England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Nottingham Forest and Brentford, taking place on Sunday, 01 October 2023, at The City Ground in Nottingham.
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Nottingham Forest, Recent FormThe Nottingham Forest players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Manchester City recently, that ended in a 2-0 defeat. During that encounter they had 42% possession and had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 7 shots on goal.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 7 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 9, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They have been on a decent run of form lately at The City Ground, going undefeated in 5 of their previous 6 games there and notching up 4 wins along the way.
Taiwo Awoniyi will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Nottingham Forest.
Brentford, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 3-1 home defeat by Everton will have left the Brentford squad feeling a little deflated. Their share of possession in that meeting was 56%, while racking up 12 shots along the way, 2 of which were on target. Everton had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 9 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 9 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've had a less than ideal run of form recently, winning just 1 of their last 6 games.
Bryan Mbeumo will be hoping to create problems for Nottingham Forest in this one, having scored 5 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Brentford.
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Brentford that came out on top with a 2-1 win.
Goals should be on the cards for Forest in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against The Bees in their last 8 meetings together.
In their last 4 league meetings, Forest have failed to record a victory against Brentford.
Forest manager Steve Cooper has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Serge Aurier (Strain), Danilo dos Santos (Hamstring), Wayne Hennessey (Knee) and George Shelvey (Unknown) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Thomas Frank has a number of injury concerns in his Brentford squad to contend with: Shandon Baptiste (Shoulder), Mikkel Damsgaard (Groin), Josh Dasilva (Hamstring) and Rico Henry (Knee)
Nottingham Forest Playing at home | Brentford Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 0.5 |
| 32' | Time first goal scored | 44' |
| 45' | Time first goal conceded | 64' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 5 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
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