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Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Prediction, 1/17/2026 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 1/16/2026

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Game: Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026

Location: The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England

TV: Peacock

Nottingham Forest (6-3-12) will go up against Arsenal (15-4-2) at The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England on Saturday. Nottingham Forest at +126 and the Gunners are at -152. The total is 3. The goaltenders who are expected to start are Matz Sels for Nottingham Forest and David Raya for Arsenal.

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Nottingham Forest has tallied 56 saves and they also are the owners of a save% of 61.4% this year. Their differential on goals is currently at -13 with the help of 21 goals tallied in addition to 34 goals surrendered. So far this year, the club sports an average of 1.00 pts per match (21 pts) and also are 16th in Big 5 soccer with 13 assists. The Tricky Trees have a ranking of 13th in expected goals with 24.6, and the team's xGA sit at 29.6. Nottingham has a total of 34 yellow card warnings on the season. Nottingham has given up 34 goals while relinquishing 1.62 goals per 90, and opposing clubs have 88 SoT against them. They have a total of 3 clean sheets, which has them sitting at a % of 14.3% so far this season.

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Arsenal has compiled 40 goals and their goals expected on the season is sitting at 35.8. Their goals against/90 min is at 0.67 in addition to 32 saves, and they are sitting with 10 shutouts. So far this season, the Gunners have a save % of 69.6% (46 shots on target against), and also rank 1st in Big 5 soccer with 49 points. Arsenal sits at 1st in relation to goals against with 14, and the team's goal differential sits at 26. The Gunners have earned a shut out percentage of 47.6% so far this year and 29 yellow cards. The Gunners are averaging 2.3 points per match while accounting for 27 assists.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Nott'ham Forest will be Matz Sels. Sels has seen the pitch for a total of 21,073 mins and is sitting with 631 stops in his pro soccer career. Sels (81-70-83 record in his career) has 54 shutouts, which gives him a 23.1%% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper born in Belgium has faced 944 shots tried against him in 234 starts. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.36 (318 goals allowed) and he has a save % of 66.8%.

David Raya will be looking after the goal for Arsenal. So far in his career, Raya has conceded 145 goals and has accumulated 393 stops in 153 starts. He has allowed 0.95 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 83-41-29. He sports a save % of 73.5% and his clean sheet rate is currently at 38.6%%. Raya has earned 59 shutouts while defending 535 shots attempted against him in 13,770 career mins.

Taiwo Awoniyi is a player who can help decide the match for Nott'ham Forest. Awoniyi has been a starter in 157 matches so far in his pro soccer career while scoring 0.39 goals per 90. The forward who is from Nigeria has recorded 60 goals in 13,952 mins. He has 15 assists while earning 135 points thus far in his career.

Arsenal is being led onto the pitch by Viktor Gyokeres, who is known to give defenses fits. He has accumulated 343 pts so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 45 times. The forward born in Sweden has totaled 21,921 minutes while scoring 149 goals. He is currently averaging 0.61 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 241 games thus far in his career.

Who will win tonight's soccer game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arsenal (+126)

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