Competition: Carabao Cup Date: Tuesday 24th September 2019 Venue: The Emirates Stadium Kick-Off: 19:45 BST Referee: Darren England
Team News
Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi will probably rotate his pack for the trip to Arsenal.
In the previous two rounds, a whole host of changes have been made and that seems likely to continue here.
Carl Jenkinson will miss out on a return to the Emirates as he remains on the treatment table.
Arsenal played their last league game on Sunday afternoon and will probably entrust a lot of youngsters to feature against Forest.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles is suspended but nonetheless, it should still be a strong side that is selected to face Forest.
Match Preview
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in nine matches in all competitions – a run stretching back to the opening day of the season when West Brom won at the City Ground.
Boss Sabri Lamouchi has quickly stamped his authority on the Forest side and he will hope his team can cause a cup upset in North London.
Several changes are likely to be made to his team, with Forest’s next fixture on Friday night against Stoke City.
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Arsenal haven’t tasted defeat in their last four matches in all competitions but were forced to win from behind at the weekend.
Aston Villa took the lead twice at the Emirates but Arsenal prevailed 3-2 in the end, despite Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ dismissal.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery will surely rotate his pack with Manchester United to come at the weekend and it remains to be seen whether Forest can capitalise.
Predicted Line-ups
Forest: (4-1-4-1): Samba; Cash, Figueiredo, Worrall, Ribeiro; Bostock; Adomah, Semedo, Carvalho, Lolley; Grabban
Arsenal: (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Chambers, Holding, Mustafi, Tierney; Willock, Torreira; Rowe, Ozil, Saka; Martinelli
One to watch
Arsenal will still have a plethora of talent on display when Forest face Premier League opposition and it’s hard to look beyond the highly talented Mesut Ozil as a one watch.
The man paid £350,000-a-week (Spotrac) could get the chance to impress having only featured once for Unai Emery’s team this season.
The World Cup winner will hope to offer his boss a timely reminder of exactly what he is capable of against Forest, as he bids to earn a regular place back in the Arsenal team.
Tickets
Forest supporters will travel in droves to the Emirates Stadium having snapped up nearly 8500 tickets for the contest.
TV and Radio
The game is not televised live in the UK.
As always, full match commentary will be delivered by BBC Radio Nottingham on frequency 103.8.
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