Overview
- Kick-off is 12:30pm BST at the Emirates, with live coverage on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK, USA Network and Fubo in the US, and Star Sports/JioHotstar in India.
- Ange Postecoglou takes charge of Nottingham Forest for the first time days after his appointment, making one enforced change as Morato replaces the injured Ola Aina, who faces a multi‑month hamstring layoff.
- Forest start Matz Sels; Neco Williams, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato; Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson; Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs‑White, Callum Hudson‑Odoi; Chris Wood.
- Arsenal hand starts to Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke, with Cristhian Mosquera in for the injured William Saliba and Martin Ødegaard restored to midfield; Declan Rice is among the substitutes.
- Oleksandr Zinchenko is unavailable to face his parent club after joining Forest on loan, as Arsenal seek a response following their 1-0 defeat to Liverpool before the international break.