Arsenal face a tricky test as they travel to take on Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round.
The Championship side are enjoying a decent campaign so far and find themselves in ninth position in the second tier and will be hoping that a cup upset could bolster their play-off hopes.
Arsenal face a potential banana skin at the City Ground
If they’re to come out on top they’ll need to topple Mikel Arteta’s side who sit fourth in the Premier League after an excellent couple of months.
The Gunners will be targeting silverware but if they’re to progress then they’ll need to over a tough challenge at the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: Date and time
The FA Cup third round clash is set to take place on Sunday, January 9 at the City Ground in Nottingham.
Kick-off is scheduled for 5.10pm UK time.
The winners of the tie will progress to the fourth round which takes place in early February.
Arteta faces a selection headache ahead of the clashGetty
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: talkSPORT coverage
The clash is set to be broadcast live on talkSPORT on Sunday afternoon.
Coverage will get underway at 4.30pm with live coverage of the fourth round draw preceding the clash.
Presented by Hugh Woozencroft, commentary will come from Jim Proudfoot and former England winger Trevor Sinclair.
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: Team news
Forest will be without Alex Mighten, Max Lowe, Loic Mbe Soh, Joe Lolley and Richie Laryea for the clash, while Keinan Davis and Steve Cook could make their debuts.
As for the Gunners they’ll be without a number of players due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Nicolas Pepe, Mohamed Elneny, Thomas Partey and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will also miss out due to being away on AFCON duty.
Steve Cooper will be hoping to pull off a cup upset against the Gunnersgetty
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: What has been said?
Mikel Arteta: “We want it and we have an incredible history related to this competition, but we have to go game-by-game.
“Every game in this competition is extremely difficult, we’re gonna go to Forest, we know the atmosphere that we’re going to face, the team that we’re going to play and you have to go step-by-step if you want to get any further.
“For me now, it’s very difficult to plan. It’s no priority, you have to go game-by-game, regardless of the competition.
“You want to plan what’s going to happen in two or three games and you decide for key players not to play because they’re going to play in other matches, it doesn’t work like that, because maybe the next day they get Covid or something happens and you don’t have them!
“We go game-by-game, try to win every single game and then the rest will be much better.”
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