Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Live Stream, Predictions (May 01)

📊 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-2 FA Cup loss in their previous game against Manchester City.

In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 33% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Manchester City got 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Rico Lewis (2') and Joško Gvardiol (51') scored for Manchester City.

Nottingham Forest have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 versus opponents during the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, Nottingham Forest have also seen the number of goals against them come to 6. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see if the trend shall be maintained in this game or not.

Brentford

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Brentford go into this match following on from a 4-2 Premier League win with the eclipse of Brighton & Hove Albion in their previous fixture.

In that match, Brentford had 46% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Brentford, the goalscorers were Bryan Mbeumo (9', 48'), Yoane Wissa (58') and Christian Nørgaard (95'). At the other end, Brighton & Hove Albion had 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Danny Welbeck (45') and Kaoru Mitoma (81') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion.

The numbers tell their own story, and Brentford have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals overall. In defence, Brentford seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Looking at their past form shows that Brentford:

• haven't won against Nottingham Forest in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• have not lost to Nottingham Forest in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/03/2021 shows us that Nottingham Forest have won 1 of them & Brentford 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from The Reds and 9 being from The Bees. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league clash between the two was Premier League match day 17 on 21/12/2024 when it ended Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest.

That day, Brentford had 64% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Nottingham Forest got 10 shots on goal with 6 on target. Ola Aina (38') and Anthony Elanga (51') scored.

The match was refereed by Michael Oliver.

🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest

We are thinking that The Reds should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation with Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Nicolas Dominguez, Elliot Anderson, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood.

🗞️ Team News: Brentford

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has a number of players out of action. Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Igor Thiago (Knee injury) and Fábio Carvalho (Shoulder injury) miss out here.

We believe The Bees seem likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Mark Flekken, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Nørgaard, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where Brentford will need to apply a lot of pressure to score against this Nottingham Forest lineup who we think might well get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a highly competitive game with a 1-0 win for Nottingham Forest when all is said and done.

Let’s see how it plays out.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the win-draw-win market, a victory for Nottingham Forest is available for 2.15, betting on a drawn result is 3.4 & betting on the winning team to be Brentford gets you 3.25. Those are the top market prices available at present.

Renata Leite, 18:03 27/04/2025