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Nottingham Forest vs Brentford match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 1
Full timeFinished

Score

31Premier League Matchweek 1

Kick-off

17 Aug 2025, 13:00 UTC

Venue

The City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance

29,949 official

Referee

Peter Bankes

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Nottingham Forest

4-2-3-1
7.419 nations26.4 y184 cm26.2 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

Brentford

4-2-3-1
7.289 nations23.8 y181 cm25.6 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Nottingham Forest

Bench

9
  1. 18A. Gunn
    6.3929196 cm1 app
  2. 4Morato
    6.6824192 cm16 apps
  3. 9T. Awoniyi
    6.65🇳🇬28183 cm12 apps
  4. 19I. Jesus
    7.6124180 cm32 apps
    • 79'Igor Jesus on 79'
  5. P. 2239
    6.23
    • 79'Player 2239 on 79'
  6. 22R. Yates
    6.6027190 cm18 apps
    • 84'Ryan Yates on 84'
  7. 23J. Cunha
    6.8320198 cm4 apps
  8. 30W. Boly
    6.2034195 cm0 apps
  9. 44Z. Abbott
    6.7319180 cm2 apps

Brentford

Bench

9
  1. 12H. Valdimarsson
    6.87🇮🇸23188 cm1 app
  2. 2A. Hickey
    6.6723178 cm18 apps
    • 88'Aaron Hickey on 88'
    • 90'Aaron Hickey booked 90'
  3. 6J. Henderson
    7.1735182 cm29 apps
    • 69'Jordan Henderson on 69'
  4. 7K. Schade
    7.3023183 cm30 apps
    • 45'Kevin Schade on 45'
  5. P. 2240
    6.20
    • 69'Player 2240 on 69'
  6. 20K. Ajer
    6.9027198 cm24 apps
  7. P. 2241
    6.20
  8. P. 2242
    6.20
  9. P. 2243
    6.20

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 5'
    Home1-0
    Chris Wood scored

    Nottingham Forest.

  2. 42'
    Home2-0
    Dan Ndoye scored

    Nottingham Forest. Assist Morgan Gibbs-White.

  3. 45'
    Away
    Kevin Schade on

    Brentford. Antoni Milambo off.

  4. 47'
    Home3-0
    Chris Wood scored

    Nottingham Forest. Assist Elliot Anderson.

  5. 52'
    Away
    Nathan Collins booked

    Brentford.

  6. 53'
    Home
    Neco Williams booked

    Nottingham Forest.

  7. 69'
    Away
    Jordan Henderson on

    Brentford. Mathias Jensen off.

  8. 69'
    Away
    Player 2240 on

    Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter off.

  9. 78'
    Away3-1
    Igor Thiago scored

    Brentford.

  10. 79'
    Home
    Igor Jesus on

    Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood off.

  11. 79'
    Home
    Player 2239 on

    Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye off.

  12. 84'
    Home
    Ryan Yates on

    Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White off.

  13. 88'
    Away
    Aaron Hickey on

    Brentford. Rico Henry off.

  14. 90'
    Away
    Aaron Hickey booked

    Brentford.

  15. FT
    Final 3-1

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 1.83
    AttackxG
    1.49
  2. 11
    AttackTotal Shots
    10
  3. 417
    PassingTotal Passes
    346
  4. 7
    DefendingTackles Won
    6
  5. 15
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    14

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 194 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:17 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC