Brentford vs Nottingham Forest prediction

Match preview

A slight lean towards Brentford (47%), though Nottingham Forest win 27% of the time in the model and the draw sits at 26%.

At home this season Brentford average 1.75 points and 2.0 goals per game, conceding 0.8. Away from home Nottingham Forest take 1.25 points per game, scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.8. Shots on target, which drive our ratings, read 4.5 per game for Brentford at home and 5.3 for Nottingham Forest on the road.

Current runs: Brentford have scored in 9 straight league matches.

Brentford are 6th in the table while the model ranks them only 12th on performance, so it expects them to drift back.

Nottingham Forest sit 16th in the table, but their underlying numbers rank 11th in the league, so the model rates them higher than their position suggests.

The model expects 1.40 goals from Brentford and 1.18 from Nottingham Forest; 1-1 is the most likely scoreline at 12%, over 2.5 goals 48% and both teams to score 52%.

In their last 5 league meetings Brentford won 2 and Nottingham Forest won 3.

Most likely scores

• 1-112%
• 1-011%
• 0-19%
• 2-19%
• 2-07%

Brentford form

• Lvs Liverpool1-22026-10-17
• Dat Aston Villa2-22026-10-10
• Wvs Chelsea3-02026-09-18
• Dat AFC Bournemouth2-22026-09-12
• Dvs Sunderland1-12026-09-05

Nottingham Forest form

• Dat Ipswich Town1-12026-10-23
• Lvs Arsenal0-12026-10-18
• Lat Crystal Palace1-32026-10-11
• Lvs Coventry City0-12026-09-19
• Wat Aston Villa2-12026-09-12