Kick Off: 19:30 GMT

Location: The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

UK Broadcaster: TNT Sports

Possible Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Rice, Havertz, Odegaard; Martinelli, Jesus, Saka

Arsenal Absentees: Vieira, Timber, Tomiyasu (Asia Cup), Elneny (AFCON)

Arsenal Form: WLLLD

Possible Nottingham Forest XI: Turner; Montiel, Omobamidele, Murillo, Toffolo; Mangala, Yates; Gibbs-White, Danilo, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

Nottingham Forest Absentees: Elanga (doubtful), Origi (doubtful), Aina (international duty), Kouyate (international duty), Boly (international duty), Aurier (international duty), Sangare (international duty), Niakhate (international duty), Tavares (parent club)

Nottingham Forest Form: DLWDW

	Team	P		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	21		8	2	0	26	8		6	4	1	21	10		14	6	1	47	18		29	48
2	Manchester City	20		6	3	0	24	9		7	1	3	24	14		13	4	3	48	23		25	43
3	Arsenal	21		8	2	1	27	10		5	2	3	15	10		13	4	4	42	20		22	43
4	Aston Villa	21		9	1	0	29	8		4	3	4	14	19		13	4	4	43	27		16	43
5	Tottenham Hotspur	21		7	0	3	20	13		5	4	2	24	18		12	4	5	44	31		13	40
6	West Ham United	21		5	3	2	17	10		5	2	4	18	22		10	5	6	35	32		3	35
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	21		5	5	1	22	14		3	3	4	16	19		8	8	5	38	33		5	32
8	Manchester United	21		6	1	4	15	18		4	1	5	9	11		10	2	9	24	29		-5	32
9	Chelsea	21		5	3	3	18	14		4	1	5	17	17		9	4	8	35	31		4	31
10	Newcastle United	21		8	0	3	25	10		1	2	7	16	22		9	2	10	41	32		9	29
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21		5	3	2	16	14		3	2	6	14	17		8	5	8	30	31		-1	29
12	Bournemouth	20		3	3	4	11	16		4	1	5	17	23		7	4	9	28	39		-11	25
13	Fulham	21		6	0	4	19	12		1	3	7	9	24		7	3	11	28	36		-8	24
14	Brentford	20		4	3	4	20	20		2	1	6	9	13		6	4	10	29	33		-4	22
15	Crystal Palace	21		2	3	5	11	14		3	3	5	11	20		5	6	10	22	34		-12	21
16	Nottingham Forest	21		3	3	4	14	15		2	2	7	12	23		5	5	11	26	38		-12	20
17	Everton	21		3	2	6	11	12		5	1	4	13	16		8	3	10	24	28		-4	17
18	Luton Town	20		2	2	6	13	17		2	2	6	11	21		4	4	12	24	38		-14	16
19	Burnley	21		1	1	9	11	25		2	2	6	10	17		3	3	15	21	42		-21	12
20	Sheffield United	21		2	2	7	12	26		0	2	8	5	25		2	4	15	17	51		-34	10

The paragraph of absentees for the home side paints a pretty picture for an Arsenal side looking to continue the reignition of their season after a torrid run of 1 win in 7. Nottingham Forest find their squad ravaged by injury, international tournaments, and a player inelligible to play against his parent club – although said player could have had a move to France if not for Forest wanting to hold on to him.

Sitting 4 points above the relegation zone, with Luton a game in hand behind them, Forest need to start getting some results after bringing in Nuno Espirito Santo (Spurs legend). I find it hard to imagine that this game is one they will get anything out of. Arsenal took 3 points and 5 goals from a downtrodden Crystal Palace side, and here they face a similarly down in the dumps side.

It’s worth noting that Manchester United came to this ground and were narrowly beaten by a late Gibbs-White winner, so an upset wouldn’t be completely off the table. The lineup that Forest started in that game, however, contains many of the absentees they are dealing with in tomorrows game.

My 1-1 prediction for the Palace game was wildy wrong, so I won’t bother this time.