Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal prediction | 18 Oct 2026 | xGtoday


Nottingham Forest
Ranking: #31 overall, #13 in England

80.0 → 80.5 (+0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-2 17 May Man United (A) 79.4 -0.6
1-1 24 May Bournemouth (H) 80.0 +0.6
0-1 22 Aug Leeds Utd (H) 80.0 0.0
2-2 29 Aug Liverpool (A) 80.9 +0.9
0-0 05 Sep Tottenham (H) 80.5 -0.4
Arsenal
Ranking: #2 overall, #1 in England

94.4 → 94.9 (+0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 30 May PSG (A) 93.6 -0.9
3-0 21 Aug Coventry (H) 93.7 +0.1
0-1 31 Aug Aston Villa (A) 93.9 +0.2
2-1 06 Sep Chelsea (H) 94.3 +0.4
0-1 09 Sep Napoli (A) 94.9 +0.6

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal: by the numbers

There are 29 places between these two in our European rankings, with Arsenal the higher, and 12 places between them in England.

Arsenal gained 0.4 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 17 Jan 2026.

The highest Nottingham Forest have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #24, first reached on 1 Feb 2025.

Arsenal first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 96.8 on 7 Feb 2026.