A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Brentford in 5th position and Nottingham Forest placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Leicester City, was also a home game here at Griffin Park. The away team is better rested.
Brentford form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Griffin Park as Brentford, who have the the best goal difference (+23) in Championship, have scored 25 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Huddersfield Town here at Griffin Park, Brentford has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
The Brentford crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Leicester City here at Griffin Park in a FA Cup match. A 0-0 draw away in the Championship before that, with Huddersfield Town the opponent.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Brentford's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brentford as they are travelling to their away game against Hull City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The Brentford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Brentford have conceded only 9 goals.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Nottingham Forest delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Reading (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Luton Town.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nottingham Forest when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
The schedule is very tough for Nottingham Forest now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Birmingham City is waiting in only four days.
Nottingham Forest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Nottingham Forest as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Nottingham Forest - Brentford 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Brentford, 1 draw and 3 wins for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 18 goals |   L. Grabban 16 goals |  P. Dasilva 6 goals |
Brentford missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Brentford | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 44 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 39 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 57% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 71% |
| 43% | 46% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 25% | 31% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 7% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 36% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 57% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 32% |
| 36% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 7.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 382 | 203 | 64 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 165 | 371 |
| 131 | 73 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 47 | 92 |
| 34% | 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 45% | 42% |
- Brentford has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Brentford has the fewest conceded goals (9) at home
- Brentford has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8)
- Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Brentford has the the best goal difference (+16) at home
- Brentford has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nottingham Forest is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 53 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 52 |
| 3 | Fulham | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Brentford | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 47 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | Millwall | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 42 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 40 |
| 12 | Hull City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 39 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 31 | -2 | 39 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 38 |
| 15 | Reading | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
| 16 | Derby County | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -7 | 37 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 34 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 31 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 29 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 23 |
| 24 | Luton Town | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 39 | -27 | 21 |
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