MATCH RESCHEDULED: ‘New’ kick-off time for Brentford vs. Nottingham, TV channel, prediction, team news, lineups, referee and VAR

MATCH RESCHEDULED: ‘New’ kick-off time for Brentford vs. Nottingham, TV channel, prediction, team news, lineups, referee and VAR

MATCH RESCHEDULED: ‘New’ kick-off time for Brentford vs. Nottingham, TV channel, prediction, team news, lineups, referee and VAR

Team news

Brentford defender Sepp van den Berg is unavailable as he sustained a minor groin issue

during the pre-match warm-up of Wednesday’s League Cup defeat at Newcastle United.

Ethan Pinnock was forced off with a hamstring injury at St James’ Park and Igor Thiago is sidelined with

a joint infection, but Christian Norgaard will return after missing out in midweek.

 

Nottingham Forest will assess the fitness of Murillo and Ryan Yates ahead of the trip to the

Gtech Community Stadium.

 

Danilo has returned to training, while on-loan full-back Alex Moreno is set to feature after he was

ineligible to face parent club Aston Villa last weekend.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Nottingham Forest are winless in six league matches against Brentford since a 1-0 victory at

  • Griffin Park in the Championship in January 2020.

  • Brentford are unbeaten in all four Premier League meetings, winning both home matches and

  • drawing twice at the City Ground.

  • The Bees are one of only three top-flight opponents that Forest have failed to ever beat, along with Bournemouth and Northampton Town.

  • Forest have won just three of their 18 league games at Brentford, keeping only one clean sheet.

Brentford

  • Brentford have the best home record in the Premier League, taking 22 points from a possible 24,

  • in contrast to one point from eight games on the road.

  • They have won five consecutive top-flight home matches for only the second time, and first since 1936.

  • The Bees can equal their longest home league winning streak under Thomas Frank of six matches,

  • set in the Championship in 2020. That run was ended by a 1-0 defeat versus Nottingham Forest.

  • Brentford have lost only one of their past 14 Premier League home fixtures, a 4-2 defeat against Newcastle United in May.

  • Frank’s side are only the second team to score and concede at least 30 goals in their first 16 matches of a Premier League season, after Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United in 2020-21.

  • Brentford have lost nine of their 10 Premier League games against teams starting the day in the top four of the table, including all four at home.

  • There have been 40 Premier League goals scored at the Gtech Community Stadium in 2024-25, eight more than any other venue.

  • Yoane Wissa is one short of equalling Ivan Toney as Brentford’s leading Premier League scorer on 36 goals. Bryan Mbeumo is third on 32.

  • Wissa has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last seven Premier League home games, scoring nine and assisting two.

  • Mbeumo has scored eight goals and set up two in his past eight Premier League home appearances.

Nottingham Forest

  • Nottingham Forest have won eight of their 16 Premier League games this season, just one fewer than in the entirety of both 2022-23 and 2023-24.

  • Forest’s tally of 28 points equals their highest after 16 Premier League matches. It was previously set in 1994, when they went on to finish third.

  • Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have won six of their last 10 Premier League away fixtures, following a run of three victories in 36 attempts on the road since returning to the top flight in 2022.

  • Only Chelsea and Liverpool have won more away points than Forest’s 14 this season.

  • However, Forest have won just one of their past 16 league games away to London sides, beating Chelsea 1-0 in September 2023.

  • They have scored the opening goal in 12 of their 16 top-flight matches this season, a joint-league high alongside Fulham.

  • Chris Wood has scored 21 goals in 32 Premier League appearances under Nuno, including 13 in 16 away games.

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