Nottingham Forest vs Brentford preview as Forest will try to get over the disappointment of their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City. Forest currently sit sixth in the league, but a win would take them back up to third with four games remaining and would bring them back within four points of Arsenal in second. Opta have given them a 72.35% of making the Champions League places and gives them a projected points total of 68 points.
Nottingham Forest have lost two of their last three games, winning in the last match in the Premier League against Spurs. They fired out to an early lead through Elliott Anderson and Chris Wood.
Brentford are undefeated in their last three matches, having an impressive 4-2 win over Brighton in their most recent Premier League match. With this game in hand, a win would be crucial for pushing them back within touching distance of eighth, which could end up with a place in the Europa Conference League next season.
Bryan Mbeumo scored twice and provided an assist for Yoane Wissa, who also assisted one of Mbeumo’s goals.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Head-to-Head record: Last 10 matches
Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Brentford
Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford
Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1-3 Brentford
Brentford 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Brentford
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Brentford
Nottingham Forest four wins
Three draws
Brentford three wins
Mathcup Statistics
- The two managers have met twice with both games being at Brentford’s ground. Brentford won the game last season while Nottingham Forest won the game this season.
- Nuno has managed against Brentford four times in his career with last seasons loss for Nottingham Forest his only defeat. Frank has played Nottingham Forest 10 times since becoming Brentford manager (all displayed above).
- Between 2014 and 2018, Brentford won their five games at the City Ground. Since then, they haven’t won any, with two draws and two losses.
Team Statistics
- Brentford have seven wins in their last nine away games (one loss, one draw), which is particularly impressive as they didn’t win any of their nine away games before that.
- Brentford have received the fewest yellow cards in the Premier League this season with 48.
- Nottingham Forest’s loss to Everton in their last home game ended a nine-game undefeated home run at the City Ground.
- Brentford haven’t won any of their 10 midweek Premier League fixtures since the beginning of last season, with three draws and seven losses. This will only be the second time they have played on a Thursday in the Premier League and they lost the only previous game to Spurs in 2021.
Player Statistics
- A Chris Wood goal would make him only the second player to score 20 goals in a Premier League season as a Nottingham Forest player after Stan Collymore in 1994/95.
- Chris Wood also has the highest shot conversion rate in the Premier League scoring from 19 of his 54 shots. This comes out at 35.2%. This is the highest rate of any player since records began in 2004 when a player has taken more than 50 shots.
- Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa have both scored in 18 games, only seven pairs of players have done the same in more games in Premier League history. They have both scored in the same game seven times this season, which was the best since 2022, when Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min and Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane did it on more occasions.
- Bryan Mbeumo will race Chris Wood to 20 Premier League goals as he currently sits on 18, having scored a brace in his previous game.