{"id":663388,"date":"2026-01-17T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663388"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:20:24","slug":"arsenal-vs-nottingham-forest-confirmed-lineups-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/17\/arsenal-vs-nottingham-forest-confirmed-lineups-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Confirmed Lineups for January 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the confirmed lineups for Nottingham Forest vs <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Arsenal\/status\/2012464925546004758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> in the Premier League at the City Ground. The Gunners currently sit six points clear of second-placed Manchester City. So far in 2026, Mikel Arteta\u2019s team have beaten Bournemouth 3-2 and drawn 0-0 at home against Liverpool. Arteta was cagey in his pre-match press conference regarding players potentially returning from injury.<\/p>\n<p>Forest will be disappointed by their FA Cup exit to Wrexham, but the win before that against West Ham was huge for Sean Dyche\u2019s team. They currently sit 7 points clear of the relegation zone, and will be eager to maintain or even increase that cushion. Can Forest cause a shock against the league leaders? Or will the Gunners continue to dominate in the Premier League?<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More<\/b><span>: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/04\/best-arsenal-players-number-14-jersey\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Best Arsenal Players to Wear the Number 14 Jersey Ever<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 800px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"04742eb90cefa12a5e3ab9bae92c2b93\" image-id=\"neimKpRLJY5h\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3500px; aspect-ratio: 3500\/2333;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\">Nottingham<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q\">Forest<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Dom\u00ednguez, Sangar\u00e9; Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jes\u00fas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs<\/strong>: <span>Gunn, Morato, Savona, Luiz, Yates, McAtee, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Hutchinson<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Arsenal:<\/strong><span> Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs:<\/strong><span> Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Havertz, Eze, Saka, Trossard, Jesus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/03\/best-arsenal-players-number-1-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Best Arsenal Players to Wear the Number 1 Jersey Ever<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest Premier League Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>John Victor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Angus Gunn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Matz Sels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Aaron Bott<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Keehan Willows<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Neco Williams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Morato<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Murillo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jair Cunha<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Willy Boly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Nikola Milenkovic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Cuiabano<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ola Aina<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Oleksandr Zinchenko<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Nicol\u00f2 Savona<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Zach Abbott<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jack Thompson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ben Hammond<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ibrahim Sangar\u00e9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Elliot Anderson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Morgan Gibbs-White<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Douglas Luiz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Nicol\u00e1s Dom\u00ednguez<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ryan Yates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>James McAtee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Archie Whitehall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jimmy Sinclair<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Callum Hudson-Odoi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Taiwo Awoniyi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Chris Wood<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Dan Ndoye<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Igor Jesus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Omari Hutchinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Dilane Bakwa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Zyan Blake<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Arsenal Premier League Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>David Raya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tommy Setford<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Alexei Rojas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>William Saliba<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Cristhian Mosquera<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ben White<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Piero Hincapi\u00e9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jurri\u00ebn Timber<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Josh Nichols<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Marli Salmon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Martin \u00d8degaard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Eberechi Eze<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Christian N\u00f8rgaard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ethan Nwaneri<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mikel Merino<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Declan Rice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Max Dowman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bukayo Saka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Jesus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Martinelli<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Leandro Trossard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Noni Madueke<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kai Havertz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Charles Sagoe<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Andre Harriman-Annous<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>(Squad details via Premier League <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/match\/2562111\/nottingham-forest-vs-arsenal\/lineups\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Action Plus 5th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the confirmed lineups for Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal in the Premier League at the City Ground. The Gunners currently sit six points clear of second-placed Manchester City. So far in 2026, Mikel Arteta\u2019s team have beaten Bournemouth 3-2 and drawn 0-0 at home against Liverpool. Arteta was cagey in his pre-match press conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":657784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,4475,3,1831],"tags":[32547,32714],"class_list":["post-663388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-nottingham-forest","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-arsenal-team-news","tag-nottingham-forest-team-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663388"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663390,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663388\/revisions\/663390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}