Nottingham Forest — Arsenal FC 0:1, 18 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 7 Sunday 18 October · 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest 18th · 6 pts WLDLL

0 : 1 1st half 0:0

Arsenal FC 2th · 21 pts WWWWW

City Ground · referee M. Oliver

Match predictionValue

Nottingham Forest under 1.5 goals

86% · Nottingham Forest average 0.8 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “Nottingham Forest under 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 0:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Nottingham Forest 22% draw 29% Arsenal FC 49%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Arsenal FC win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Arsenal FC win — they got it right.

fans 31 votes

Nottingham Forest 26% draw 16% Arsenal FC 58%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Williams 17'

N. Madueke for E. Eze 46'

N. Madueke 53'

M. Merino for Bruno Guimaraes 66'

J. Timber for B. White 66'

V. Gyokeres for K. Havertz 66'

I. Sangare for N. Dominguez 74'

A. Kalimuendo for D. Ndoye 74'

N. Madueke assist: D. Rice 0-1 80'

C. Wood for Cunha 85'

C. Hudson-Odoi for J. McAtee 85'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Nottingham Forest 3-4-2-1 4-2-3-1 Arsenal FC

Matz Sels  
Jair  2 Ousmane Diomande  5 Murillo  
Daniel Muñoz  24 James McAtee  21 Xaver Schlager  3 Neco Williams  
Nicolás Domínguez  14 Dan Ndoye  
Liam Delap  

Kai Havertz  
Bukayo Saka  8 Martin Ødegaard  10 Eberechi Eze  
Declan Rice  39 Bruno Guimarães  
Ben White  15 Ezri Konsa  6 Gabriel Magalhães  33 Riccardo Calafiori  
David Raya  

Nottingham Forest bench

15Arnaud Kalimuendo
7Callum Hudson Odoi
9Chris Wood
6Ibrahim Sangaré
12John Victor
25Luca Netz
31Nikola Milenković
34Ola Aina
22Ryan Yates

Arsenal FC bench

3Cristhian Mosquera
30Illan Meslier
12Jurriën Timber
36Martín Zubimendi
56Max Dowman
23Mikel Merino
49Myles Lewis-Skelly
20Noni Madueke
14Viktor Gyökeres

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

26%Possession74%

13Shots9

2Shots on target1

6Shots off target5

5Blocked shots3

7Shots inside box7

6Shots outside box2

52Attacks128

19Dangerous attacks66

7Corners6

2Offsides1

14Fouls8

1Yellow cards1

0Saves2

219Passes628

152Accurate passes565

10Free kicks16

12Throw-ins17

10Goal kicks4

0Penalties0

Nottingham Forest

Arsenal FCThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Nottingham Forest and Arsenal FC met on matchday 7 of the Premier League on 18 October at City Ground. Final score — 0:1.

Nottingham Forest sit 18th on 6 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses). Arsenal FC sit 2th on 21 points after 10 matches (9 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 5 matches, 7 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Nottingham Forest won 0, Arsenal FC won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 0:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Nottingham Forest last five Arsenal FC

WLDLL form WWWWW

10 Matches 10

2 — 3 — 5 Wins — draws — defeats 9 — 0 — 1

9 — 13 Scored — conceded 15 — 5

0.9 Points per game 2.7

0.9 Goals scored per game 1.5

1 Clean sheets 7

5 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 5

Nottingham Forest at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—4, 0.8 points per match.

Arsenal FC away: 5 matches, 4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 5—3, 2.4 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Nottingham Forest wins 1 draw 1 Arsenal FC win goals 0:3 Nottingham Forest — Arsenal FC

17/01/2026	Nottingham Forest — Arsenal FC	0:0	Premier League
13/09/2025	Arsenal FC — Nottingham Forest	3:0	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	9	0	1	15—5	27
2	Manchester City	10	7	0	3	21—13	21
…
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	10—12	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	9—13	9
17	Coventry City	10	3	0	7	10—19	9

Full Premier League table

Nottingham Forest — Arsenal FC, 18 October 2026, 15:30 UTC : score 0:1