Overview
- Arsenal travel to the City Ground for a 5:30pm UK kickoff on Saturday with a six-point lead that could be cut by Manchester City’s earlier match.
- Previews highlight Arsenal’s confidence after a 3-2 League Cup semi-final first-leg win at Chelsea and their continued push across four competitions.
- Mikel Arteta praised Viktor Gyokeres’ improved display and goal at Stamford Bridge and warned that Sean Dyche’s Forest pose a physical, well-drilled test.
- Nottingham Forest enter with one win in five and back-to-back home defeats, though Dyche has key figures such as Willy Boly and Ibrahim Sangare available again.
- Predicted line-ups broadly favor an unchanged Arsenal squad aside from one minor doubt, and most forecasts tip the visitors to edge a tight game.