Arsenal travel to the City Ground this weekend to face a struggling Nottingham Forest side, with Mikel Arteta's champions eager to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Forest's troubled start under Glasner

Oliver Glasner has had a rough introduction to life as Nottingham Forest manager. His side have lost their last two matches — a 1-0 home defeat to Coventry City before the international break, then a 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace — and are yet to win or score at the City Ground under his management.

Forest are among the Premier League's joint second-lowest scorers this season, and have gone four successive fixtures against Arsenal without finding the net. Another blank could increase the pressure on Glasner, who is barely two months into his debut campaign with the club.

Injuries add to Forest's concerns. Playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White has been absent from training all week after picking up a minor muscle problem at Selhurst Park, and defender Nikola Milenkovic is also considered doubtful for the fixture.

Arsenal's momentum building

The Gunners head to Nottinghamshire in strong form. After their 3-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion before the international break, Arsenal have bounced back with consecutive wins — a 2-1 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League and a 3-0 Champions League triumph against Lille — with five different players on the scoresheet across the two games.

Despite a positive recent run, Arsenal have failed to score on each of their last two visits to the City Ground, both finishing 0-0. Arteta will expect that pattern to change this time around, particularly given the firepower at his disposal.

Bukayo Saka is set to start after recovering from a minor illness, with Kai Havertz and captain Martin Odegaard also expected to feature. Arteta may, however, rotate his squad with a Champions League trip to Bayern Munich scheduled for Wednesday.

Match details and how to watch

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal kicks off at 4:30pm BST / 11:30am ET / 2:30am AEDT (Monday). The match is available on Sky Sports in the UK, Peacock in the United States, and Stan Sport in Australia.

Prediction

Nottingham Forest's goalscoring struggles and poor run of results make it hard to see past Arsenal here. Nottingham Forest 0-2 Arsenal.