Arsenal visit Nottingham Forest at the City Ground at 22:30 Vietnam time on 18 October. BongdaPlus places Mikel Arteta's team on 15 points after six Premier League rounds, three behind Manchester City, while Forest are 15th with five points.
The teams have made different starts
Arsenal have five league wins and one defeat. Their midweek 3-0 Champions League victory over Lille was their ninth win in ten official fixtures across competitions.
A 3-0 loss to Brighton was the remaining result in that sequence. Maintaining league points matters to the pursuit of the leaders, without making a City Ground victory a completed fact.
Forest have one win, two draws and three defeats. Their latest match ended in a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace, leaving Oliver Glasner's side seeking a response at home.
Attacking and defensive records meet
BongdaPlus records no Forest goals in four official home matches since the season began. Arsenal have kept three clean sheets in their latest five away fixtures, providing a contrasting recent defensive record.
The visitors also have six wins in the last ten meetings cited by the preview. They kept Forest scoreless in four league encounters over the previous two seasons.
Danilo, Willy Boly and Ibrahim Sangaré are listed as Forest injury absences. William Saliba is reported absent for Arsenal, with other availability still requiring monitoring.
Those reports precede confirmed matchday selections. Forest's immediate challenge is improving their home attacking return, while Arsenal seek to maintain their points accumulation near the top.