Nottingham Forest

Premier League

Nottingham Forest LDDWLL

3:1

Finished

Kick-off was 17 Aug, 14:00 BST

Brentford DDDWWD

Venue: City Ground City: Nottingham

In the Premier League game on 17 August 2025, Nottingham Forest beat Brentford 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, fouls 7:15.

Key numbers

Possession, % 55.00 – 45

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 4 – 4

Expected goals 1.86 – 1.50

⚽ 5' C. Wood — Goal ⚽ 42' D. Ndoye — Goal ⚽ 45' C. Wood — Goal ⇄ 46' A. Milambo — Substitution 🟨 52' Nathan Collins — Yellow card 🟨 53' Neco Williams — Yellow card ⇄ 69' M. Jensen — Substitution ⇄ 69' K. Lewis-Potter — Substitution ⚽ 78' I. Thiago — Penalty ⇄ 79' C. Wood — Substitution ⇄ 79' D. Ndoye — Substitution ⇄ 84' M. Gibbs-White — Substitution ⇄ 88' R. Henry — Substitution 🟨 90' Aaron Hickey — Yellow card

Match events

5' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Goal C. Wood
42' 2:0 Nottingham Forest Goal D. Ndoye assist: M. Gibbs-White
45' 3:0 Nottingham Forest Goal C. Wood assist: E. Anderson
46' 3:0 Brentford Substitution A. Milambo off: K. Schade
52' 3:0 Brentford Yellow card Nathan Collins
53' 3:0 Nottingham Forest Yellow card Neco Williams
69' 3:0 Brentford Substitution M. Jensen off: J. Henderson
69' 3:0 Brentford Substitution K. Lewis-Potter off: F. Onyeka
78' 3:1 Brentford Penalty I. Thiago
79' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution C. Wood off: Igor Jesus
79' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution D. Ndoye off: Jota Silva
84' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution M. Gibbs-White off: R. Yates
88' 3:1 Brentford Substitution R. Henry off: A. Hickey
90' 3:1 Brentford Yellow card Aaron Hickey

Statistics

55.00 Possession, % 45

5 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 4

1.86 Expected goals 1.50

4 Big chances 1

5 Corners 5

7 Fouls 15

15 Free kicks 5

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 5

19 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

19/3259% Aerial duels 13/3241%

77 Backward passes 44

2 Blocked shots 3

24 Clearances 29

5/2520% Crosses 3/1619%

9/1560% Dribbles 5/1242%

1 Expected assists 0.26

70 Failed passes 73

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

9 Interceptions 5

9 Key passes 7

19/5435% Long passes 12/4328%

125 Passes into the final third 33

281 Passes in the opposition half 140

148 Passes in own half 206

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.30

5 Shots from outside the box 3

6 Shots inside the box 7

7/1258% Tackles 6/1833%

404 Total passes 330

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
3	Neco Williams	3
5	Murillo	5
31	Nikola Milenković	31
34	Ola Aina	34
6	Ibrahim Sangaré	6
7	Callum James Hudson-Odoi	7
8	Elliot Anderson	8
10	Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White	10
14	Dan Assane Ndoye	14
11	Christopher Grant Wood	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
18	Angus Gunn	18
4	Morato	4
23	Jair	23
30	Willy Boly	30
44	Zach Abbott	44
22	Ryan Yates	22
9	Taiwo Awoniyi	9
19	Igor Jesus	19
20	Jota Silva	20

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Brentford

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Caoimhin Kelleher	1
3	Rico Antonio Henry	3
4	Sepp van den Berg	4
22	Nathan Collins	22
33	Michael Kayode	33
8	Mathias Jensen	8
14	Fabio Carvalho	14
17	A. Milambo	17
18	Yehor Yarmolyuk	18
23	Keane William Lewis-Potter	23
9	Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson	12
2	Aaron Buchanan Hickey	2
20	Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer	20
30	Mads Roerslev	30
43	Benjamin Arthur	43
6	Jordan Henderson	6
7	Kevin Schade	7
15	Frank Onyeka	15
25	Myles Spencer Peart-Harris	25

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