Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Predictions

• Both teams have scored in ten of Forest’s last 12 league games
• Forest are without a clean sheet in 15 league matches
• Arsenal have kept only one clean sheet in nine league matches

Goals the way to go at the City Ground

Arsenal’s Premier League title dream is over after Sunday’s 3-0 capitulation at home to Brighton and that may ensure a lively encounter against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

It has been a remarkable season for the Gunners but they have come up short in the final months of the campaign, wilting under Manchester City’s rampant pressure and dropping points in five of their last seven league games.

Mikel Arteta’s men do boast the best away form in the division with 12 wins from 18 road outings, but there is little incentive to be backing them at odds-on given the manner of their recent defeat.

Brighton had more possession and won the shots-on-target count 6-2 at the Emirates, although Forest’s defence is likely to come under considerably greater pressure.

Gabriel Martinelli is set to miss the remainder of the season so expect Leandro Trossard to slot in the front three alongside Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.

Improving Forest boast the firepower

Goals look likely for the Gunners but they also do for Forest, whose last two games have featured a 2-2 draw at Chelsea and a thrilling 4-3 victory at home to Southampton.

In fact, Forest have won their last two home games because they also recorded a 3-1 victory when entertaining Brighton, who may have been softened up by their FA Cup semi-final with Manchester United just three days earlier.

It does, however, mean that Forest have seen both teams score in ten of their last 12 Premier League matches.

Steve Cooper’s side have thrived in attack with their top-flight status at risk, scoring at least twice in four of their last five games which includes at Anfield.

Gunners unlikely to leave empty-handed

The Tricky Trees head into this weekend three points clear of the bottom three with two games to go and should be adopting positive tactics in their final home game of the season.

But with no clean sheet in 15, it is unlikely Cooper’s men are resolute enough to keep Arsenal at bay.

Taiwo Awoniyi has found his feet with back-to-back braces and ably assisted by Brennan Johnson and Morgan Gibbs-White, Forest have the weapons to breach an Arsenal defence that have managed only one clean sheet in nine.

Correct-score punters may want to opt for a 2-2 draw, just like Forest’s last Premier League match at Chelsea. Arsenal have shared the spoils in two of their last four away games, both of which ended that scoreline.