Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live score, updates, lineups, and result from Premier League 2023/24

By | August 12, 2023
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After falling short by five points last season, Arsenal will begin a fresh push for their first Premier League title since 2004 when they open the new Premier League season at home to relegation candidates Nottingham Forest.

The Gunners reloaded during the offseason, spending big money for the likes of Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, and Jurrien Timber, who are expected to give them the extra bit of quality to get them over the hump and closer to overtaking Man City at the top of the league.

But they face an organised Nottingham Forest side that also got stronger, namely through the addition of Arsenal backup goalkeeper Matt Turner as their new starter. The American shot-stopper will immediately face his old team in his first match for his new club. 

The Sporting News will be following the Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest match live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.

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Arsenal vs Nott’m Forest live score

  1st Half Goal scorers
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Lineups:

Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Ramsdale (GK) — 5. Partey, 4. White, 2. Saliba, 12. TImber — 8. Odegaard, 41. Rice, 29. Havertz — 7. Saka, 14. Nketiah, 11. Martinelli

Nott’m Forest (5-3-2, right to left): 1. Turner (GK) — 24. Aurier, 4. Worrall, 30. Boly, 26. McKenna,  43. Aina — 22. Yates, 28. Danilo, 5. Mangala — 10. Gibbs-White, 20. B. Johnson.

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Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live updates, highlights, and commentary

10 minutes prior to kickoff: American goalkeeper Matt Turner spent a season with Arsenal, but this season-opening game against Arsenal will mark his Premier League debut.

15 minutes prior to kickoff: Lines outside the Emirates. Apparently it’s the first game in which the club has transitioned to a phone app instead of scanning the membership card.

20 minutes prior to kickoff: Here’s what Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told TNT Sports about his lineup selections, evading a direct question on Gabriel’s fitness:

“With every game demands different things, and Eddie [Nketiah], as well, didn’t play last game and he gets to play today.

“He’s been really good and he’s always been a threat. And every game needs different qualities. This is how we start the game and we’ll finish in a very different way.”

When Arteta was asked directly about whether he’d confirm his team will be playing in a back three? “No, cannot confirm that.”

30 minutes prior to kickoff: Warmups underway at The Emirates.

45 minutes prior to kickoff: Apparently Gabriel’s absence from the lineup is tactical. Meanwhile, Tom Canton (Football London) also reports that transfer target David Raya is at the Emirates ahead of his impending move from Brentford which forced Matt Turner out the door.

As for the other Arsenal players not in the squad:

1 hour prior to kickoff: The Arsenal lineup is out.

1 hour, 20 minutes prior to kickoff: We’ve got some early lineup reports that it’ll be Eddie Nketiah at centre-forward. If that’s the case, then Kai Havertz would line up in a central midfield position, perhaps relegating Thomas Partey to the bench.

1 hour, 30 minutes prior to kickoff: The match is a big deal in the UK also because it’s the first Premier League match on TNT.

2 hours prior to kickoff: Arsenal supporters will prefer to remember the 5-0 home fixture against Forest from last season as opposed to the shock 1-0 defeat at the City Ground in May courtesy of a Taiwo Awoniyi goal.

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest lineups, team news

The three new starters acquired in the offseason are all starting: Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, and Kai Havertz. But Gabriel starts on the bench, which means it’s either a 3-4-3, or Thomas Partey lines up at right-back. Everyone was available for this game except for the injured Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Mohamed Elneny (knee).

Arsenal lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Aaron Ramsdale (GK) — 5. Thomas Partey, 4. Ben White, 2. William Saliba, 12. Jurrien TImber — 8. Martin Odegaard, 41. Declan Rice, 29. Kai Havertz — 7. Bukayo Saka, 14. Eddie Nketiah, 11. Gabriel Martinelli

Arsenal subs (9): 31. Karl Hein (GK), 18. Takehiro Tomiyasu, 15. Jakub Kiwior, 6. Gabriel, 20. Jorginho, 21. Fabio Vieira, 10. Emile Smith Rowe, 24. Reiss Nelson, 19. Leandro Trossard

American goalkeeper Matt Turner facing his former club after a $9 million transfer is the big story, with the other being that star centre-forward Taiwo Awoniyi, who just recently returned to injury, is available on the bench. Summer signing Anthony Elanga will be an option off the bench.

Nott’m Forest lineup (5-3-2 right to left): 1. Matt Turner (GK) — 24. Serge Aurier, 4. Joe Worrall, 30. Willy Boly, 26. Scott McKenna, 43. Ola Aina — 22. Ryan Yates, 28. Danilo, 5. Orel Mangala — 10. Morgan Gibbs-White, 20. Brennan Johnson.

Nott’m Forest subs (9): 34. Ethan Horvath (GK), 19. Moussa Niakhate, 7. Neco Williams, 8. Cheikhou Kouyate, 32. Lewis O’Brien, 23. Remo Freuler, 11. Chris Wood, 9. Taiwo Awoniyi, 21. Anthony Elanga

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live stream, TV channel

The Premier League match between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time from The Emirates in London.

Below are the corresponding times, TV channels, and live streams to watch the match in regions around the world

IN CANADA: Watch this match in 4k on Fubo Canada (on 4k devices)

  Date Kickoff time TV Streaming
USA  Sat, Aug. 12  7:30 a.m. ET — Peacock
Canada  Sat, Aug. 12 7:30 a.m. ET — Fubo Canada
UK Sat, Aug. 12  12:30 p.m. BST TNT Sports 1 discovery+, TNT Sports Ultimate
Australia  Sat, Aug. 12 9:30 p.m. AEST — Optus Sport
India Sat, Aug. 12  5 p.m. IST Star Sports Select 1 Hotstar,
JioTV
Hong Kong  Sat, Aug. 12 7:30 p.m. HKT Now Premier League
(Ch. 620-621)		 Now E, Now Player
Malaysia  Sat, Aug. 12 7:30 p.m. MYT Astro SuperSport 3 Astro GO, sooka
Singapore Sat, Aug. 12  7:30 p.m. SGT Hub Premier (Ch. 221) StarHub TV+
New Zealand  Sat, Aug. 12 11:30 p.m.  NZST Sky Sport Premier League Sky Sport NOW

UK: The match will be televised by TNT Sports and streamed on the broadcaster’s discovery+ app and TNT Sports Ultimate.

USA: The Arsenal vs. Nott’m Forest match is being streamed exclusively on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.

Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streamed exclusively via Fubo in Canada.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.

India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).

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