On paper it looks like advantage Brentford in this match against Nottingham Forest, but the away team will resist to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest points (6) away in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brentford and Nottingham Forest.
Brentford form and stats
7 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Brentford have to build on here at Brentford Community Stadium in the Premier League.
Brentford are returning here after visiting Chelsea and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Mbeumo scored the goal(s). A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six consecutive matches. Defender Mee got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.23/10. Mee won 6 of 11 duels.
In the match before that, Brentford hosted Aston Villa and drew the game 1-1.Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.
Brentford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brentford Community Stadium with 30 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Brentford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham Forest so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-12 (win-draw-lose). A depressing six defeats in a row for Nottingham Forest in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus AFC Bournemouth.
Gibbs-White and Danilo scored in Nottingham's previous match, the home game against Brighton & Hove Albion that ended 3-1. That victory was so vital for this club, after a painful sequence of eleven league games in a row not winning. Goalkeeper Navas was absolutely vital in the Nottingham Forest victory against Brighton & Hove Albion, making six saves. Midfielder Danilo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Danilo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Liverpool's place.Nottingham Forest are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {7 goals} from 16 away games. Nottingham have conceded 39 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brentford and Nottingham Forest have met previously this season: Nottingham Forest - Brentford 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brentford four wins, two draws and Nottingham Forest four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 19 goals |   B. Johnson 8 goals |  B. Mbeumo 6 goals |
Brentford missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Brentford | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 50 | 30 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 29 |
| 43 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 39 | 60 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 97% |
| 85% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 81% | 79% |
| 45% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 42% |
| 33% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 15% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 15% |
| 55% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 45% |
| 30% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 21% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 41% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 18% | 28% |
| 15.1 | 13.7 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 16.5 | 14.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest points (6) away in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have the the worst goal difference (-32) away in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 40 | 75 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 53 | 73 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 59 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 59 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 54 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 53 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 53 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 49 |
| 9 | Brentford | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 47 |
| 10 | Fulham | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 45 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 37 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 37 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | -32 | 33 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 30 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 39 | -31 | 30 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -13 | 29 |
| 19 | Everton | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 28 |
| 20 | Southampton | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -29 | 24 |
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