Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal 0-1

Arsenal left the City Ground with a 1-0 win after Noni Madueke struck in the 80th minute. The match was level at the break and decided by one goal late on.

Neither side scored in the first half, and the interval arrived with Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal.

Arsenal made three changes on 66 minutes, sending on Jurriën Timber for Ben White, Viktor Gyökeres for Kai Havertz and Mikel Merino for Bruno Guimarães. Madueke, who had come on in the 45th minute, finished from Declan Rice in the 80th minute to make it Nottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal. Nottingham Forest responded with two changes on 85 minutes, bringing on Arnaud Kalimuendo for Dan Ndoye and Ibrahim Sangaré for Nicolás Domínguez, then Callum Hudson-Odoi for James Mcatee and Chris Wood for Jair Cunha in the same minute, but they did not find an equaliser.

Nottingham Forest had 26% of the ball and 219 passes to Arsenal's 628. Forest had more shots, 14 to 9, more corners, 8 to 6, and more shots on target, 2 to 1. Arsenal finished with the better xG at 1.09 to 0.72, and the visitors also had 2 saves to Forest's 0.

Neco Williams was booked for Nottingham Forest in the 17th minute, and Noni Madueke was booked for Arsenal in the 53rd minute. There were no red cards.