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Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: head-to-head record

Arsenal have played Nottingham Forest 109 times in competitive football, winning 56, drawing 24 and losing 29, first meeting on 22 Oct 1904 and most recently on 17 Jan 2026. Every meeting is listed below.

Every Arsenal v Nottingham Forest match

DateSeasonCompetitionVenueOpponentScoreScorersAtt
22 Oct 19041904–05First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–3
27 Dec 19041904–05First DivisionANottingham Forest3–0Tommy Briercliffe, John Hunter, Charlie Satterthwaite
25 Nov 19051905–06First DivisionANottingham Forest1–3Bertie Freeman
2 Apr 19061905–06First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–1Bertie Freeman, David Neave, David Neave
16 Nov 19071907–08First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–1Tim Coleman, Peter Kyle, Peter Kyle
14 Mar 19081907–08First DivisionANottingham Forest0–1
14 Nov 19081908–09First DivisionANottingham Forest1–0Gordon Hoare
20 Mar 19091908–09First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–2David Neave
9 Oct 19091909–10First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–1
2 Mar 19101909–10First DivisionANottingham Forest1–1Bill Buckenham
22 Oct 19101910–11First DivisionANottingham Forest3–2David Greenaway, Jackie Chalmers, Jackie Chalmers
25 Feb 19111910–11First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–2Andy Ducat, Jackie Chalmers, Gordon Hoare
1 Nov 19131913–14Second DivisionHNottingham Forest3–2Jock Rutherford, Jock Rutherford, Pat Flanagan
7 Mar 19141913–14Second DivisionANottingham Forest0–0
18 Nov 19141914–15Second DivisionANottingham Forest1–1Bob Benson
24 Apr 19151914–15Second DivisionHNottingham Forest7–0Jock Rutherford, Harry King, Harry King, Harry King, Harry King, Bob Benson, Bob Benson
3 Feb 19231922–23First DivisionANottingham Forest1–2Alf Baker 88
10 Feb 19231922–23First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–0Alf Baker 44, Alf Baker 80
15 Mar 19241923–24First DivisionANottingham Forest1–2Jimmy Ramsay 75
22 Mar 19241923–24First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–0Andy Neil 65
30 Aug 19241924–25First DivisionANottingham Forest2–0Harry Woods 3, Jimmy Ramsay
27 Dec 19241924–25First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–1Jimmy Ramsay 65, Jack Butler 68
9 Nov 19571957–58First DivisionANottingham Forest0–4
21 Apr 19581957–58First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Jimmy Bloomfield
15 Nov 19581958–59First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–1David Herd, Jackie Henderson
4 Apr 19591958–59First DivisionANottingham Forest1–1Joe Haverty
26 Aug 19591959–60First DivisionANottingham Forest3–0Danny Clapton 4, Danny Clapton 59, Danny Clapton 8832,386
1 Sep 19591959–60First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1David Herd 4541,585
27 Aug 19601960–61First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–0Jackie Henderson, Alan Skirton, Alan Skirton28,878
31 Dec 19601960–61First DivisionANottingham Forest5–3George Eastham, Jackie Henderson, David Herd, David Herd, David Herd30,735
18 Nov 19611961–62First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–1Johnny MacLeod, Geoff Strong34,317
7 Apr 19621961–62First DivisionANottingham Forest1–0Geoff Strong21,129
17 Nov 19621962–63First DivisionANottingham Forest0–324,804
6 Apr 19631962–63First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–025,134
26 Oct 19631963–64First DivisionHNottingham Forest4–2Geoff Strong, Geoff Strong, Terry Anderson41,121
7 Mar 19641963–64First DivisionANottingham Forest0–218,416
6 Oct 19641964–65First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–335,041
13 Mar 19651964–65First DivisionANottingham Forest0–324,497
7 Sep 19651965–66First DivisionANottingham Forest1–0Jon Sammels
14 Sep 19651965–66First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–0George Eastham
26 Nov 19661966–67First DivisionANottingham Forest1–2Gordon Neilson
22 Apr 19671966–67First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Peter Storey
26 Aug 19671967–68First DivisionANottingham Forest0–233,977
23 Dec 19671967–68First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–0George Graham, George Graham, George Armstrong32,512
16 Nov 19681968–69First DivisionANottingham Forest2–0John Radford, George Armstrong24,550
1 Feb 19691968–69First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Bobby Gould35,585
23 Aug 19691969–70First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–1George Graham, Bob McNab30,290
26 Dec 19691969–70First DivisionANottingham Forest1–1Bob McNab38,915
3 Oct 19701970–71First DivisionHNottingham Forest4–0George Armstrong, Ray Kennedy, Ray Kennedy, Ray Kennedy32,053
13 Apr 19711970–71First DivisionANottingham Forest3–0Charlie George, Ray Kennedy, Frank McLintock40,727
27 Dec 19711971–72First DivisionANottingham Forest1–1George Graham42,750
1 Apr 19721971–72First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–0Charlie George, Ray Kennedy, George Graham33,895
3 Sep 19771977–78First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–0Frank Stapleton 3, Frank Stapleton 60, Liam Brady 69
21 Jan 19781977–78First DivisionANottingham Forest0–2
9 Sep 19781978–79First DivisionANottingham Forest1–2Liam Brady 6
13 Jan 19791978–79First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–1Frank Stapleton 81, David Price 61
26 Feb 19791978–79FA CupANottingham Forest1–0Frank Stapleton 78
1 Dec 19791979–80First DivisionANottingham Forest1–1Frank Stapleton 4
5 May 19801979–80First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–0
27 Sep 19801980–81First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–0Graham Rix 50
21 Feb 19811980–81First DivisionANottingham Forest1–3Frank Stapleton 29
21 Nov 19811981–82First DivisionANottingham Forest2–1Alan Sunderland 62, Brian Talbot 79
17 Apr 19821981–82First DivisionHNottingham Forest2–0Brian Talbot 38
23 Oct 19821982–83First DivisionANottingham Forest0–3
5 Mar 19831982–83First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–0
22 Oct 19831983–84First DivisionHNottingham Forest4–1Sunderland 7, Colin Hill 23, Tony Woodcock 66, Tony Woodcock 76
25 Feb 19841983–84First DivisionANottingham Forest1–0Mariner 88
29 Aug 19841984–85First DivisionANottingham Forest0–2
13 Apr 19851984–85First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Ian Allinson 82
26 Oct 19851985–86First DivisionANottingham Forest2–3Graham Rix 89, Paul Davis 90
8 Apr 19861985–86First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Ian Allinson 19
27 Sep 19861986–87First DivisionANottingham Forest0–1
21 Jan 19871986–87League CupHNottingham Forest2–0Charlie Nicholas, Martin Hayes
17 Mar 19871986–87First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–018,352
12 Sep 19871987–88First DivisionANottingham Forest1–0Alan Smith 19
26 Dec 19871987–88First DivisionHNottingham Forest0–2
12 Mar 19881987–88FA CupHNottingham Forest1–2David Rocastle50,157
6 Nov 19881988–89First DivisionANottingham Forest4–1Alan Smith, Steve Bould, Tony Adams, Brian Marwood19,038
11 Mar 19891988–89First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–3Alan Smith39,639
16 Sep 19891989–90First DivisionANottingham Forest2–1Paul Merson, Brian Marwood
7 Mar 19901989–90First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–0Perry Groves, Tony Adams, Kevin Campbell
22 Sep 19901990–91First DivisionANottingham Forest2–0Anders Limpar 28, David Rocastle 8326,013
20 Mar 19911990–91First DivisionHNottingham Forest1–1Kevin Campbell 3234,152
8 Dec 19911991–92First DivisionANottingham Forest2–3Paul Merson 75, Alan Smith 7822,095
31 Mar 19921991–92First DivisionHNottingham Forest3–3Lee Dixon 5, Paul Merson 85, Tony Adams 8927,036
17 Oct 19921992–93Premier LeagueANottingham Forest1–0Alan Smith 3724,862
12 Jan 19931992–93League CupHNottingham Forest2–0Ian Wright 55, Ian Wright 7825,600
13 Feb 19931992–93FA CupHNottingham Forest2–0Ian Wright x2
21 Apr 19931992–93Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest1–1Ian Wright 6719,024
3 Dec 19941994–95Premier LeagueANottingham Forest2–2Martin Keown 59, Paul Davis 7621,662
21 Feb 19951994–95Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest1–0Chris Kiwomya 8135,441
29 Aug 19951995–96Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest1–1David Platt 4138,248
10 Feb 19961995–96Premier LeagueANottingham Forest1–0Dennis Bergkamp 6027,222
21 Dec 19961996–97Premier LeagueANottingham Forest1–2Ian Wright 6327,384
8 Mar 19971996–97Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest2–0Dennis Bergkamp 50, Dennis Bergkamp 7938,206
17 Aug 19981998–99Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest2–1Emmanuel Petit 58, Marc Overmars 7938,064
16 Jan 19991998–99Premier LeagueANottingham Forest1–0Martin Keown 3426,021
20 Sep 20162016–17League CupANottingham Forest4–0Granit Xhaka 23, Lucas Pérez 60, Lucas Pérez 71, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 90+328,567
7 Jan 20182017–18FA CupANottingham Forest2–4Per Mertesacker 23, Danny Welbeck 7927,182
24 Sep 20192019–20League CupHNottingham Forest5–0Gabriel Martinelli 31, Rob Holding 71, Joe Willock 77, Reiss Nelson 84, Gabriel Martinelli 90+253,160
9 Jan 20222021–22FA CupANottingham Forest0–124,938
30 Oct 20222022–23Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest5–0Gabriel Martinelli 5, Reiss Nelson 49, Reiss Nelson 52, Thomas Partey 57, Martin Ødegaard 7860,263
20 May 20232022–23Premier LeagueANottingham Forest0–129,514
12 Aug 20232023–24Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest2–1Eddie Nketiah 26, Bukayo Saka 32
30 Jan 20242023–24Premier LeagueANottingham Forest2–1Gabriel Jesus 65, Bukayo Saka 72
23 Nov 20242024–25Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest3–0Bukayo Saka 15, Thomas Partey 52, Ethan Nwaneri 8660,298
26 Feb 20252024–25Premier LeagueANottingham Forest0–030,200
13 Sep 20252025–26Premier LeagueHNottingham Forest3–0Martin Zubimendi 32, Viktor Gyökeres 46, Martin Zubimendi 7960,167
17 Jan 20262025–26Premier LeagueANottingham Forest0–030,729

See also: the Nottingham Forest archive and Nottingham Forest v Arsenal.

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