Arsenal visit Nottingham Forest with Bukayo Saka on the bench

Arsenal travel to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League with Bukayo Saka named among the substitutes, according to the published team news. Mikel Arteta has started Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli on the wings, with David Raya in goal and Kepa on the bench.

Arsenal’s starting XI listed in the source is Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice, Madueke, Gyokeres and Martinelli; substitutes include Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Eze, Trossard, Merino, Havertz and Lewis-Skelly. Sean Dyche made nine changes to the Forest side that lost at Wrexham, with only Matz Sels and Igor Jesus retained.

Nottingham Forest’s starting XI is Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus; subs include Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Ndoye, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee and Savona. Dyche said the squad had been spoken to about their situation and that Oleksandr Zinchenko is ineligible to face his parent club and may have his season-long loan ended.

The match comes with context from both clubs: Arsenal sit top of the table, have won five away games in a row and have won nine and drawn one of their last 10 matches in all competitions, while Forest briefly halted four straight league defeats with a win at West Ham before being knocked out of the FA Cup by Wrexham.

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