Brentford vs Nottingham Forest — match summary
England · Premier League · kick-off 31 Oct 2026 22:00
Full time · score 2-0
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Brentford 42 · Nottingham Forest 43
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Brentford 42 · Nottingham Forest 31
Shots on target 1-1 · corners 3-4 · possession 42-58
NextGOAL tip: Nottingham Forest +0.5 · 4 stars
Brentford and Nottingham Forest meet in a Premier League game where both sides need points, but for different reasons. The hosts sit 6th and are still unbeaten in the league across 8 matches, but they have drawn as many as 5 times, letting points slip more often than they should. The visitors, meanwhile, are 18th and need points to climb out of the bottom zone, having picked up just 6 points from 8 matches. Brentford at home have a solid first-half record, leading or drawing at half-time in all 8 home matches, but their attack still lacks the sharpness to kill games off. Nottingham Forest have lost 3 of their last 5, but two of those defeats were by a single goal, and a defence that has conceded 10 goals in 8 matches is not so poor that they cannot cope with the hosts. This looks like a game where Brentford will have to take the initiative going forward, as the home side with players who see more of the ball, while Nottingham Forest are likely to sit back and wait for counter-attacking chances, a pattern that has kept them unbeaten in several recent matches. Winning is hard for them, but holding out for a draw or losing by just a single goal is a result that has happened often for this team.