Arsenal will be favourites to secure all three points when they visit the City Ground this weekend.

Nottingham Forest have not won at home so far this season, with Oliver Glasner’s men having lost to newly-promoted Coventry City in their last fixture at their own ground.

The Tricky Trees should not be underestimated, though. Despite losing 3-1 to Crystal Palace last time out, they took 24 shots and produced 3.34 xG. They will cause problems for the Gunners’ defence.

Press the next page as we share our Arsenal predicted lineup to play Forest on Sunday afternoon…

Goalkeeper and Defence

GK – David Raya – the Spaniard will be hoping for a quiet afternoon at the City Ground.

RB – Ben White – Jurrien Timber was outstanding against Lille, but the Dutchman’s fitness needs to be carefully managed. Mikel Arteta is likely to rotate his right-backs regularly.

CB – Ezri Konsa – the centre-half is settling into life at the club after a wobbly start.

CB – Gabriel – Liam Delap is very physical, but you would expect the Brazilian to come out on top in that battle.

LB – Riccardo Calafiori – Arteta rested the Italian midweek, and that seems like a good decision, considering that he could be called on to start on a regular basis over the coming weeks with Piero Hincapie on the sidelines.

Midfield

CM – Declan Rice – it was a positive sign that the 27-year-old was chosen to start midweek amid concerns about his fitness.

CM – Myles Lewis-Skelly – after doing a job for the team at left-back on Tuesday night, the England international could switch back to midfield this weekend.

Bruno Guimaraes could well be the player to make way, which demonstrates the depth that Arteta has in midfield.

AM – Martin Odegaard – the Norwegian’s introduction off the bench midweek led to the game opening up. He is such a key player for Arsenal going forward.

Forwards

RW – Bukayo Saka – the criticism that the winger has received was overblown. He showed what he can bring to the table against Lille.

ST – Kai Havertz – Viktor Gyokeres demonstrated once again on Tuesday why Arteta doesn’t trust him.

The Swedish international was ineffective once more, and it didn’t help that Havertz set up a goal soon after replacing him versus Lille. The German will start at the City Ground.

LW – Noni Madueke – you get what you get with the winger. He will cause problems, but expect him to be wasteful in equal measure.