Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st May 2025

Nottingham Forest enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brentford swing by on Thursday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Ranked as number 6 in the Premier League standings, Nottingham Forest, have so far collected 60 points this season, while Brentford collected 46 points. This puts them up as number 11 after 33 rounds.

The last time Nottingham Forest played Brentford, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Thursday.

Nottingham Forest scored two goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 20 times. They conceded 12 goals, an average of 1.2 and pulled off four clean sheets.

Brentford are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Brentford claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goals per match.

Nottingham Forest beat Brentford by 2-0 in their most recent match, while Brentford claimed a 3-2 win in the match prior to that.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Everton by a 0-1 score, before winning 1-2 against Tottenham. They were back on the losing side in a 0-2 defeat against Manchester City. Nottingham Forest won four of their previous six Premier League games at the City Ground, Nottingham. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded three and scored 12 goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford have two draws and a win to show from their previous three matches. They started with a 0-0 draw with Chelsea. This was followed by another draw with Arsenal, this time 1-1, before they outclassed Brighton by 4-2. Brentford claimed 13 points in their last six Premier League matches, winning four, drawing once as well as losing once. They conceded five and scored 11 goals themselves.

Nottingham Forest and Brentford are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu on Thursday.

Nottingham Forest scored 31 goals and conceded ten in their last 16 games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 43 points and 14 victories. Brentford claimed one wins and six points in their last 11 games against teams from the top six. They scored 11 times in these matches, but also conceded 20 goals. Nottingham Forest have a record of 18 wins, six draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Brentford enjoy a record of 13 wins, seven draws and 13 defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Nuno Espirito Santo will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Brentford from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/33), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/15), Harry Toffolo (0/4), Morato (0/23), Murillo (1/32), Neco Williams (1/30), Nikola Milenkovic (4/32), Ola Aina (2/30), Willy Boly (0/6), Danilo (0/7), Elliot Anderson (2/32), Ibrahim Sangare (0/8), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/29), Nicolas Dominguez (0/29), Ramon Sosa (1/17), Ryan Yates (2/30), Anthony Elanga (6/33), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/28), Chris Wood (19/31), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (3/27), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/24).

Brentford Squad

Here is the full team squad of Brentford. The 51 year-old Thomas Frank will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/2), Mark Flekken (0/32), Aaron Hickey (0/0), Ben Mee (0/7), Ethan Pinnock (2/22), Ji-Soo Kim (0/3), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/20), Michael Kayode (0/7), Nathan Collins (2/33), Rico Henry (0/2), Sepp van den Berg (0/26), Christian Noergaard (5/29), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/8), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (0/19), Mikkel Damsgaard (2/33), Vitaly Janelt (1/32), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/26), Yunus Emre Konak (0/8), Bryan Mbeumo (18/33), Fabio Carvalho (2/19), Gustavo Gomes (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (1/33), Kevin Schade (7/33), Thiago Rodrigues (0/4), Yoane Wissa (16/30).

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Team News

Nottingham Forest might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Brentford. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called up by the Nottingham Forest-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sidelined with an injury, Nottingham Forest can't field Danilo on Thursday against Brentford.

Brentford have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Nottingham Forest this coming Thursday. Christian Noergaard and Gustavo Gomes racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Brentford travelling party for their next match.

Aaron Hickey, Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry all face a spell on the sidelines for Brentford due to various injuries.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford H2H

Brentford lost 2-0 against Nottingham Forest in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Brentford handed out in the match before. Nottingham Forest enter the match against Brentford with a 1-2-2 record in their previous five encounters. A win rate of 20%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Results

Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous five matches between home side Nottingham Forest and Brentford. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2/3.

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Betting Tips

Scoring six goals during a Premier League campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Anthony Elanga is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Anthony Elanga to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Nottingham Forest claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. Brentford won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest kept visitors at City Ground, Nottingham from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Brentford have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past five encounters between Nottingham Forest and Brentford, with Nottingham Forest scoring 1.6 goals on average per game. Brentford averaged 1.6 goals, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Brentford, who managed to score 1.4 times in those matches.