Arsenal have won six of their last seven Premier League games against Nottingham Forest, with the exception being a 1-0 loss at the City Ground in May 2023.
Nottingham Forest have lost each of their last four Premier League away games against Arsenal and are winless in their last 10 league visits to the Gunners (D4 L6) since a 3-1 win in March 1989.
Arsenal are winless in their last four Premier League games (D2 L2), as many times as they’d failed to win in their previous 25 combined (W21 D3 L1). The Gunners haven’t had a longer run without a league win since a run of seven between November and December 2020 (D2 L5).
Having won just three of their first 36 Premier League away games since their return to the division in 2022 (D9 L24), Nottingham Forest have now won five of their last seven on the road (D2). Forest are looking to go unbeaten in their first six away games in a single top-flight campaign for the first time since 1995-96.
No sides have scored more Premier League goals from set piece situations (excluding penalties) this season than either Arsenal or Nottingham Forest (5, level with Aston Villa). Meanwhile, 33% of the Gunners goals conceded have come from set pieces (4/12), with no team shipping a higher such ratio in the competition this term.
Including stoppage time, Nottingham Forest have been behind for just 102 minutes and 34 seconds in the Premier League this season, less time than any other side.
This will be Mikel Arteta’s 250th match in charge of Arsenal in all competitions, the 10th manager to reach that milestone for the club. He’s already got more wins than any other manager in their first 250 (146), while he has the highest win rate of any manager in the club’s history (58.6% – min. 50 games).
All four of Kai Havertz’s Premier League goals this season have come in home games – it’s the most goals a player has scored in the competition so far this term with 100% coming at home.
Raheem Sterling has scored four goals in his four Premier League games against Nottingham Forest, with his average of a goal every 68 minutes against them his best against any opponent he’s faced more than once. Sterling is yet to score or assist a goal in any of his four league appearances for Arsenal, however.
Chris Wood has scored 53.3% of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League goals this season (8/15) – only Erling Haaland (54.5%) has netted a higher share of team’s goals so far this term.
