Updated 17 August 2025, after full time.
Forest 3-1 Brentford in the Premier League at The City Ground, Nottingham on 17 August 2025. Scorers: Chris Wood ×2, Dan Ndoye for Forest; Igor Thiago for Brentford. In their last 6 meetings, Forest have won 2, Brentford 3, with 1 draw.
Forest 3-1 Brentford was the final score in the Premier League on Sunday 17 August 2025 at The City Ground. Scorers: Chris Wood (2), Dan Ndoye for Forest; Igor Thiago for Brentford. The Stats tab of this page has both teams' shots, fouls, cards and tackles from the game, and every player's numbers.
Forest vs Brentford was played at The City Ground in Nottingham on Sunday 17 August 2025, the home ground of Forest, which holds 30,445 people. It finished Forest 3-1 Brentford in the Premier League, with kick-off at 14:00 UK time.
Forest have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 5 games, scoring 5 and conceding 8, with results reading L L D L W from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 3-1 win at home to Man City in the Premier League on 7 November.
Brentford have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 5 games, scoring 6 and conceding 7, with results reading D L D W L from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 0-2 defeat away to Brighton in the Premier League on 8 November.
Across the last 6 meetings Forest have won 2, Brentford have won 3 and 1 was drawn, with Forest scoring 7 goals to Brentford's 8. The most recent was Brentford 2-0 Nottingham Forest on 31 October 2026 in the Premier League.
Liam Delap leads Forest with 16 fouls committed across their last 10 games, 1.6 a game, the most of any Forest player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Forest player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Igor Thiago leads Brentford with 16 fouls committed across their last 10 games, 1.6 a game, the most of any Brentford player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Brentford player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Peter Bankes refereed Forest vs Brentford, averaging 24.7 fouls and 4.8 yellow cards per game across 6 games this season. That is 0.17 red cards a game, and the referee card on this page sets the record beside both teams' fouls and cards.
| Date | Competition | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Premier League | Brentford vs Nottingham Forest | 2-0 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | Premier League | Brentford vs Nottingham Forest | 0-2 |
| 1 May 2025 | Premier League | Nottingham Forest vs Brentford | 0-2 |
| 21 Dec 2024 | Premier League | Brentford vs Nottingham Forest | 0-2 |
| 20 Jan 2024 | Premier League | Brentford vs Nottingham Forest | 3-2 |
| 1 Oct 2023 | Premier League | Nottingham Forest vs Brentford | 1-1 |
| Stat | Forest | Brentford |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 54% | 46% |
| Shots | 11 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 3 |
| Corners | 5 | 5 |
| Fouls | 7 | 15 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 2 |
| Tackles | 12 | 20 |
| Passes | 417 | 346 |
Forest: C. Wood 5', D. Ndoye 42', C. Wood 45+2'. Brentford: I. Thiago (penalty) 78'.
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 1 | 18 of 20 |
| Goals against | 1.3 | 10 of 20 |
| Shots | 16.3 | 3 of 20 |
| Shots on target | 3.6 | 15 of 20 |
| Fouls | 13.8 | 2 of 20 |
| Tackles | 18.6 | 3 of 20 |
| Passes | 377.5 | 17 of 20 |
| Corners | 4.5 | 11 of 20 |
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 1.8 | 4 of 20 |
| Goals against | 1.1 | 8 of 20 |
| Shots | 14 | 11 of 20 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 12 of 20 |
| Fouls | 13.1 | 5 of 20 |
| Tackles | 17.3 | 6 of 20 |
| Passes | 373.6 | 18 of 20 |
| Corners | 4 | 16 of 20 |