PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Brentford - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

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·15 August 2025

PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Brentford - team news, lineups, predictions

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Nottingham Forest and Brentford go head-to-head at City Ground this Sunday in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest mark their 60th participation in the competition, whilst Brentford go into their 10th.

Last time out, Nottingham Forest drew 0-0 against Al-Qadisiyah (Pre-season 2025/26). In their last fixture, Brentford shared the spoils 2-2 with Borussia M´gladbach (Pre-season 2025/26).


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The last meeting between the two teams ended with Brentford winning 2-0.

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Rich Ferraro (1865: The Nottingham Forest Podcast): The excitement of a new season, tempered by the fact that we never beat Brentford!

In theory, this is the best chance we have had for a while to overcome the Bees, as they rebuild after the loss of a very good gaffer and some key players. Forest will still want to add more players, but apart from replacing Elanga with Ndoye, the core of our team is still there.

The big concern is goals: where on earth are they going to come from? We only had one in pre-season, so hopefully we will actually test Kelleher in the Brentford net. I suspect that this will be a low-scoring encounter though.

Prediction: 1-0

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Nottingham Forest

  1. Nicolás Domínguez - Injury

Brentford

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MANAGERS

  1. Nuno Espírito Santo faced Brentford on five occasions, recording two wins, one draw, and two losses.

HEAD TO HEAD

  1. Nottingham Forest and Brentford have faced each other 41 times, with Brentford having the advantage: 16 wins, against 14 victories for Nottingham Forest.
  2. At City Ground, Nottingham Forest has an advantage in the duels against Brentford: ten wins in 22 games. Brentford has eight victories.
  3. In the English League, six matches were played between the two teams, with Nottingham Forest winning once, two draws, and three victories for Brentford.
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