Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Predictions

• Arsenal have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last 10 away league games
• Forest have drawn seven and lost three of their last 11 home league matches
• The Gunners have conceded in six of their last 10 Premier League away games

Getting tricky down by the Trent

Nottingham Forest must relieve the mounting pressure against a winning machine when they host Arsenal at the City Ground on Sunday.

The Tricky Trees find themselves in a tricky position in the bottom half of the table after back-to-back defeats against newly-promoted Coventry and new rivals Crystal Palace. Oliver Glasner’s team shouldn’t have lost at Selhurst Park after dominating possession and carving out better chances than the hosts, but there is a worrying fragility about the side.

Glasner suggested they couldn’t handle the expectations of beating Coventry before the international break and then blamed a lack of ruthlessness against his former club.

Forest have forgotten their formula

They will be expected to lose to the Gunners given their woeful home form this season which leaves them still chasing their first goal after four consecutive blanks at the City Ground.

Their Trentside torment can be traced back to the second half of last season when they won only one of their last 11 home outings in the Premier League. Forest simply seem to have forgotten the formula that brought them so much success under Nuno Espirito Santo.

When they used to go a goal up, as they did at Palace on Saturday, it became doubly difficult for opponents to break them down. However, the two goals they shipped in the final five minutes of the first half sealed their fate.

Gunners to get all three points in Nottingham

Ousmane Diomande was partially culpable for both, although replays suggest the second went in off a Palace arm and should not have stood. But that doesn’t lessen the feeling that the £35m summer signing is struggling at the moment, having also failed to handle Coventry’s direct approach.

Arsenal are not the sort of side to go into battle against without everyone being on song, and so it seems very likely that Forest will lose a fourth home game in five this weekend. The Gunners have a wealth of options to freshen up their line-up or change them game from the bench, so it may be a case that they close this contest out in the second half again.

If backing the visitors to win the second half after a 45-minute stalemate doesn’t float your boat, then consider Arsenal winning with both teams on the scoresheet. Arteta’s side have conceded in their last two away games and should have done at Sunderland given the Black Cats’ 1.8 expected goals in a 2-0 home reverse.