

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

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6

6A. MilosevicD

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19Sammy AmeobiM · 31'

6.3

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes63%

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7

7L. GrabbanF

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48Alex Mighten12'

6.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes66%

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21

21S. SowM

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