Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 1

Aug 12, 2023 at 1pm UK

Emirates Stadium

Arsenal
2 - 1
Nott'm Forest

Nketiah (26'), Saka (32')
Maduro (45+5'), White (90+2')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Awoniyi (82')
Aina (28'), Mangala (81')

Reaction

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber comes off injured on August 12, 2023

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber 'ruled out for months with cruciate ligament injury'

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber reportedly suffers an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Saturday's win over Nottingham Forest and could now spend months on the sidelines.

Aug 14, 17:18

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber suggests injury is not serious

Arsenal full-back Jurrien Timber suggests that the injury he sustained in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest is not serious.

Aug 13, 22:48

Mikel Arteta issues Jurrien Timber update after Nottingham Forest win

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Aug 12, 16:13

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Arsenal

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Arsenal 1-1 Man City (4-1 pen.)
Sunday, August 6 at 4pm in Community Shield

Goals
for

Nottingham Forest

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Frankfurt 0-0 Nott'm Forest
Saturday, August 5 at 2.30pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Arsenal win with a probability of 67.27%. A draw had a probability of 19.1% and a win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 13.65%.

The most likely scoreline for an Arsenal win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.51%) and 2-1 (9.79%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.04%), while for a Nottingham Forest win it was 0-1 (4.17%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Arsenal would win this match.

Result
Arsenal	Draw	Nottingham Forest
67.27% ( 0.57)	19.07% ( -0.32)	13.65% ( -0.25)

Both teams to score 51.05% (

0.4)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.25% (

0.88)

41.75% (

-0.89)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.85% (

0.88)

64.15% (

-0.89)

Arsenal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.53% (

0.41)

11.46% (

-0.41)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

63.7% (

0.88)

36.29% (

-0.88)

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.66% (

0.19)

42.33% (

-0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.27% (

0.16)

78.72% (

-0.16)

Score Analysis

Arsenal 67.27%

Nottingham Forest 13.65%

Draw 19.07%

Arsenal	Draw	Nottingham Forest
2-0 @ 11.38% ( -0.08) 1-0 @ 10.51% ( -0.24) 2-1 @ 9.79% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 8.22% ( 0.08) 3-1 @ 7.07% ( 0.1) 4-0 @ 4.45% ( 0.11) 4-1 @ 3.83% ( 0.12) 3-2 @ 3.04% ( 0.06) 5-0 @ 1.93% ( 0.08) 5-1 @ 1.66% ( 0.08) 4-2 @ 1.64% ( 0.06) Other @ 3.76% Total : 67.27%	1-1 @ 9.04% ( -0.16) 0-0 @ 4.85% ( -0.2) 2-2 @ 4.21% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.98% Total : 19.07%	0-1 @ 4.17% ( -0.15) 1-2 @ 3.88% ( -0.05) 0-2 @ 1.79% ( -0.05) 2-3 @ 1.21% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 1.11% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.49% Total : 13.65%