Nottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal: result and goals
Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 on Sunday, 18 October 2026 in the Premier League.
Goals: Noni Madueke 80'.
Nottingham Forest sit 18th on 6 points.
Arsenal sit 2nd on 21 points.
Nottingham Forest have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Arsenal have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: Nottingham Forest won 0, Arsenal won 3, 2 drawn.
- Competition
- Premier League
- Kick-off
- Sunday, 18 October 2026, 16:30 (UK time)
- Venue
- The City Ground, Nottingham
- 👥
- 30893
Match facts
- Stadium
- The City Ground · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Capacity: 31,042 seats · Natural grass
- Attendance
- 30,893 · 100% of capacity
Referee
Michael Oliver
Record: Premier League
- Games
- 54
- Yellows per game
- 3.5
- Reds
- 3
- Penalties
- 6
- Fouls per game
- 23.2
Absences
Nottingham Forest
- Morgan Gibbs-WhiteDoubtful
- Nicolò SavonaInjured · Expected back: late October 2026
- Igor JesusInjured · Expected back: late October 2026
Arsenal
- Piero HincapiéInjured · Expected back: late October 2026
- William SalibaInjured
- Christos TzolisInjured · Expected back: late October 2026
Players ruled out or doubtful according to each club’s latest update.
The match in numbers
- Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1-0.
- Noni Madueke opened the scoring for Arsenal on 80'.
Full match report: Arsenal 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Madueke strikes late
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
Match events
NFOARSLive commentary
- Match ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 1.
- 90'+4'Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 1.
- 90'+4'David Raya (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4'Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest).
- 90'+3'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
- 90'+3'Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Murillo.
- 90'+2'Attempt missed. Murillo (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'Foul by Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest).
- 89'Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 87'Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87'Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest).
- 85'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces James McAtee.
- 85'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Jair Cunha because of an injury.
- 82'Foul by Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal).
- 82'Arnaud Kalimuendo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82'Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
- 80'Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 1. Noni Madueke (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice.
- 79'Attempt missed. Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
- 75'Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75'Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
- 74'Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
- 74'Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
- 73'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Arnaud Kalimuendo replaces Dan Ndoye.
- 73'Offside, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
- 72'Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jurriën Timber.
- 69'Attempt saved. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by David Raya (Arsenal). Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
- 68'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.
- 67'Attempt missed. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
- 66'Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Bruno Guimarães.
- 66'Substitution, Arsenal. Viktor Gyökeres replaces Kai Havertz.
- 66'Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Ben White.
- 66'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by James McAtee.
- 65'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Jair Cunha.
- 64'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64'Delay in match because of an injury Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
- 64'Delay in match because of an injury Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 63'Attempt blocked. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Murillo.
- 61'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Daniel Muñoz.
- 61'Offside, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
- 59'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Martin Ødegaard.
- 59'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Declan Rice.
- 56'Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
- 56'Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Xaver Schlager.
- 54'Attempt saved. Murillo (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by David Raya (Arsenal). Assisted by James McAtee with a cross.
- 53'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
- 53'Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jair Cunha.
- 53'Noni Madueke (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53'Foul by Noni Madueke (Arsenal).
- 53'Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52'Attempt blocked. Noni Madueke (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Magalhães.
- 49'Attempt missed. James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 48'Handball by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
- 48'Attempt missed. James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 45'Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 0.
- 45'Substitution, Arsenal. Noni Madueke replaces Eberechi Eze.
- 45'+5'First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 0.
- 45'+3'Attempt blocked. Murillo (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
- 45'+3'Attempt missed. Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 45'+3'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ben White.
- 45'+3'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Delay in match because of an injury Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal).
- 45'Attempt blocked. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James McAtee.
- 44'Foul by Declan Rice (Arsenal).
- 44'Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41'Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
- 40'Eberechi Eze (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40'Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
- 39'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 38'Delay in match because of an injury Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest).
- 37'Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 36'Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36'Foul by Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest).
- 35'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.
- 35'Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Muñoz.
- 30'Ezri Konsa (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30'Foul by James McAtee (Nottingham Forest).
- 30'Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
- 30'Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Xaver Schlager.
- 27'Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27'Foul by Daniel Muñoz (Nottingham Forest).
- 26'Attempt blocked. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 25'Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Jair Cunha.
- 24'Ben White (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24'Foul by Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest).
- 22'Offside, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka is caught offside.
- 22'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 20'Delay in match because of an injury Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 20'David Raya (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20'Foul by Jair Cunha (Nottingham Forest).
- 19'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by David Raya.
- 19'Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Delap.
- 17'Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17'Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17'Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
- 13'Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13'Foul by Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 11'Foul by Eberechi Eze (Arsenal).
- 11'Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6'Ezri Konsa (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6'Foul by Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest).
- 1'Eberechi Eze (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 1'Foul by Daniel Muñoz (Nottingham Forest).
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Commentary: ESPN
Stats
General
Shots
Expected goals (xG)
Passes
Defence
Duels
Discipline
General
Shots
Expected goals (xG)
Passes
Defence
Duels
Discipline
General
Shots
Expected goals (xG)
Passes
Defence
Duels
Discipline
Expected goals (xG)
0.90–1.14
xG on target (xGOT)
0.12–0.19
Shots
14–9
Big chances
0–1
Match momentum
Above the line the home side is on top; below, the away side.
Shot map
xG: chance of each shot becoming a goal from its position and type. xGOT: the same once the shot is on target.
Player of the match
Declan Rice
Arsenal
Ratings
Nottingham Forest6.6
- 7.65Murillo
- 7.221Xaver Schlager
- 7.12Ousmane Diomande
- 7.13Neco Williams
- 7.024James McAtee
- 6.823Jair Cunha
- 6.427Daniel Muñoz
- 6.219Liam Delap
- 6.115Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga▲73'
- 6.16Ibrahim Sangaré▲74'
- 5.98Nicolás Dominguez
- 5.826Matz Sels
- 5.814Dan Ndoye
Arsenal7.0
- 8.141Declan RiceA
- 8.06Gabriel
- 7.71David Raya
- 7.639Bruno Guimarães
- 7.515Ezri Konsa
- 7.28Martin Ødegaard
- 7.020Noni Madueke⚽▲46'
- 6.97Bukayo Saka
- 6.84Ben White
- 6.833Riccardo Calafiori
- 6.612Jurriën Timber▲66'
- 6.623Mikel Merino▲66'
- 6.429Kai Havertz
- 6.210Eberechi Eze
- 6.014Viktor Gyökeres▲66'
Rating out of 10 for each player’s contribution to the match.
Lineups
Nottm Forest · Substitutes
- 15Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga▲73'6.1
- 6Ibrahim Sangaré▲74'6.1
- 7Callum Hudson-Odoi▲85'
- 9Chris Wood▲85'
- 12John Victor
- 31Nikola Milenković
- 34Ola Aina
- 25Luca Netz
- 22Ryan Yates
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Arsenal · Substitutes
- 20Noni Madueke▲46'7.0
- 12Jurriën Timber▲66'6.6
- 23Mikel Merino▲66'6.6
- 14Viktor Gyökeres▲66'6.0
- 30Illan Meslier
- 3Cristhian Mosquera
- 36Martín Zubimendi
- 56Max Dowman
- 49Myles Lewis-Skelly
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Head to head
0
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
3
Arsenal
5 gamesGoals per game: 1.8Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 60 %
2
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
6
Arsenal
10 gamesGoals per game: 2.4Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 60 %
3
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
7
Arsenal
12 gamesGoals per game: 2.8Both teams scored: 25 %Over 2.5 goals: 67 %
2
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
1
Arsenal
5 gamesGoals per game: 1.0Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 20 %
3
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
2
Arsenal
7 gamesGoals per game: 2.1Both teams scored: 29 %Over 2.5 goals: 43 %
3
Nottm Forest
2
Draws
2
Arsenal
7 gamesGoals per game: 2.1Both teams scored: 29 %Over 2.5 goals: 43 %
0
Nottm Forest
0
Draws
5
Arsenal
5 gamesGoals per game: 3.8Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 100 %
0
Nottm Forest
0
Draws
5
Arsenal
5 gamesGoals per game: 3.8Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 100 %
0
Nottm Forest
0
Draws
5
Arsenal
5 gamesGoals per game: 3.8Both teams scored: 20 %Over 2.5 goals: 100 %
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| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | +11 | 21 | WWWWL | |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | +8 | 21 | WWLWW | |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +18 | 16 | DWWWW | |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 13 | DLWWL | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 12 | WDWLW | |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 11 | LWDWW | |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | +5 | 10 | DDWDL | |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | DWDLD | |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 10 | DWDLL | |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 10 | WLWLD | |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | DDLDL | |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 9 | DLDWW | |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 | DDLWW | |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 8 | DLWLL | |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | DLDDD | |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 7 | WLDWL | |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 6 | DDLLW | |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 | DDWLL | |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 6 | LWWLL | |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 4 | DLLLL |
FAQ
What was the score in Nottingham Forest v Arsenal?
Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 on Sunday 18 October (Premier League).
Who scored in Nottingham Forest v Arsenal?
Goals: Noni Madueke 80'.
When do Nottingham Forest play next?
Nottingham Forest play Brentford on Saturday 31 October at 15:00 (UK time).
When do Arsenal play next?
Arsenal play Fleetwood Town on Tuesday 27 October at 20:00 (UK time).
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