Nottingham Forest Vs Arsenal Live Score, Premier League 2025-26: Forest Hold Gunners To Goalless First Half

That’s the whistle for the first 45. Nottingham Forest 0, Arsenal 0, no goals, but plenty of edge. Arsenal have asked the sharper questions, Forest have stood their ground, and it’s been one of those halves where you sense something’s brewing rather than bursting. Take a breath, reset, and get ready, this feels far from done.

Straight into it. Gyökeres doesn’t bother easing himself in, spots a sliver of space outside the box and cracks one early. It’s bold, it’s ambitious, but a defender throws himself in the way. Blocked. Arsenal setting the tone from the first breath.

First real flashpoint. Timber arrives late, a crunching challenge that always looked risky, and the referee is straight over. Out comes the yellow. Timber doesn’t argue much, he knows. A reminder that this is edging towards one of those tense, feisty spells. The crowd feels it too.

Madueke wriggles free on the right, cuts inside and lets fly with his left, but bodies swarm in red and white and the shot never gets through. Ben White had spotted the run early, Arsenal briefly sniff danger, but the block keeps things tight. The noise rises, then settles. The game breathes again.

Forest push forward and Nicolás Domínguez lets fly from the centre of the box, but his left-footed effort is blocked after a neat assist from Neco Williams. Early pressure building.

Kick off! Nottingham Forest start brightly, but Igor Jesus is immediately caught offside. The first half is underway at the City Ground, and the action is building.

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