Saka FPL Gameweek 7 Analysis: A Buy For Forest Away?
Short answer — Saka is a buy for Forest away. He's blanked twice on the bounce — two points in each of the last two gameweeks — and at 9.6m that stings. But he's still got three goals and 34 points this season, fewer than one in five managers own him, and everything about this fixture points his way. Here's the case, one…
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Team form
Arsenal have won five of their six league games, with three clean sheets along the way. The one blemish was a 3-0 defeat at Brighton. A side winning that consistently creates chances, and Saka is first in the queue for them.
Opponent form
Forest have lost two of their last three. More telling: they haven't scored at home all season — 0-1 to Leeds, 0-0 with Spurs, 0-1 to Coventry. A team that can't score at the City Ground tends to chase games late, and that opens space for Arsenal's wide men.
Who he's up against
The honest caveat. Saka plays off the right, so he meets the left side of Forest's defence — Neco Williams and Murillo — and that side has been solid. It won't be a walkover, and it's the one angle that doesn't favour him.
The next three and six
I've got him on 14 points over the next three — Forest away, Everton at home, then Liverpool away — and 27.6 over the next six. That's steady returns, not just a one-week punt.
Chance of a haul
About one in seven of double figures this week. That's his best shot of a big haul in any of the next six gameweeks, which is exactly when you want him arriving in your side.
History against Forest
He loves this fixture. Scored in three of his last four league games against Forest — August 2023, January 2024, and November 2024 with an assist thrown in. The outlier was a 0-0 in January 2026.
So, the verdict again: Saka's a buy for Forest away. Two blanks have taken the shine off him and kept him out of most squads, but he's facing a side that hasn't scored at home all season, in the fixture he's returned in three of his last four times — and this is his best week for a haul in the next six. Bring him in.