Arsenal 2–1 Nottingham Forest — Premier League 2023/24 Match Stats

Premier League · 2023Sat, 12 Aug 2023, 12:00 UTC

Arsenal

2–1Historical match

Nottingham Forest

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Arsenal won 2–1.

Shots: 156
Shots on target: 72
Expected goals: 0.831.18
Possession: 78%22%

Full time

What the match recorded

Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 2–1. Recorded in this match (Arsenal – Nottingham Forest): shots 15–6, shots on target 7–2, expected goals 0.83–1.18, possession 78%–22%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots6 shotsArsenal 15 shots, Nottingham Forest 6 shots
Shots on target7 shots2 shotsArsenal 7 shots, Nottingham Forest 2 shots
Expected goals0.83 xG1.18 xGArsenal 0.83 xG, Nottingham Forest 1.18 xG
Possession78%22%Arsenal 78%, Nottingham Forest 22%
Corners8 corners3 cornersArsenal 8 corners, Nottingham Forest 3 corners
Fouls12 fouls12 foulsArsenal 12 fouls, Nottingham Forest 12 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Arsenal: 15 shots, 7 on target, 0.81 xG. Nottingham Forest: 6 shots, 2 on target, 1.17 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Arsenal 0.81 xG · Nottingham Forest 1.17 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Arsenal

0Draws

1Nottingham Forest

20 May 2023Nottingham Forest — Arsenal · Premier League1–0

30 Oct 2022Arsenal — Nottingham Forest · Premier League5–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 12 Aug 2023, 16:00 UTC · analysis-v4