Nottingham Forest have lost eight of their last 10 Premier League games against Arsenal, though both exceptions have come at the City Ground since their return to the division in 2022 (1-0 in May 2023, 0-0 in February 2025).
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three Premier League games against Nottingham Forest, their longest run of league shutouts against the Tricky Trees.
Only West Ham (8) and Wolves (8) have lost more Premier League home games this season than Nottingham Forest (6). It’s the Tricky Trees’ joint-most defeats in their opening 10 home matches of a league campaign, while only in 1908-09 have they ever lost as many as seven of their first 11.
Nottingham Forest have lost six of their 10 Premier League home games this season (W3 D1), already one more than they lost at the City Ground in the whole of last season (W9 D5 L5). Forest have also conceded more home goals this term (17) than in 2024-25 (16).
Arsenal drew 0-0 with Liverpool in their last Premier League game. Since the start of 2022-23, they’ve only failed to score in consecutive league games on two occasions, though both times the second game came away against Nottingham Forest (May 2023, February 2025).
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set-piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (14), while only Bournemouth (14) have conceded more from set plays than Nottingham Forest (13).
Arsenal are the only side not to have trailed by at least two goals in a Premier League game this season, last doing so at Liverpool last May. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have a goal difference of -8 in a losing game state this season (F6 A14), with only West Ham having lower (-9).
Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche has never seen his sides score more than once in a Premier League game against Arsenal, netting eight goals in 19 meetings. He’s also won just two of these 19 games, with Burnley in December 2020 and Everton in February 2023.
Morgan Gibbs-White has scored in his last two Premier League games, and is Nottingham Forest’s highest league scorer this season with five goals. He’s also just one goal or assist away from becoming the first Forest player to register 50 goal involvements in the Premier League (22 goals, 27 assists).
No player has been directly involved in more shots following a ball carry in the Premier League this season than Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (33 – 19 shots, 14 chances created).