After stumbling to the finish line last season, Arsenal will look to get the new season off strong when they take on Nottingham Forest in an English Premier League opener on Saturday. After leading the table for much of the season, Arsenal finished 3-3-3 to fall behind Manchester City and finished second. Arsenal, however, returns much of its scoring punch, which saw them score 88 goals, second-most in the league. Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, will look to improve on their 16th-place finish on the table after registering a minus-30 goal differential, tied for fourth-worst in the EPL.
The match from Emirates Stadium in London, England, will begin at 7:30 a.m. ET. Arsenal is the -570 favorite (risk $570 to win $100) on the 90-minute money line, while Nottingham Forest is a +1500 underdog. A draw will return +575 in the latest Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest odds, and the over/under for total goals is 3.5. (For more soccer coverage, click here.)
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Sutton, a former collegiate soccer player, has been SportsLine's top soccer editor since 2017. He has followed soccer closely for much longer and factors in managerial tactics, projected lineups and past performances to make the most-informed decisions possible, keeping his finger on the pulse of the game all over the globe.
Sutton finished the 2022-23 Champions League season with a 16-7 record (+8.93 units) on SportsLine's UCL pick sheet. He also finished 2022 as SportsLine's No. 1 soccer expert with a 165-130-2 mark, returning nearly $2,200 for $100 players.
The expert knows Arsenal had four players score at least 11 goals last season, and return them all. Leading the way is 24-year-old midfielder Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian tied for the team-lead with 15 goals and added eight assists in 37 appearances, all starts.
Sutton has also taken into account that a good portion of Nottingham Forest's offense from last season returns. Among them is forward Taiwo Awoniyi, the side's leading scorer. In 27 appearances, including 17 starts, the Nigerian scored 10 goals and added an assist. He took 36 shots, including 15 on target.
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