On Sunday Jan 9th, Nottingham Forest and Arsenal will play a match in Nottingham in a meeting of these two FA Cup teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Nottingham Forest is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Huddersfield Town. Duane Holmes scored the first goal for Huddersfield Town in the 30th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Huddersfield Town’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Huddersfield Town ended the match with the shutout victory. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Arsenal recorded a 1-2 loss against Manchester City. Bukayo Saka struck first for Arsenal in the 31st minute, but Riyad Mahrez got the equalizer for Manchester City in the 57th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 93rd minute on a goal by Rodri. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 24th of September, Arsenal hosted Nottingham Forest at the Emirates Stadium in their last match together. Arsenal won by a score of 5 to 0 in front of just over 53000 spectators. Martinelli struck first for Arsenal in the 31st minute on a feed from Calum Chambers, then Rob Holding added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Reiss Nelson At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nottingham Forest couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win.
Bukayo Saka has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Arsenal. Both Brennan Johnson and Lewis Grabban have been the hottest scorers for Nottingham Forest in the last five each having scored 2 goals.