English Premier League

FT Thursday, May 1, 2025
Brentford WLDDW 2
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Nottingham Forest WLLWL 0
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The City Ground · 29,040 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Brentford deal blow to Nottingham Forest's Champions League hopes

Nottingham Forest missed out on a chance to move into the top three in the Premier League, and strengthen hopes of a Champions League berth next season, as Brentford upset them 2-0 in their Premier League clash on Thursday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
45.4
Possession
54.6
11
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
245
Accurate Passes
306
323
Passes
381
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
28
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
50
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
4
16
Tackles
8
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
8
33
Effective Clearances
32
33
Clearances
32

Head to Head

BRE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 7Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 22Ryan YatesRM
  9. 11Chris WoodF
  10. 14Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaAM-R

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Mark FlekkenG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD-L
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-R
  4. 23Keane Lewis-PotterLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 24Mikkel DamsgaardAM
  7. 18Yehor YarmoliukLM
  8. 6Christian NørgaardRM
  9. 11Yoane WissaF
  10. 7Kevin SchadeAM-L
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 11' Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 18' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Brentford 1. Kevin Schade (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Collins with a through ball.
  7. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi because of an injury.
  8. 45' Substitution, Brentford. Rico Henry replaces Keane Lewis-Potter.
  9. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Elliot Anderson.
  10. 63' Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 63' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 67' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Kevin Schade.
  13. 70' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Brentford 2. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mark Flekken.
  14. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  15. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Ola Aina.
  16. 84' Substitution, Brentford. Kristoffer Ajer replaces Michael Kayode.
  17. 84' Substitution, Brentford. Yunus Konak replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
  18. 85' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa replaces Ryan Yates.
  19. 89' Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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