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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal: prevails over 1-0 with a goal scored by L. Grabban

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NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest beats Arsenal 1-0 after L. Grabban scored just 1 goal (83').

NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest conquers Arsenal 1-0 after L. Grabban scored just 1 goal (83′). Arsenal was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Sunday and it started at 5:10 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the help of Daniel Cook and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Kevin Friend. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.45 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.​

Match Statistics

Arsenal was in firm control of the ball 63% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Arsenal was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Still, Nottingham Forest was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Nottingham Forest shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Arsenal shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (P. Zinckernagel and D. Spence). On the opposite side, Arsenal received 1 yellow card (Gabriel Martinelli).

After this encounter, Nottingham Forest has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. while Arsenal stays with points (0th).

Match Events

  • 35'
    35'

    K. Tierney

    Nuno Tavares

  • 35'
    35'

    P. Zinckernagel

  • 68'
    68'

    L. Grabban

    K. Davis

  • 69'
    69'

    A. Lacazette

    C. Patino

  • 74'
    74'

    Gabriel Martinelli

  • 75'
    75'

    Cafú

    P. Zinckernagel

  • 78'
    78'

    D. Spence

  • 83'
    83'

    L. Grabban

    R. Yates

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Nottingham Forest: Formation and Lineups

Nottingham Forest started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Steve Cooper chose to play with the following team: Brice Samba (6.7), Joe Worrall (6.7), Steve Cook (7.3), Scott McKenna (7.3), Djed Spence (7.8), Ryan Yates (7.2), James Garner (7.2), Jack Colback (6.8), Brennan Johnson (6.5), Keinan Davis (6.3) and Philip Zinckernagel (6.3).

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest made 2 changes: K. Davis for L. Grabban (68′) and P. Zinckernagel for Cafú (75′).

Top player: Djed Spence

The player who no doubt impressed Nottingham Forest the most was Djed Spence even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 18 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Arsenal: Formation and Lineups

Arsenal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Mikel Arteta Amatriain played with: Bernd Leno (6.9), Cédric Soares (7.0), Ben White (7.3), Rob Holding (7.1), Nuno Tavares (6.8), Albert Sambi Lokonga (6.8), Charlie Patino (7.2), Bukayo Saka (7.1), Martin Ødegaard (6.9), Gabriel Martinelli (6.1) and Edward Nketiah (6.2).

Arsenal could not rely on the presence of K. Tierney (injured).

Substitutes

Arsenal made 2 changes: Nuno Tavares for K. Tierney (35′) and C. Patino for A. Lacazette (69′).

Top player: Ben White

Probably the most impressive player in Arsenal was Ben White.

His rating is (7.3) with 79 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the FA Cup

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