Arsenal and Nottingham Forest face off on Saturday in an English Premier League at Emirates Stadium. 

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest Odds

Arsenal is the favorite sitting at -525 while Nottingham Forest is the underdog sitting at +1300. The total sits at 3.5 goals with the over paying out at +105. 

Arsenal Betting Preview

Arsenal is fresh off a community shield victory, and they have high expectations for what they will be able to do this Premier League season. Arsenal is dealing with some injries heading into this game and that could really hurt them early in this season. Gabriel Jesus is still working his way back from knee surgery and he could be out for a while. Mohamed Elneny is also working his way back from surgery but he could be out longer. Jurrien Timber looked really good in the last game, and he could stay in the starting lineup in this game. Last Sunday against Manchester United the defense only gave up a goal and they ended up winning on penalty kicks. 

Nottingham Forest Betting Preview

On the other side of this matchup is Nottingham Forest who many believed would be relegated last season, but they played good enough soccer to get another season in the Premier League. There are may believe that this year they will be relegated, and they haven’t looked exactly good heading into the season. Two games ago against Rennes, Nottingham Forest gave up five goals and didn’t find the back of the net. In the last game against Eintracht Frankfurt, the defense was better not giving up a goal, but the offense also couldn’t find the back of the net. Brennan Johnson came off the bench in the last game and that’s where he might come off again here. 

Shane’s Free Pick

Nottingham’s Forest has been awful heading into this game and it’s not going to get any better against an Arsenal defense that has a ton of confidence heading into this game. Nottingham Forest isn’t going to find the back of the net. I do expect their defense is also going to really struggle here, and Arsenal is going to score three or four goals here, and they might even go higher than that. This is going to be an easy victory for Arsenal to kick off the campaign. Back Arsenal -2.5 to cash here.