English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 12, 2023
Nottingham Forest WDLLD 1
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Arsenal WLWWW 2
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NFO011
ARS202
Emirates Stadium · 59,984 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Forest 2-1 in Premier League opener

Arsenal began their new Premier League campaign with a 2-1 home win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday thanks to first-half goals from Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
1
21.7
Possession
78.3
6
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
137
Accurate Passes
693
200
Passes
769
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
33
19
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
15
17
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
7
16
Effective Clearances
9
16
Clearances
9

Highlights

01:24 Arsenal beat Forest in 'frantic finale' at Emirates Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NFO leads series 3-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 2William SalibaCD-L
  3. 4Ben WhiteCD-R
  4. 12Jurriën TimberLB
  5. 5Thomas ParteyRB
  6. 41Declan RiceCM
  7. 29Kai HavertzLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Eddie NketiahF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

NFO · 3-4-3

  1. 1Matt TurnerG
  2. 4Joe WorrallCD
  3. 26Scott McKennaCD-L
  4. 30Willy BolyCD-R
  5. 5Orel MangalaCM-L
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-R
  7. 43Ola AinaLM
  8. 24Sèrge AurierRM
  9. 20Brennan JohnsonF
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-L
  11. 28Danilo SantosCF-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Arsenal 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli following a corner.
  2. 28' Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Goal! Arsenal 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by William Saliba.
  4. 45'+5' Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Jurriën Timber because of an injury.
  6. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Danilo.
  7. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Ola Aina.
  8. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Eddie Nketiah.
  9. 80' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Brennan Johnson because of an injury.
  10. 81' Orel Mangala (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Goal! Arsenal 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Elanga following a fast break.
  12. 86' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Magalhães replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  13. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Joe Worrall.
  14. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Orel Mangala.
  15. 90'+2' Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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