Nottingham Forest vs Brentford match stats & report

3–1 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 1 · City Ground, Nottingham · Ref P. Bankes

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Nottingham Forest beat Brentford 3–1 in the Premier League on 17 August 2025. Expected goals finished 1.83–1.49. Nottingham Forest had 54% of the ball.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford match statistics

Nottingham ForestBrentford

54% Ball possession 46%
1.83 Expected goals (xG) 1.49
11 Total shots 10
5 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 4
2 Blocked shots 3
6 Shots inside the box 7
5 Corners 5
7 Fouls 15
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 2
417 Passes 346
82% Pass accuracy 78%
2 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

5' Goal C. Wood Nottingham Forest
42' Goal D. Ndoye (assist M. Gibbs-White) Nottingham Forest
45' Goal C. Wood (assist E. Anderson) Nottingham Forest
52' Yellow card N. Collins Brentford
53' Yellow card N. Williams Nottingham Forest
78' Penalty scored Thiago Brentford
90' Yellow card A. Hickey Brentford

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Vitor Pereira

26 M. Sels

3 N. Williams 5 Murillo 31 N. Milenkovic 34 O. Aina

8 E. Anderson 6 I. Sangare

7 C. Hudson-Odoi 10 M. Gibbs-White 14 D. Ndoye

11 C. Wood

Bench A. Gunn , T. Awoniyi , R. Yates , Igor Jesus , Jota Silva , Jair , Willy Boly , Morato , Z. Abbott

Brentford

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Keith Andrews

1 C. Kelleher

3 R. Henry 4 S. van den Berg 22 N. Collins 33 M. Kayode

8 M. Jensen 18 Y. Yarmolyuk

14 Fábio Carvalho 17 A. Milambo 23 K. Lewis-Potter

9 Thiago

Bench H. Valdimarsson , J. Henderson , K. Ajer , Mads Roerslev , F. Onyeka , K. Schade , M. Peart-Harris , B. Arthur , A. Hickey

Form guide

Nottingham Forest at home

5–3–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brentford away

2–6–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.8 per game
Shots on target: 3.3 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
1 May 25	Nottingham Forest v Brentford	0–2
21 Dec 24	Brentford v Nottingham Forest	0–2
20 Jan 24	Brentford v Nottingham Forest	3–2
1 Oct 23	Nottingham Forest v Brentford	1–1
29 Apr 23	Brentford v Nottingham Forest	2–1
5 Nov 22	Nottingham Forest v Brentford	2–2

The full Nottingham Forest vs Brentford head-to-head record