Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

This Saturday’s Premier League match sees Nottingham Forest make the trip to face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. This is a big match given that Nottingham will be desperate to keep themselves inside the UEFA Champions League places come the end of the season, their first time back in Europe since the 1980s.

Key Stats

• Brentford have scored 11 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Nottingham Forest have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches
• Nottingham Forest are ranked the 3rd best team in the Premier League for away form
• Brentford haven’t lost to Nottingham Forest in their last 6 meetings (3W-3D)
• Brentford haven’t managed to keep a clean sheet in their last 5 attempts

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Nottingham Forest come into this game in flying form, residing in the last available UEFA Champions League place after finishing one place from the relegation zone in 17th just a season ago, giving Leicester City 2015/16 vibes. Brentford might not be as high as Forest in the table but they have been killing it in the Prem as well. The strike partnership of Wissa and Mbeumo have recorded 19 goals from the 16 games they’ve featured in. This is all building up to be an exciting match on Saturday.

Brentford Preview

Formation: 3-5-2

Predicted Line-Up: Mark Flekken; Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg; Keane Lewis-Potter, Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Nørgaard (c), Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mads Roerslev; Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo

The rest of this season looks like it could bode well for Brentford. Playing 16 games and they sit 11th place in the league table with seven wins, seven losses and two draws. Those results have left them with 23 points, behind 10th placed Tottenham Hotspur via goal difference and only three points and results going their way to climb up the table to as high as sixth. Brentford may have only won twice in their last five games across all competitions, but they have faced some very tough opposition, the likes of Newcastle in both the Premier League and the Carabao Cup, second place Chelsea, and strong Aston Villa side. The Bees have relied on the fantastic partnership of Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo who once again continue to deliver for their club. Between them they have found the back of the net 19 times, Wissa with nine goals and Mbeumo, like Forest’s Chris Wood, has double digits with 10 goals. Better news for Thomas Frank and his attacking plans and summer signing Igor Thiago has made his way back into training so he could finally make his debut this Saturday, coming off the bench after recovering from his meniscus injury that has seen him miss 15 games for Brentford.

Nottingham Forest Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Matz Sels; Álex Moreno, Murillo, Nikola Milenković, Ola Aina; Elliot Anderson, Ryan Yates (c); Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga; Chris Wood

Nottingham Forest have had a great start to the season, finding themselves in the UEFA Champions League places having not been in a European competition since the 1980s. After 16 games they sit in fourth place with eight wins, four losses and four draws. Those matches have left them with 28 points, a single point clear of fifth placed Manchester City but only two points behind third placed Arsenal who also play on this weekend. Nuno Espírito Santo has really transformed this Forest side and one player who has made the difference this season has been striker Chris Wood. He has been in the goals The Tricky Trees, getting himself in the double digits with 10 goals. The Kiwi has eight more goals the Nottingham Forest’s next best scorers in Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenković. With this match looking like it could be a goals fest, Wood should be the man that Forest can rely on to make the difference this Saturday.

Head To Head Stats: Brentford vs Nottingham Forest

There have been 28 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Maybe surprisingly, Brentford come into this match holding an advantage over Nottingham Forest. They have come out victors on 11 occasions, leaving Forest with 10 wins and the remaining seven fixtures ending in a draw.

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Brentford with them winning two of those games and a sharing of a point in the other three. This Saturday looks like it could go either way as Forest are shocking everyone with their performances at the moment.

20th January 2024 – Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest – Premier League

1st October 2023 – Nottingham Forest 1-1 Brentford – Premier League

29th April 2023 – Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest – Premier League

5th November 2022 – Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford – Premier League

20th March 2021 – Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest – Premier League

Betting Tips For Brentford vs Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest have been doing great in the Premier League standings at the moment, achieving what almost nobody thought was possible from them. The underappreciated duo of Wissa and Mbeumo should once again deliver for Brentford and their push for European football in what has been a crazy season so far.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Both Teams To Score as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 4/7 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £15.80 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Brentford vs Nottingham Forest

Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Brentford have struggled to keep clean sheets as of late, but they also haven’t faced many difficulties in finding themselves on the scoresheet. We can see both sides going back and forth with them grabbing at least one goal apiece.