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Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: The City Ground

Date: 20th May 2023

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Nottingham Forest will take a great step towards securing Premier League football next season this Saturday when they welcome a disappointed Arsenal side to the City Ground.

The hosts kept their survival destiny in their hands by snatching a 2-2 draw against Chelsea in their last game. A brace from Tiawo Awoniyi secured the result and ensured that Steve Cooper’s side could seal a place in the top flight if they win here and Everton fail to defeat Wolves at the Molineux stadium earlier in the day.

Having won their last two games at home against Brighton (3-1) and Southampton  (4-3), the hosts will feel confident of getting a result. A win here will give them their first run of three consecutive home wins in the same season since 1995/96.

But despite their good form, visitors Arsenal head to City Ground as the favourites. This is despite the Gunner’s 3-0 loss to Brighton in their last outing all but ended their title chances.

All Manchester City need to win the title now is to win one game which is likely this weekend as the Cityzens will face struggling Chelsea in this weekend’s game.

Despite this, Mikel Arteta’s men will be desperate to keep City on their toes by winning this game. The visitors secured a 2-0 win over Newcastle United in their last away league outing so they will fancy their chances here.

Meanwhile, there has been at least one goal in the opening 15 minutes of Arsenal’s last four away games so expect an open game.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 22, 2024
Everton 15:00 Chelsea
Fulham 15:00 Southampton
Leicester City 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 15 11 3 1 31 13 +18 36
2 Chelsea 16 10 4 2 37 19 +18 34
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
6 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
7 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
8 AFC Bournemouth 16 7 4 5 24 21 +3 25
9 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
10 Fulham 16 6 6 4 24 22 +2 24
11 Tottenham Hotspur 16 7 2 7 36 19 +17 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 16 6 4 6 21 19 +2 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
16 Everton 15 3 6 6 14 21 -7 15
17 Leicester City 16 3 5 8 21 34 -13 14
18 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 2 3 11 24 40 -16 9
20 Southampton 16 1 2 13 11 36 -25 5

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