Arsenal vs Forest 13.09.2025 KO 12:30 GMT

Crocodile Greeky is back in the premier league after an absence of three matchdays. I doubt he will have had time to stamp his gung ho style on Forest, so I imagine it will be defence first and try and hit us on the counter attack, which I’m a bit worried about as when the Saliba/Gabriel partnership gets broken, defensive lapses creep in.

But we are where we are


Here is the lineup id play


Raya, Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Odegaard, Nwaneri, Gyokeres, Eze, Madueke

Subs: Dowman, Trossard, Martinelli, Zubimendi, Merino, Norgaard (is he fit?), Lewis-Skelly, Hincapie, Kepa


Who we most likely will play


Raya, Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Madueke


Anyway 0-3 Zombie Trevor Francis hat-trick

Hopefully the time off has helped with a reset.

Result obviously most important but a top performance is also in need after 2 stinkers out of 3 so far.

Eze must start.

I hope we win, tbh.

This is going to be a tough game in which our defensive credentials will be tested. I think that of your most likely line up Eze will play in place of Martinelli. Hopefully, some of our key players will take their recent international form into this match, and we should win this home game.

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Originally Posted by IBK

This is going to be a tough game in which our defensive credentials will be tested. I think that of your most likely line up Eze will play in place of Martinelli. Hopefully, some of our key players will take their recent international form into this match, and we should win this home game.

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I dunno, Arteta has his favourites

It’s ironic in a way as Martinelli was frozen out of the team in Arteta’s first year as coach but now he barely gets dropped


I also don’t think wide left is Eze’s best position, would I play him there over Martinelli yes…do I think he’d be better at no8, no10 or as a false no9 with him interchanging with Gyokeres on the left….also yes

0-3 Wood hatter

It's a shame Zin is ineligible to play, we could have exploited his complete defensive incompetence and tendency to give the ball away at awkward times

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Originally Posted by Mac76

0-3 Wood hatter

It's a shame Zin is ineligible to play, we could have exploited his complete defensive incompetence and tendency to give the ball away at awkward times

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He’d probably give a Zidane like performance and score the winner given our luck

For some reason Arteta’s dropped Rice must be carrying an injury or he feels Merino’s goalscoring exploits are needed? <_<

Going to have to get used to seeing a lot more changed line-ups this season i think.

Rice on the bench with Merino at 8

That’s interesting, wonder how much that was inspired by Merino’s international goal feast

Mosquera in for Saliba, Eze for Martinelli, Odegaard starts


Hincapie on the bench