Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th January 2026

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

Brentford approach round 23 as number 7 in the Premier League table with 33 points on their account so far. With 22 rounds behind them, Nottingham Forest have amassed 22 points, placing them as number 17 in the standings.

Brentford are looking to avenge a disappointing defeat against Nottingham Forest in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

Brentford step into their next home match this coming Sunday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing 11 goals against. That is an average of 1.1 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet three times in those matches.

Nottingham Forest are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded 14 times, an average of 1.4 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

Brentford were defeated by 3-1 in their last encounter with Nottingham Forest, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Brentford Form

In their last three matches, Brentford beat Sunderland by 3-0 and Sheffield Wednesday by 0-2, before losing against Chelsea by 2-0. Brentford managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 14 goals and conceded four times.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest were only able to claim two draws from their last three matches. They first drew 3-3 against Wrexham, followed by another draw. This time it ended 0-0 against Arsenal, before going down in a 1-0 defeat against Braga. Nottingham Forest won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored seven while also conceding eight times.

With Brentford in relatively good shape these days, we aim for the home win, when they take on Nottingham Forest. The value lies with the former, with form a little too dubious for the visitors.

Brentford took 14 points from their last 11 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 15 times and conceding 15. Nottingham Forest scored ten goals and conceded 22 in their last 12 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. This lead to two wins and eight points. Brentford claimed ten wins, three draws as well as nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of six wins, four draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Brentford Squad

The 45-year-old coach of the home team, Keith Andrews, will select the lineup against Nottingham Forest from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Caoimhin Kelleher (0/22), Ellery Balcombe (0/0), Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Julian Eyestone (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/14), Benjamin Arthur (0/0), Ethan Pinnock (0/3), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/16), Michael Kayode (0/22), Nathan Collins (1/22), Rico Henry (0/18), Sepp van den Berg (0/17), Antoni Milambo (0/1), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/0), Frank Onyeka (0/6), Jordan Henderson (1/20), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (2/20), Mikkel Damsgaard (1/19), Romelle Donovan (0/1), Vitaly Janelt (0/17), Yehor Yarmoliuk (1/22), Dango Ouattara (3/16), Fabio Carvalho (1/6), Igor Thiago (16/22), Kaye Furo (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (2/20), Kevin Schade (6/21), Reiss Nelson (0/6).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Here is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The 54 year-old Sean Dyche will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/5), Matz Sels (0/18), Cuiabano (0/0), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Morato (0/10), Murillo (1/16), Neco Williams (1/22), Nicolo Savona (2/14), Nikola Milenkovic (0/22), Ola Aina (0/6), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/5), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/1), Douglas Luiz (0/8), Elliot Anderson (1/22), Ibrahim Sangare (2/14), James McAtee (0/7), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/22), Nicolas Dominguez (1/13), Omari Hutchinson (1/17), Ryan Yates (0/11), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/20), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/16), Dilane Bakwa (0/8), Igor Jesus (1/21), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/7).

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Team News

At the time of writing, Brentford have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

Aaron Hickey, Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry are all absent from the Brentford squad that faces Nottingham Forest at Gtech Community Stadium.

Apparently, Nottingham Forest have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called upon by Nottingham Forest, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Brentford took a hit when Nottingham Forest handed them a 3-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-0 win. Brentford enter the match against Nottingham Forest with a 3-2-2 record in their previous seven encounters. A win rate of 43%, 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 five times in the past seven matches between home side Brentford and Nottingham Forest. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 4/5.

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Igor Thiago so far as he managed to score impressive 16 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target five times in his last six games, and Brentford rely on his abilities against Nottingham Forest. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Sunday seems like a decent punt.

Brentford claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Gtech Community Stadium since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Brentford. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Nottingham Forest.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past seven encounters between Brentford and Nottingham Forest, with Brentford scoring 1.58 goals on average per game. Nottingham Forest averaged 1.58 goals, while both teams scored five times. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Brentford, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves.