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Commentary
ABRAHAM's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
BALOGUN's shot was well held by RAYA.
ABRAHAM drove a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
12¹A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled BARNES to hammer the ball just beyond the far post.
29¹The stunned Nottingham Forest 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BARNES fell just wide.
42¹A neatly crafted pass from KOVACIC was shot goalbound by RICHARLISON only for the Arsenal 'keeper to block.
A lovely effort from HØJLUND scraped the top of the crossbar.
RICHARLISON stroked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
FÁBIO VIEIRA made space on the right and pulled the ball to JOTA who fired the ball over.
BRANDT beat BALOGUN and drove the ball to ISCO who hit his effort wide.
10²A free-kick from RICHARLISON floated just wide.
11²A header by CLARKE at the near post was comfortably collected by the Arsenal 'keeper.
13²BRANDT chipped the ball to ABRAHAM who touched it over the bar.
14²RAYA dived to his left to stop a lovely shot from Arsenal's HØJLUND.
19²GOAL!! ABRAHAM made space for CLARKE who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, struck the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
21²RICHARLISON snapped at an easy chance.
25²The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
26²A cross from FÁBIO VIEIRA left JOTA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
27²NUNO TAVARES headed just beyond the far post.
30²A corner found FÁBIO VIEIRA who turned the ball over.
32²An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Nottingham Forest 'keeper by JOTA.
36²GOAL!! A strike from MILENKOVIC which the Arsenal 'keeper managed to block seemed to have crossed the line and FREESTONE awarded the goal. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
40²ZAPPACOSTA beat a number of Arsenal players and drove an effort wide.

 
Nottingham Forest
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LWXX
Overall league form: LLWXLXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)David RAYA1Emiliano MARTÍNEZ(c)
Davide ZAPPACOSTA2Trevoh CHALOBAH
Nathan AKÉ3NUNO Albertino TAVARES
Mateo KOVACIC4Granit XHAKA
Nikola MILENKOVIC5Victor LINDELÖF
Shea CHARLES6Joel ORDOÑEZ
Julian BRANDT7FÁBIO Daniel VIEIRA
Harvey BARNES8JOTA
(p)Tammy ABRAHAM9Rasmus HØJLUND(p)
(f)ISCO10Folarin BALOGUN(f)
RICHARLISON de Andrade11Lucas STASSIN
Manager
Timo WERNER  12  Takehiro TOMIYASU
Mike MAIGNAN  13  Jack BUTLAND
Matt CLARKE14  MARQUINHOS
John McGINN  15  Rob HOLDING
Christian ERIKSEN  16  Tyreece JOHN-JULES
 
Arsenal
 
League position: 4
Away league form: XWOX
Overall league form: XLWWOWXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Nottingham Forest go through to the next round
Statistics
Nottingham Forest 2 Arsenal 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 42,245, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Roger Freestone 6)

Clarke 19², Milenkovic 36²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
AkéóClarke 8² 
  
  
42
24
53
54
86
1310
34
50%50%
Man of the match: Granit Xhaka