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Nottingham Forest v Brentford : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 1st May, 19:30 BST, The City Ground, Nottingham

Brentford are away on Thursday evening, as manager Thomas Frank takes his team to visit Nottingham Forest and Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo at The City Ground in the English Premier League. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Nottm Forest and Brentford will score at least a couple of goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo or Thomas Frank has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s lately either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.25 equating to approximately a 73% probability.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nottm Forest are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nottm Forest
43%
11/10
7%
-
Draw
26%
13/5
3%
-
Brentford
31%
23/10
10%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Nottm Forest 1-0
10%
9/1
9%
-
Nottm Forest 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
-
Brentford 1-0
9%
12/1-
Nottm Forest 2-0
8%
11/1
8%
-
Brentford 2-1
7%
12/1
8%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Brentford 2-0
5%
20/1
11%
-
Nottm Forest 3-1
4%
16/1
11%
-
Nottm Forest 3-0
4%
20/1
9%
-
Brentford 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
-
Nottm Forest 3-2
3%
25/1-
Brentford 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
-
Brentford 3-0
2%
40/1
21%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
50%
4/6
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
13/10
5%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
53%
8/13
3%
-
BTTS - No
47%
6/5
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
20%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
5/1
9%
-
Home/draw
69%
1/3
2%
-
Away/draw
57%
7/10
5%
-
Home/away
74%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/16-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/1-
Home DNB
61%
8/15
6%
-
Away DNB
49%
11/8
8%
-
Nottm Forest win to nil
23%
3/1
8%
-
Brentford win to nil
16%
11/2
8%
-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
25%
12/5
9%
-
Nottm Forest / Brentford
3%
28/1-
Nottm Forest / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Nottm Forest
16%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Brentford
11%
7/1
14%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Brentford / Nottm Forest
4%
22/1-
Brentford / Brentford
16%
9/2
10%
-
Brentford / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Nottm Forest have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 3 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 56 goals to 53 goals.

Home League Performance

Nottm Forest have played 16 games at home winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 24 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Brentford are in 11th position in the Premier League on 46 points having played 33 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Brentford have conceded 31 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nottm Forest
Brentford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool3425724882 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
2
Arsenal34181333467 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
3
Newcastle34195102162 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
4-3F
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
4
Man City3418792361 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
5
Chelsea3417981960 
May 25
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
6
Nottm Forest H3318691460 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
May 1
7
A Villa341699557 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
8
Fulham3414911451 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
May 18
l
 
2-1F
9
Brighton3413129151 
w
 
7-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
4-2F
d
 
0-00-0
10
Bournemouth341311101250 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
5-0A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
1-2A
11
Brentford Away3313713646 
May 1
w
 
0-2F
-
-
12
C Palace34111211-445 
w
 
1-0F
May 5
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
13
Wolves3412517-1041 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
5-3F
May 25
14
Man Utd3410915-839 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
May 4
l
 
2-1F
15
Everton3481412-738 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
16
Spurs3411419637 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1F
17
West Ham349916-1936 
w
 
3-0F
May 18
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
18
Ipswich344921-4121 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-4F
w
 
4-3A
May 10
19
Leicester344624-4918 
May 11
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-4F
20
Southampton342527-5511 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-5F
Win / draw / win form
Nottm Forest 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nottm Forest0 - 1Everton
Nottm Forest1 - 0Man Utd
Nottm Forest1 - 0Man City
Nottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
Nottm Forest7 - 0Brighton
Nottm Forest3 - 2Southampton
Nottm Forest1 - 1Liverpool
Nottm Forest1 - 0Spurs
Nottm Forest2 - 1A Villa
Nottm Forest1 - 0Ipswich
Nottm Forest1 - 3Newcastle
Nottm Forest3 - 0West Ham
Nottm Forest1 - 0C Palace
Nottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
Nottm Forest1 - 1Wolves
Nottm Forest1 - 1Bournemouth
Nottm Forest2 - 3Chelsea
Nottm Forest0 - 2Man City
Nottm Forest2 - 2Wolves
Nottm Forest3 - 1Fulham
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANottm Forest2 - 1Spurs
HNottm Forest0 - 1Everton
ANottm Forest1 - 2A Villa
HNottm Forest1 - 0Man Utd
ANottm Forest4 - 2Ipswich
HNottm Forest1 - 0Man City
HNottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
ANottm Forest3 - 4Newcastle
ANottm Forest1 - 2Fulham
HNottm Forest7 - 0Brighton
ANottm Forest0 - 5Bournemouth
HNottm Forest3 - 2Southampton
HNottm Forest1 - 1Liverpool
ANottm Forest3 - 0Wolves
ANottm Forest2 - 0Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 0Spurs
ANottm Forest2 - 0Brentford
HNottm Forest2 - 1A Villa
ANottm Forest3 - 2Man Utd
ANottm Forest0 - 3Man City
Brentford 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Arsenal1 - 1Brentford
Newcastle2 - 1Brentford
Bournemouth1 - 2Brentford
Leicester0 - 4Brentford
West Ham0 - 1Brentford
C Palace1 - 2Brentford
Southampton0 - 5Brentford
Brighton0 - 0Brentford
Chelsea2 - 1Brentford
A Villa3 - 1Brentford
Everton0 - 0Brentford
Fulham2 - 1Brentford
Man Utd2 - 1Brentford
Spurs3 - 1Brentford
Man City2 - 1Brentford
Liverpool2 - 0Brentford
Bournemouth1 - 2Brentford
Everton1 - 0Brentford
Luton1 - 5Brentford
A Villa3 - 3Brentford
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBrentford4 - 2Brighton
ABrentford1 - 1Arsenal
HBrentford0 - 0Chelsea
ABrentford1 - 2Newcastle
ABrentford2 - 1Bournemouth
HBrentford0 - 1A Villa
HBrentford1 - 1Everton
ABrentford4 - 0Leicester
ABrentford1 - 0West Ham
HBrentford0 - 2Spurs
ABrentford2 - 1C Palace
HBrentford0 - 2Liverpool
HBrentford2 - 2Man City
ABrentford5 - 0Southampton
HBrentford1 - 3Arsenal
ABrentford0 - 0Brighton
HBrentford0 - 2Nottm Forest
ABrentford1 - 2Chelsea
HBrentford4 - 2Newcastle
ABrentford1 - 3A Villa
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nottm Forest since 2005
Nottm Forest
Brentford
Goals: Scored
13
19
Games: Scored
9 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
2 / 11
NFO
3
D
2
BRE
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Brentford
Nottm Forest1 - 0
Nottm Forest2 - 1
0 - 1Brentford
2 - 3Brentford
0 - 3Brentford
1 - 3Brentford
Nottm Forest2 - 0
1 - 2Brentford
League games at Brentford since 2006
Brentford
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
19
20
Games: Scored
10 / 12
11 / 12
Clean sheets
1 / 12
2 / 12
NFO
4
D
3
BRE
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Brentford
0 - 2Nottm Forest
Brentford3 - 2
Brentford2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Nottm Forest
Brentford2 - 1
3 - 4Nottm Forest
Brentford1 - 0
Brentford2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 4Nottm Forest
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Nottm Forest 6th Brentford 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Nottm Forest will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Brentford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+27
Brentford have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2024/2025 season
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Nottm Forest
PG (predicted goals)
Brentford
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
5%
better
NFO
BRE
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Games scored27
25
Failed to score6
8
Scored first24
16
Goals scored53
56
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.7
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
20
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
26%
better
NFO
BRE
view stats
Games conceded20
27
Clean sheets13
6
Conceded first8
14
Goals conceded39
50
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against12%
13%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.7
KickOff rating
+26%

Nottm Forest v Brentford Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3319910
M SelsC WoodA ElangaR Yates
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK33
4
-
A Elanga FWD3369
2
-
N Milenković DEF3242
5
-
Murillo DEF321
5
-
E Anderson MID3226
7
-
C Wood FWD31193
2
-
O Aina  DEF3021
2
-
N Williams DEF3012
4
-
R Yates MID3021
10
-
N Domínguez MID291
9
-
M Gibbs-White MID2958
9
1
C Hudson-Odoi FWD2852
2
-
J Silva FWD2731
5
-
T Awoniyi FWD241
-
Morato DEF23
2
-
R Sosa FWD171
1
-
Álex Moreno DEF151
3
-
I Sangaré MID81
4
-
Danilo MID7
-
W Boly DEF6
1
-
H Toffolo DEF4
1
-
E. da Silva Moreira MID2
-
Brentford Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3318106
N CollinsB MbeumoM DamsgaardC Nörgaard
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Collins DEF3322
5
-
M Damsgaard MID33210
2
-
K Schade FWD3372
2
-
K Lewis-Potter FWD3313
5
-
B Mbeumo FWD33186
2
-
M Flekken GLK321
1
-
V Janelt MID3213
3
-
Y Wissa FWD30173
2
-
C Nörgaard MID2952
5
1
S Berg DEF26
2
-
Y Yarmoliuk MID26
4
-
E Pinnock DEF222
2
-
K Ajer DEF20
5
-
M Jensen MID192
2
-
F Carvalho MID1921
1
-
P Maghoma MID8
-
Y. Konak MID8
-
M Kayode DEF7
1
-
B Mee DEF7
3
-
I Thiago FWD4
-
K Ji-Soo DEF3
-
H Valdimarsson GLK2
-
R Henry DEF2
-
G. Nunes Fernandes Gomes FWD2
-