Nottingham Forest are at home for the final time this season as they take on second placed Arsenal at the City Ground later this afternoon (Saturday, 5:30pm kick off).
It’s a game which could be crucial at both ends of the table. A win for Forest would end the Gunners hopes of catching Manchester City on the final day of the season and hand the Premier League title to Pep Guardiola’s side.
Three points would also move Forest closer to Premier League survival. Steve Cooper ’s side are currently in 16h place three points clear of the bottom three, meaning safety can be secured this weekend if results go their way.
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Forest still have a number of injury concerns ahead of the game with up to nine players ruled out. While there’s not quite so many players unavailable for Arsenal, they have been given an injury blow ahead of the match with Gabriel Martinelli unavailable after picking up a problem in last week’s loss against Brighton.
He will join key players Oleksandr Zinchenko and William Saliba on the sidelines with the duo ruled out until the end of the season, with Mikel Arteta providing an update on both Martinelli and Zinchenko in his pre-match press conference.
“They are both out for the rest of the season,” he said, via football.london . “Gabi [Martinelli] is a pretty nasty injury, we need to assess in the next week how long he will be out for and with Alex [Zinchenko] it’s a calf issue.”
With that in mind, here is a look at the full squad available to the Arsenal boss ahead of their visit to the City Ground.
Goalkeepers : Aaron Ramsdale, Matt Turner, Karl Hein
Defenders : Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Rob Holding, Kierna Tierney, Lino Sousa, Jakub Kiwor, Reuell Walters
Midfielders : Granit Xhaka, Thomas Partey, Jorginho, Martin Odegaard, Fabio Vieira, Emile Smith Rowe, Matt Smith, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Ethan Nwaneri
Forwards : Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus, Amario Cozier-Duberry
Ruled out : Gabriel Martinelli, Oleksandr Zinchenko, William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Mohamed Elneny
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