Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live stream and match preview, Saturday 12 August, 12.30pm BST
Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live stream and match preview
Looking for an Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live stream? We've got you covered. Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest is on TNT Sports in the UK. Brit abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Premier League with your subscription from anywhere.
Arsenal kick off their Premier League 2023/24 campaign against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, in what is a pivotal season for the Gunners under Mikel Arteta.
After leading the table for so long last term, a capitulation at the end certainly stung - though now it's providing the motivation for Arsenal to come back fit and firing. Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber have all strengthened the squad, in what they hope will be Premier League champions come May.
Standing in their way on opening day is Nottingham Forest, who are looking to build on their survival in 2022/23. Steve Cooper hasn't had to integrate as many signings this time around either, giving the Welshman more time to develop his playing style with Forest.
Kick-off is at 12.30pm BST. Make sure you know how to watch the Premier League wherever you are.
Team news
Mikel Arteta has named the following Arsenal starting 11: (4-3-3) Aaron Ramsdale; Thomas Partey, Ben White, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber; Martin Odegaard (captain), Declan Rice, Kai Havertz; Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli
Steve Cooper has selected the following Nottingham Forest starting 11: (3-4-3) Matt Turner; Willy Boly, Joe Worrall (captain), Scott McKenna; Serge Aurier, Ryan Yates, Orel Mangala, Ola Aina; Danilo, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White
Form
Arsenal come into the opening game of the domestic season off of beating Manchester City in the Community Shield on penalties, following their second-place finish last term.
Forest managed to avoid the drop by coming 16th themselves, and will be hoping for a more comfortable season under manager Steve Cooper.
Referee
Michael Oliver will be the referee for Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest. His assistants will be Stuart Burt and Dan Cook, with Darren Bond the fourth official. Jarred Gillett is the VAR, with Darren Cann the assistant VAR.
Stadium
Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest will be played at the 60,704-capacity Emirates Stadium in Holloway, London.
Kick-off and channel
Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest kick-off is at 12.30pm BST on Saturday 12 August in the UK. The game is on TNT Sports in the UK.
In the US, kick-off time is 7.30am ET / 4.30am PT. The match will be shown on NBC in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Premier League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there. For the Premier League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and TNT Sports are the two main players, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2023/24.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing all 380 games in the season. A fuboTV subscription also lets you watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2023/24 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
