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Nottm Forest v Arsenal team news: No Gibbs-White

18 October 2026 310 comments
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There’s one more Premier League game still to come today: Nottingham Forest v Arsenal.

Kick-off at the City Ground is at 16:30 BST.

These are the division’s two best defences based on expected goals conceded (xGC).

It’s not been so good for Forest at the other end of the field, however – they’ve not scored a single Premier League goal at home all season.

TEAM NEWS

The headline team news is that Morgan Gibbs-White misses out with the muscle injury that has plagued him all week.

It sounds like he’ll be fit for Gameweek 8, however.

“If this had been the last game of the season, Morgan would have played today.” – Oliver Glasner

Nicolás Domínguez replaces the England international.

There’s one other alteration to the Forest XI from last Sunday as Jair Cunha comes in for Ola Aina at centre-half.

Nikola Milenkovic is back on the bench after recovering from a bone bruise.

And there are also two Arsenal changes from their previous league outing, a hard-earned 2-1 win over Leeds United.

Bruno Guimaraes and Eberechi Eze both start as Myles Lewis-Skelly and Noni Madueke are demoted to substitute duty.

Riccardo Calafiori, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz all had welcome midweek breathers, either in the form of second-half cameos against Lille or complete rests, and are back in the side today.

LINE-UPS

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Jair, Diomande, Murillo, Muñoz, Domínguez, Schlager, Williams, Ndoye, McAtee, Delap.

Subs: John Victor, Sangaré, Hudson-Odoi, Wood, Kalimuendo, Yates, Netz, Milenković, Aina.

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Gabriel, Konsa, Calafiori, Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard, Eze, Saka, Havertz.

Subs: Meslier, Timber, Lewis-Skelly, Mosquera, Zubimendi, Merino, Madueke, Dowman, Gyokeres.

LIVE GAMEWEEK 7 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Forest v Arsenal

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the FPL Toolkit section.

Here you can track the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore. Here, you’ll find stats, heatmaps, rolling xG graphs and more on every Premier League fixture.

A lot is free for all, with Chief Scout Members getting full access.

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  1. F4L
    9 hours, 14 mins ago

    when does the match start

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    1. el polako
      9 hours, 13 mins ago

      Arsenal snooze ball vs Forest impotent attack.
      It was always going to be insomnia cure.

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  2. thegaffer82
    9 hours, 13 mins ago

    FPL app is glitching. It says Konsa has 4 points in my team

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    1. thegaffer82
      9 hours, 13 mins ago

      Just realised it’s cos he’s on 3 bonus right now

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      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        9 hours, 11 mins ago

        I'll allow it

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  3. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    9 hours, 12 mins ago

    As a Gabriel and Cal owner only, this can be a snooze fest for the full 90mins for all I care

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    1. GENERATION X
      8 hours, 49 mins ago

      Its only the treble Arsenal at the back that prosper

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        8 hours, 46 mins ago

        Sold Konsa for MDC

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  4. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    9 hours, 12 mins ago

    Time to ship Groß
    Didnt get 10 points and off at 70 min.

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      8 hours, 28 mins ago

      I want Hinshelwood though too.

      Maybe move Verbruggen on and double up in midfield with Gross? Probably need to hold onto De Cuyper for now too.

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  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    9 hours, 10 mins ago

    Really enjoying Brighton brighton'ing up the PL this season
    https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/2111807424453575059?s=20

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  6. g40steve
    9 hours, 8 mins ago

    Eze is a lightweight

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  7. My heart goes Salalalalah
    9 hours, 8 mins ago

    Rice having a shocker

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  8. Gudjohnsen
    9 hours, 7 mins ago

    Should have been a yc for Rice

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    1. el polako
      9 hours, 6 mins ago

      He gets away with a lot.
      Refs seem to go easy on him.

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      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        9 hours, 6 mins ago

        He's one of ours

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  9. thegaffer82
    9 hours, 6 mins ago

    Arsenal just aren’t that great are they.
    The only team that looks brilliant (who aren’t cheats) are Brighton

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    1. el polako
      9 hours, 5 mins ago

      They’re basically a vintage Stoke with better players.

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      1. thegaffer82
        9 hours, 3 mins ago

        Stoke!? Really?
        I’d say more like Leicester when they were quality

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        1. Brosstan
          9 hours, 2 mins ago

          Hes talking about Arsenal

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          1. thegaffer82
            9 hours, 2 mins ago

            Aggghh
            That makes sense LOL

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  10. Brosstan
    9 hours, 3 mins ago

    Eze lol, awful

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  11. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    9 hours ago

    Schlager prolly not Saka's favorite opponent

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  12. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    9 hours ago

    People criticized Dyche, Big Sam, Tony Pulis etc for negative football

    the crimes against the beautiful game committed by Oliver Glasner are 1,000,000x worse

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  13. thegaffer82
    9 hours ago

    Well, that was among the worst halves of football I’ve watched in a while! Shout out to Forest though, they definitely tried to bring some entertainment, but Ars defense just too strong

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  14. Jafooli
    8 hours, 58 mins ago

    Guess the premium player:

    2, 2, 2, 1, 1….so glad to be rid…

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    1. thegaffer82
      8 hours, 57 mins ago

      Bruno?

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      1. Jafooli
        8 hours, 49 mins ago

        Yep…

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  15. Supersonic_
    8 hours, 53 mins ago

    Saka haul needed

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    1. el polako
      8 hours, 36 mins ago

      He rarely hauls.
      Return is possible, but haul?

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  16. Cloudvalley
    8 hours, 52 mins ago

    Sell Gibbs-White for? Money won't be not an issue.
    Got Saka, Rogers, Tavernier + fodder.
    Dont have Gross.

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    1. thegaffer82
      8 hours, 51 mins ago

      I’d consider keeping providing he’s fit next game. It’s not the best time to get Gross if you’ve waited this long

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      1. Cloudvalley
        8 hours, 49 mins ago

        Rudoni is tempting... Why do I do this.

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  17. g40steve
    8 hours, 47 mins ago

    Eze > Madeuke

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  18. Jafooli
    8 hours, 43 mins ago

    Which current PL team has never occupied top spot in the PL? Ever, not even for a day, week…

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    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 hours, 40 mins ago

      Brighton ?

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      1. Jafooli
        8 hours, 36 mins ago

        Nope, same first letter though…

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        1. La Roja
          8 hours, 34 mins ago

          Bournemouth

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          1. Jafooli
            8 hours, 33 mins ago

            Correct…fluke

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          2. keefy59
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            8 hours, 33 mins ago

            Can't be because their full name is
            AFC Bourenemouth

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            1. La Roja
              8 hours, 32 mins ago

              Meow

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    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 hours, 39 mins ago

      Manchester City when their PL history is erased?

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      1. Jafooli
        8 hours, 36 mins ago

        Ha, true…

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    3. el polako
      8 hours, 34 mins ago

      It’s either Ipswich or Spurs.

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  19. g40steve
    8 hours, 40 mins ago

    Havertz walking round like Haaland

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  20. La Roja
    8 hours, 35 mins ago

    This game needs Saka dirty penalty won by Calafiori

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    1. Supersonic_
      8 hours, 33 mins ago

      Yes

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    2. Jafooli
      8 hours, 30 mins ago

      Approved…

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      1. La Roja
        8 hours, 29 mins ago

        :mrgreen:

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  21. g40steve
    8 hours, 34 mins ago

    Saka looks tried & flat

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    1. el polako
      8 hours, 34 mins ago

      Limping loading…

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      1. La Roja
        8 hours, 33 mins ago

        He is limping since 2020

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        1. Ignasi M
          8 hours, 33 mins ago

          yes. he's been useless since 2023

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  22. hazza44
    8 hours, 34 mins ago

    Szoboszlai to which one?
    A) Manzambi
    B) Tavernier

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    1. La Roja
      8 hours, 34 mins ago

      B

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  23. mad_beer ✅
    8 hours, 32 mins ago

    A Konsa red card would be nice.

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    1. La Roja
      8 hours, 31 mins ago

      Behave

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  24. g40steve
    8 hours, 32 mins ago

    Madueke & Eze same thing too easily bossed

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    1. el polako
      8 hours, 31 mins ago

      One trick Noni and too Eze.

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  25. SM001
    8 hours, 30 mins ago

    Cleanie points for all!

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    1. Gizzachance
      8 hours, 27 mins ago

      Need saka return also !

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  26. Zalk
    8 hours, 28 mins ago

    Don't understand why Arteta doesn't play Dowman instead of Eze or Mad

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  27. el polako
    8 hours, 28 mins ago

    Chris Wood late winner would be a dream here.

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  28. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 hours, 27 mins ago

    Gabriel bullet header would be wonderful

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  29. MetallicaJack93
    8 hours, 27 mins ago

    Best Barnes replacement for similar price?

    Have Gross and Taverner

    Schade? Someone else?

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  30. Fifa las vegas
    8 hours, 26 mins ago

    Saka isn’t looking worth it is he? Cheaper options in midfield, or sideways move to Palmer, who’s still a bit hit and miss also.

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    1. el polako
      8 hours, 23 mins ago

      Mbuemo is better option than Saka.

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        8 hours, 20 mins ago

        Yeah looks that way. Might need to reverse that move in WC.

        May give it a week though to monitor Hinshelwood and Spurs for their upcoming fixtures. Hard to know how/who to target in the next few rounds

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          8 hours, 20 mins ago

          Schade also still a good option too

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