Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Nottingham Forest enters their home clash with Brentford as favourites, with Nuno Espírito Santo’s men sitting 14 points above the Bees with just five matches to go.

The City Ground club are having an excellent campaign as they sit on 60 points from 33 matches and actually have the third-best defensive record in the Premier League having conceded just 39 times. On top of this, Forest have accumulated 31 points from 16 matches at home while Brentford’s away record is poor, as they have won just five of their 16 league games on the road this season.

When these two sides last met on 21st December, Forest ran out as 2-0 victors at the Gtech Community Stadium, a scoreline that we can see them replicating here as they average 1.5 goals per game at the City Ground, while conceding just 0.68 per game.

Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-0 Brentford

On Thursday 1st May, Nottingham Forest hosts Brentford at the City Ground in what will be a closely-fought encounter, with the home side aiming to qualify for next season’s Champions League, while the Bees are fighting to secure an eighth-place finish.

Date: 01/05/2025

Location: City Ground

Time: 7:30pm

As previously mentioned, Forest ran out as 2-0 victors when these two sides last met back on 21st December, as goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga on either side of half time gave Nuno Espírito Santo’s men all three points.

When these two sides last faced off at the City Ground on 1st October 2023, Nicolas Dominguez scored a 65th-minute equaliser after Christian Norgaard had given the Bees a 58th-minute lead.

This season has been an impressive one for Forest, as they are level on points with Chelsea in the battle for fifth-place with one game in hand on the Stamford Bridge club, meaning that they are firmly in the race for a shock Champions League qualification with just five games to go. Nuno Espírito Santo deserves a lot of plaudits, having helped them to a 17th-place finish last campaign, before significantly improving both Forest’s playing squad and results with a solid counter-attacking style.

On the other hand, Brentford are enjoying another decent season under Thomas Frank, as the Bees are 11th in the table with 46 points from 33 matches, meaning that they are just five points behind eighth-place Fulham. At present, eighth-place would earn a Premier League side UEFA Europa Conference League qualification due to UEFA’s coefficient rankings, however, if Crystal Palace win the FA Cup, they would effectively qualify for the Europa League, nulling eighth-place in the process.

Nottingham Forest versus Brentford will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Nottingham Forest

Ola Aina will remain missing for Nottingham Forest’s home game against Brentford.

Brentford

Fabio Carvalho, Emre Yunus Konak and Igor Thiago will all miss Brentford’s trip to Nottingham on Thursday due to injury.

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest suffered a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, as Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol scored goals early on in each half of the game.

Prior to that match, Forest managed to beat Tottenham Hotspur (2-1) and Manchester United (1-0) with Anthony Elanga scored the only goal of the game against his former club, while in-between those victories, Nuno Espírito Santo’s men suffered defeats to Everton (1-0) and Aston Villa (2-1).

Brentford

Brentford have won two of their last five, having beaten Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2 last time out as Bryan Mbeumo (2), Yoan Wissa and Christian Norgaard all got on the scoresheet. Their other victory in this sequence of matches was a 2-1 win at AFC Bournemouth on 15th March.

The Bees' other matches saw them suffer a 2-1 loss at Newcastle United, as well as draws with Chelsea (0-0) and Arsenal (1-1).

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