Premier League · ENG · Round 1

Arsenal
2 - 1 Full time
Nottingham Forest

Emirates Stadium · London

Lineups

Arsenal4-3-3
AR1Ramsdale
TP5Partey
BW4White
WS2Saliba
JT12↓50'Timber
8Ødegaard
DR41Rice
KH29Havertz
BS7âš½Saka
EN14⚽↓73'Nketiah
GM11↓86'Martinelli
MT1Turner
WB30Boly
JW4↓90'Worrall
SM26McKenna
SA24Aurier
RY22Yates
OM5↓90'Mangala
OA43↓72'Aina
D28↓71'Danilo
BJ20↓80'Johnson
MG10Gibbs-White
Nottingham Forest3-4-3

Arsenal substitutes

18 Takehiro Tomiyasu 6.7 ↑50'
19 Leandro Trossard 6.7 ↑73'
6 Gabriel ↑86'
10 Emile Smith Rowe
21 Fabio Vieira
15 Jakub Kiwior
20 Jorginho
31 Karl Hein
24 Reiss Nelson

Coach: Mikel Arteta

Nottingham Forest substitutes

9 Taiwo Awoniyi 7.0 ⚽↑71'
7 Neco Williams 6.3 ↑72'
21 Anthony Elanga 7.1 ↑80'
8 Cheikhou Kouyaté ↑90'
11 Chris Wood ↑90'
34 Ethan Horvath
32 Lewis O'Brien
19 Moussa Niakhaté
23 Remo Freuler

Coach: Steve Cooper

Match events

26'Edward Nketiah assist: Gabriel Martinelli 1 - 0âš½
28'Ola Aina
32'Bukayo Saka assist: William Saliba 2 - 0âš½
45+5'Jurrien Timber
Second half
50'↑ Takehiro Tomiyasu ↓ Jurrien Timber (injured)⇄
71'↑ Taiwo Awoniyi ↓ Danilo⇄
72'↑ Neco Williams ↓ Ola Aina⇄
73'↑ Leandro Trossard ↓ Edward Nketiah⇄
80'↑ Anthony Elanga ↓ Brennan Johnson⇄
81'Orel Mangala
82'Taiwo Awoniyi assist: Anthony Elanga 2 - 1âš½
86'↑ Gabriel ↓ Gabriel Martinelli⇄
90'↑ Chris Wood ↓ Joe Worrall⇄
90'↑ Cheikhou Kouyaté ↓ Orel Mangala⇄
90+2'Ben White

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Match details

CompetitionPremier League
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 12 August 2023, 12:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Arsenal wins0Draws3Nottingham Forest wins

6 past meetings on record. Biggest Arsenal win: Arsenal 5–0 Nottingham Forest (2022). Biggest Nottingham Forest win: Nottingham Forest 0–4 Arsenal (2016).

20 May 2023Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 ArsenalPremier League
30 Oct 2022Arsenal 5 - 0 Nottingham ForestPremier League
9 Jan 2022Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 ArsenalFA Cup
24 Sep 2019Arsenal 5 - 0 Nottingham ForestEFL Cup
7 Jan 2018Nottingham Forest 4 - 2 ArsenalFA Cup
20 Sep 2016Nottingham Forest 0 - 4 ArsenalEFL Cup