Comments and predictions for Arsenal vs Nottingham: Home team is lucky

Remarkably, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest are now separated only by goal difference in the Premier League table, as the two sides prepare for a mouth-watering clash at the Emirates on Saturday night.

Mikel Arteta's side are struggling to win any of their last four league games, while Nottingham Forest head into the game in north London following a home defeat to Newcastle United.

Latest Arsenal vs Nottingham team information

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta had hoped his side would be injury-free during the international break, but his prayers were not answered. Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice both withdrew from the England squad, while Leandro Trossard picked up an injury while playing for Belgium.

Neither Saka nor Rice are in danger of missing Saturday's game, but Trossard's availability remains unclear. Riccardo Calafiori (knee), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) and Kieran Tierney (thigh) are also struggling with similar issues, but Tierney is back in full training.

Arsenal will also be without Ben White until early in the new year after surgery, so Jurrien Timber could be moved back to his preferred right-back position, with Oleksandr Zinchenko taking over at left-back if Calafiori is not risked.

Nottingham Forest, by contrast, have no major injury concerns with Santo having to worry about just two long-term injuries in Danilo (ankle) and Ibrahim Sangare (thigh), with Sangare likely to return this month.

Both Murillo and striker Chris Wood, who scored eight goals, will need to be assessed after the trip for World Cup qualifying, although Murillo was left out of his first Brazil call-up and could feature at the Emirates.

Taiwo Awoniyi would be a logical replacement for Wood if needed, but manager Santo will do everything he can to keep hold of the striker who has scored more than half of Forest's Premier League goals this season.

Latest Arsenal vs Nottingham predicted lineup

Arsenal:

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli

Nottingham Forest:

Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Dominguez, Yates; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

Latest football commentary Arsenal vs Nottingham

Ahead of the 2024-25 season, Arsenal were widely expected to be title contenders, but based on their performance in the first 11 games, the Gunners are facing a huge fight just to qualify for the Champions League, let alone compete for the title with Manchester City and Arne Slot's Liverpool.

Martin Odegaard's long-awaited return to the Arsenal starting line-up against Chelsea provided a creative boost, with the Norwegian midfielder's exquisite pass setting up Gabriel Martinelli for a goal. However, Pedro Neto was given too much time and space at Stamford Bridge to equalise for Chelsea in a 1-1 draw.

The two-week break may have come at the right time for Arsenal, who are now nine points off the top of the table and just three points above Brentford in the bottom half, suggesting a winter turnaround is crucial.

In total, Arsenal have won just two of their last seven games, including an unconvincing win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League and an impressive win over Preston North End in the Carabao Cup, although home is still where they play best.

In fact, Arteta's side are now unbeaten in their last eight Premier League home games, scoring in all but one, and Saturday's game against Nottingham Forest will be Pep Guardiola's 250th under the reign of the club.

In contrast to Arsenal, Nottingham Forest have a better defensive record, conceding just 10 goals – the second best in the Premier League behind Liverpool. However, Nuno Espirito Santo and his players conceded three goals at home to Newcastle in Game 11, in what was Forest’s first defeat since late September.

Crystal Palace, Leicester City and West Ham United have all suffered defeats against Forest, but the visitors are now fifth and could leapfrog Arsenal into the top four with a surprise win at the Emirates, or draw if Chelsea lose to Leicester in the afternoon game.

While Arsenal's unbeaten home run is impressive, Nottingham Forest also have a very respectable away record, having gone seven Premier League games without defeat. Remarkably, Forest have only trailed for a total of 102 minutes and 34 seconds in their domestic league games this season.

However, Forest have lost twice to Arsenal by 2-1 scores in the 2023-24 Premier League season, and Arsenal have won each of their last five home games against Forest since a 1-1 draw in 1995.

Latest Arsenal vs Nottingham score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Arsenal vs Nottingham match:

• Sportsmole: Arsenal 2-1 Nottingham

• WhoScore: Arsenal 2-0 Nottingham
• Our prediction: Arsenal 1-0 Nottingham

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