English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 17, 2026
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Nottingham Forest LLLWL 0
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Match Report

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Arsenal held by Nottingham Forest, fail to capitalise on Man City slip

Arsenal missed the chance to go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League after being held to a 0-0 draw by Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
3
60
Possession
40
15
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
416
Accurate Passes
259
494
Passes
321
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
5
26
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
48
15
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
4
Interceptions
6
27
Effective Clearances
33
27
Clearances
33

Highlights

01:11 Ogden: Arsenal could become 'weakest champions in a long time' Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 16Nicolás DomínguezAM-L
  11. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 12Jurriën TimberLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 36Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 20Noni MaduekeRF

Timeline

  1. 37' Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  3. 57' Substitution, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka replaces Noni Madueke.
  4. 57' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  5. 57' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  6. 76' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye replaces Igor Jesus.
  7. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  8. 89' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Omari Hutchinson replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  9. 90' Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

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