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Confirmed Nottingham Forest v Arsenal lineups: Patino starts, Biereth on the bench

Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images
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Nottingham Forest starting XI: Samba; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Spence, Garner, Yates, Colback; Johnson, Zinckernagel, Davis.

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Horvath, Figueiredo, Grabban, Carvalho, Bong, Cafu, Silva, Ojeda, Taylor.

Arsenal starting XI: Leno; Cedric, White, Holding, Tavares; Lokonga, Patino; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah.

Arsenal substitutes: Ramsdale, Tierney, Chambers, Mari, Lacazette, Kolasinac, Biereth, Salah-Eddine, Hutchinson.

Nottingham Forest start with Brice Samba in goal, and it looks to be a back three with new signing Steve Cook joining Joe Worrall and Scott McKenna.

Djed Spence and Jack Colback are the wing backs, with James Garner and Ryan Yates in midfield.

Another new signing starts in Keinan Davis as he leads the attack, flanked by Brennan Johnson and Philip Zinckernagel.

Lewis Grabban only makes the bench, joining Ethan Horvath, Tobias Figueiredo, Joao Carvalho, Gaetan Bong, Cafu, Xande Silva, Braian Ojeda and Lyle Taylor.

Arsenal have Bernd Leno in goal as the German is given a chance to shine.

It’s a back four ahead of him with Cedric Soares, Ben White, Rob Holding and Nuno Tavares all starting.

Albert Sambi Lokonga is joined in midfield by teenage prodigy Charlie Patino, with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli supporting lone striker Eddie Nketiah.

Teenage hitman Mika Biereth makes the bench, joining Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Tierney, Calum Chambers, Pablo Mari, Alexandre Lacazette, Sead Kolasinac, Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand and Omari Hutchinson.