Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st December 2024

When Nottingham Forest come to Gtech Community Stadium for the Premier League match this coming Saturday, Brentford will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Placed 11th in the table Brentford have amassed 23 points after 16 matches. On 28 points, Nottingham Forest rank fourth with 16 matches played this season.

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

Brentford show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.4 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 24 goals, whilst they allowed 20 goals against, for an average of two per outing. They pulled off one clean sheets.

Nottingham Forest managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 3-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday?

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Brentford Form

Brentford have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 4-2 victory against Newcastle. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-1 against Chelsea, before handing over another win to Newcastle in a 3-1 defeat. Brentford showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Gtech Community Stadium, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 21 times, while letting in 12 themselves.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three matches, Nottingham Forest lost against Manchester City by 3-0, beat Manchester United by 2-3 winning 2-1 against Aston Villa. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 12 goals conceded and nine scored.

Brentford and Nottingham Forest are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match on Saturday.

Brentford fought their way to one wins and three points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target five times in these matches, but also let in eight goals. Brentford claimed seven wins, two draws as well as seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest are looking at eight wins, four draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Brentford Squad

Thomas Frank will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Nottingham Forest from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/16), Matthew Cox (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/0), Ben Mee (0/3), Ethan Pinnock (2/16), Jayden Meghoma (0/1), Ji-Soo Kim (0/0), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/9), Mads Roerslev (0/12), Nathan Collins (2/16), Rico Henry (0/0), Sepp van den Berg (0/14), Christian Noergaard (1/13), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/2), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (0/8), Mikkel Damsgaard (2/16), Ryan Trevitt (0/1), Vitaly Janelt (1/15), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/12), Yunus Emre Konak (0/4), Bryan Mbeumo (10/16), Fabio Carvalho (1/15), Gustavo Gomes (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/16), Kevin Schade (4/16), Thiago Rodrigues (0/4), Yoane Wissa (9/13).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Nottingham Forest players that the manager Nuno Espirito Santo will choose from for the upcoming game:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/16), Alex Moreno (0/11), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Harry Toffolo (0/1), Morato (0/9), Murillo (1/16), Neco Williams (0/13), Nikola Milenkovic (2/15), Ola Aina (1/16), Willy Boly (0/3), Danilo (0/1), Elliot Anderson (0/15), Ibrahim Sangare (0/3), James Ward-Prowse (0/7), Morgan Gibbs-White (2/12), Nicolas Dominguez (0/14), Ramon Sosa (1/10), Ryan Yates (1/16), Anthony Elanga (1/16), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2/15), Chris Wood (10/16), Emmanuel Dennis (0/0), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Jota Silva (0/15), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/11).

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Team News

At the time of writing, Brentford have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Nottingham Forest this coming Saturday. Brentford have to alter their line-up, as both Christian Noergaard and Gustavo Gomes get a day in the shade.

Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry nurses various injuries and won't take part for Brentford against Nottingham Forest at Gtech Community Stadium.

Nottingham Forest have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Brentford this coming Saturday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called upon by Nottingham Forest, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Danilo is too injured to face Nottingham Forest.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 3-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Saturday. Brentford enter the match against Nottingham Forest with a 2-2-0 record in their previous four encounters. A win rate of 50%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Results

Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past four matches between home side Brentford and Nottingham Forest. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 8/13.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Going undefeated through their last 10 matches at Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford won eight and drew two. Nottingham Forest won four of their previous 10 away games across all tournaments, in which they drew three and lost three. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Brentford managed a clean sheet in zero of their games at home, Nottingham Forest kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past four encounters between Brentford and Nottingham Forest, with Brentford scoring two goals on average per game. Nottingham Forest averaged 1.5 goals, while both teams scored four times. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Brentford, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, who scored 1.5 times on average in these matches.