Notts Forest vs Arsenal Betting Preview – League Cup 20th September
While Championship side Nottingham Forest have fallen out of a little bit of form having gone winless in their last three, punters have been throwing some cash at them to take a League Cup third round win over the Gunners. Arsenal though are kicking off as favourite, but they are likely to send out something well short of their main starting eleven for the match. It’s highly unlikely that Arsene Wenger will be throwing everything at this. So is there a chance for Tricky Trees to pull of a shock result in this one? They need a big performance, but they have won three of their last four home games.
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Notts Forest vs Arsenal Betting Tips
This may be a bit tighter than it would on paper, look to be. Forest suffered a home loss on the weekend against Norwich in the Championship, but they did win their other three home games played this season. Not only that, they scored at least three goals in each of those wins on home soil too and with their consolation against the Canaries, have scored in each of their home games so far, totalling 12 goals in those four games. So a high output from there and that should immediately lead to you have a flutter on over 3.5 goals for a price of 6/4, unless you of course wanted to go a little more conservatively with it all and take 4/7 on under 2.5 goals. White Forest have been producing going forward, they have shipped a lot of goals too.
The Tricky Trees haven’t put a clean sheet on the board at home this season,having conceded nine goals in their four home games. So put all of that together and it may be worth having a crack at both teams to score for a price of 7/10 on Notts Forest v Arsenal betting. There’s no recent history to look at for this one, because they haven’t met since the 1998/99 Premier League season. On that occasion it was Arsenal who came out on top in both of the fixtures then and Forest have failed to win any of their last three against Arsenal and they have won just one of their last thirteen against the Gunners.
As for League Cup meetings, the last time they were paired together was even further back in 1993 and the Gunners won that 2-0. Up in the Correct Score market for this game you have a quote of 8/1 on an Arsenal 2-1 victory showing up. It may be worth looking at Arsenal to edge it by the one goal margin, as four of their last five wins over Forest have been by that margin. If you are going with Arsenal then consider an Arsenal to win by a one goal margin at a price of 11/4 which may have some appeal. Arsenal have only the one clean sheet this season so far in all competitions.
So for this one, you wouldn’t imagine for a moment that Arsene Wenger will be going for broke in this one and sending out a strong side. If he didn’t do it in the UEFA Champions League at PSG, then he’s not going to do it here against a Championship outfit. So you can have a look at the likes of Alex Iwobi at 6/1, Lucas Perez at 7/2 or Chuba Akpom at 4/1 in the first goalscorer market. Of course wait for the line ups before dipping into this market. Going back to that PSG game, Arsenal were a mess defensively in that one and should have conceded a hatful. There’s not a great deal of depth at Arsenal, is it good enough to take a win at the free scoring Forest? Arsenal may be vulnerable here.
Notts Forest vs Arsenal Betting Odds
Arsenal 8/13, Draw 10/3, Nottingham Forest 19/4
Notts Forest vs Arsenal Predictions
We like the price on Forest to get a win in this one. They have produced good home form this season and Arsenal are likely to concede at the moment the way things are going. So the hosts can really get at the Premier League side and may be worth having a flutter as underdog. There is also a price of 10/3 on a Forest draw no bet.
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