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

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The City Ground crowd welcome Brentford's fans on Thursday evening, as Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo's Nottingham Forest clash with Thomas Frank's charges in the English Premier League. All of the important stats for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all designed to help you make a smart bet.

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Nottingham Forest's next match is v West Ham at 14:15 on Sunday 18th May
Brentford's next match is v Fulham at 15:00 on Sunday 18th May
The last English Premier League meeting between Nottm Forest and Brentford was on Thursday 1st May 2025
English Premier League
May 1st 2025
Nottm Forest 0
2 Brentford
 
44' K. Schade
70' Y. Wissa
 
NFO
BRE
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
4
5
Corners
4
5
Possession
55%
45%
Fouls
10
12
Yellow/red cards
3/0
5/0
 
Nottm ForestBrentford
 
M. Sels
T. Olaoluwa Aina (I. Sangaré 75')
N. Milenković
M. Santiago Costa dos Santos
N. Williams
M. Gibbs-White (J. Ferreira Silva 75')
R. Yates (R. Sosa 85')
E. Anderson (T. Awoniyi 61')
C. Hudson-Odoi (N. Domínguez 46')
C. Wood
A. Elanga
M. Flekken
S. van den Berg
(K. Vassbakk Ajer 84') M. Kayode
N. Collins
(Y. Konak 84') M. Damsgaard
Y. Yarmoliuk
C. Nørgaard
B. Mbeumo
(R. Henry 46') K. Lewis-Potter
football iconY. Wissa
(M. Jensen 67') football iconK. Schade

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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 42% 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
42%
13/10
2%
-
Draw
26%
5/2-
Brentford
32%
2/1-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Nottm Forest 1-0
10%
10/1-
Nottm Forest 2-1
9%
9/1-
Brentford 1-0
9%
12/1-
Brentford 2-1
8%
11/1-
Nottm Forest 2-0
7%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Brentford 2-0
5%
18/1-
Nottm Forest 3-1
4%
18/1-
Nottm Forest 3-0
3%
22/1-
Brentford 3-1
3%
22/1
12%
-
Nottm Forest 3-2
3%
25/1-
Brentford 3-2
2%
28/1-
Brentford 3-0
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/11-
Away 1st Goal
46%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
5%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/7-
BTTS - No
46%
5/4-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/1
9%
-
Home/draw
68%
4/11-
Away/draw
58%
4/7
3%
-
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
60%
8/13-
Away DNB
50%
6/5-
Nottm Forest win to nil
22%
10/3-
Brentford win to nil
17%
5/1-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
24%
11/4-
Nottm Forest / Brentford
3%
28/1-
Nottm Forest / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Nottm Forest
14%
5/1-
Draw / Brentford
12%
13/2
7%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Brentford / Nottm Forest
4%
22/1-
Brentford / Brentford
17%
15/4
5%
-
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
Liverpool3625834683 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
2
Arsenal36181443368 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
3
Newcastle36206102366 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
4-3F
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
4
Man City3619892465 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
5
Chelsea3618991963 
May 25
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
6
A Villa361899763 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
7
Nottm Forest H36188101262 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
8
Brentford Away36167131055 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
-
-
9
Brighton3614139355 
w
 
7-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
4-2F
d
 
0-00-0
10
Bournemouth361411111253 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
5-0A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
1-2A
11
Fulham3614913151 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
May 18
l
 
2-1F
12
C Palace36121311-249 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
13
Everton3691512-542 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
14
Wolves3612519-1341 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
5-3F
May 25
15
West Ham36101016-1740 
w
 
3-0F
May 18
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
16
Man Utd3610917-1139 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
w
 
4-3A
l
 
2-1F
17
Spurs3611520438 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1F
18
Ipswich3641022-4222 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-4F
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-1F
19
Leicester365724-4722 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-4F
20
Southampton362628-5712 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-5F
Win / draw / win form
Nottm Forest 7TH
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 8TH
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 7th Brentford 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Nottm Forest will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% 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
36201011
M SelsC WoodA ElangaM Gibbs-White
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK36
4
-
O Aina  DEF3321
4
-
N Milenković DEF3542
4
-
Murillo DEF342
5
-
N Williams DEF3313
7
-
R Yates MID3321
10
-
E Anderson MID3526
7
-
A Elanga MID36610
1
-
M Gibbs-White MID3269
10
1
C Hudson-Odoi MID2952
2
-
C Wood FWD34203
1
-
Subs
C Miguel GLK
-
Morato DEF25
4
-
H Toffolo DEF4
1
-
Z Abbott DEF
-
I Sangaré MID111
3
-
N Domínguez MID321
10
-
T Awoniyi FWD261
-
J Silva FWD2931
6
-
R Sosa FWD191
1
-
Brentford Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3618107
N CollinsB MbeumoM DamsgaardC Nörgaard
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Flekken GLK352
1
-
M Kayode DEF101
2
-
N Collins DEF3623
5
-
S Berg DEF29
2
-
K Lewis-Potter DEF3613
6
-
C Nörgaard MID3253
6
1
Y Yarmoliuk MID29
6
-
B Mbeumo MID36188
3
-
M Damsgaard MID36210
2
-
K Schade MID36112
3
-
Y Wissa FWD33183
3
-
Subs
H Valdimarsson GLK2
-
R Henry DEF4
-
E Pinnock DEF222
2
-
B Mee DEF7
2
-
K Ajer DEF22
6
-
M Jensen MID222
2
-
Y. Konak MID10
-
P Maghoma MID8
-
G. Nunes Fernandes Gomes FWD3
-