Orbinho
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Arsenal are 15 points up on last season's equivalent results, but the last two games were missed opportunities for a bigger cushion. The next six could prove difficult to match:
3 Man Utd H
3 Leeds A
3 Sunderland H (Southampton)
3 Brentford A
3 Spurs A
3 Chelsea H
3 Man Utd H
3 Leeds A
3 Sunderland H (Southampton)
3 Brentford A
3 Spurs A
3 Chelsea H
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Arsenal are 15 points up on last season's equivalent results, but the last two games were missed opportunities for a bigger cushion. The next six could prove difficult to match:
3 Man Utd H
3 Leeds A
3 Sunderland H (Southampton)
3 Brentford A
3 Spurs A
3 Chelsea H
3 Man Utd H
3 Leeds A
3 Sunderland H (Southampton)
3 Brentford A
3 Spurs A
3 Chelsea H
Arsenal have scored 40 goals from an Expected Goals tally of 39.2. Three goals have been own goals so they don't count towards xG, so effectively Arsenal are finding the net at a rate that is worse than the average team would be expected to score.
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January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Arsenal have scored 40 goals from an Expected Goals tally of 39.2. Three goals have been own goals so they don't count towards xG, so effectively Arsenal are finding the net at a rate that is worse than the average team would be expected to score.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
Arsenal have had consecutive goalless draws in the Premier League for the first time since their opening two games of the 2012-13 season against Sunderland and Stoke City.
#NFOARS
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January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Arsenal have had consecutive goalless draws in the Premier League for the first time since their opening two games of the 2012-13 season against Sunderland and Stoke City.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
There have been 11 instances of a team preventing their opponents from having a shot on target in a Premier League match this season and five of those are Arsenal.
5 Arsenal
2 Liverpool
1 Chelsea, Palace, Everton, Wolves
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5 Arsenal
2 Liverpool
1 Chelsea, Palace, Everton, Wolves
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
There have been 11 instances of a team preventing their opponents from having a shot on target in a Premier League match this season and five of those are Arsenal.
5 Arsenal
2 Liverpool
1 Chelsea, Palace, Everton, Wolves
#NFOARS
5 Arsenal
2 Liverpool
1 Chelsea, Palace, Everton, Wolves
#NFOARS
Arsenal haven't allowed their opponents a shot on target in the last two matches and yet have taken just two points from a possible six. Wasted opportunities.
#NFOARS
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January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Arsenal haven't allowed their opponents a shot on target in the last two matches and yet have taken just two points from a possible six. Wasted opportunities.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
This is the first time Arsenal have dropped points against a team in the bottom 12 of the table. Previously they had won all 12 matches.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This is the first time Arsenal have dropped points against a team in the bottom 12 of the table. Previously they had won all 12 matches.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
There have only been 13 goals in 11 Premier League matches where Sean Dyche and Mikel Arteta have faced each other as opposition coaches. Dyche’s teams have only scored four, but it has been enough for two wins and five draws in those 11 games.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
There have only been 13 goals in 11 Premier League matches where Sean Dyche and Mikel Arteta have faced each other as opposition coaches. Dyche’s teams have only scored four, but it has been enough for two wins and five draws in those 11 games.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
Expected Goals
Forest 0.34
Arsenal 2.07
We were only ever going to need one goal today but poor finishing continues to be our Achilles heel.
#NFOARS
Forest 0.34
Arsenal 2.07
We were only ever going to need one goal today but poor finishing continues to be our Achilles heel.
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Expected Goals
Forest 0.34
Arsenal 2.07
We were only ever going to need one goal today but poor finishing continues to be our Achilles heel.
#NFOARS
Forest 0.34
Arsenal 2.07
We were only ever going to need one goal today but poor finishing continues to be our Achilles heel.
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche has never seen his sides score more than once in a Premier League game against Arsenal, netting eight goals in 20 meetings. He’s also won just two of these 20 games, with Burnley in December 2020 and Everton in February 2023.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche has never seen his sides score more than once in a Premier League game against Arsenal, netting eight goals in 20 meetings. He’s also won just two of these 20 games, with Burnley in December 2020 and Everton in February 2023.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
Arsenal have scored just eight goals in nine visits to the City Ground in the Premier League, but Forest have scored just six goals in those nine matches.
#NFOARS
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January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Arsenal have scored just eight goals in nine visits to the City Ground in the Premier League, but Forest have scored just six goals in those nine matches.
#NFOARS
#NFOARS
Dyche and Arsenal is just a horrible combination.
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Dyche and Arsenal is just a horrible combination.
Odegaard looks completely off it today. Too many touches on the ball and too easy to knock off it.
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Odegaard looks completely off it today. Too many touches on the ball and too easy to knock off it.
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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal HT
Arsenal had eight shots in the first half - their most without managing a single effort on target in the opening half of a PL match since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge vs Bournemouth in December 2019 (9).
Arsenal had eight shots in the first half - their most without managing a single effort on target in the opening half of a PL match since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge vs Bournemouth in December 2019 (9).
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal HT
Arsenal had eight shots in the first half - their most without managing a single effort on target in the opening half of a PL match since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge vs Bournemouth in December 2019 (9).
Arsenal had eight shots in the first half - their most without managing a single effort on target in the opening half of a PL match since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge vs Bournemouth in December 2019 (9).
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Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set-piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (14), while only Bournemouth (14) have conceded more from set plays than Nottingham Forest (13).
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January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set-piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (14), while only Bournemouth (14) have conceded more from set plays than Nottingham Forest (13).
#NFOARS
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Arsenal drew 0-0 with Liverpool in their last Premier League game. Since the start of 2022-23, they’ve only failed to score in consecutive league games on two occasions, though both times the second game came away against Nottingham Forest (May 2023, February 2025).
#NFOARS
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January 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Arsenal drew 0-0 with Liverpool in their last Premier League game. Since the start of 2022-23, they’ve only failed to score in consecutive league games on two occasions, though both times the second game came away against Nottingham Forest (May 2023, February 2025).
#NFOARS
#NFOARS