English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 25, 2026
Nottingham Forest LWLDL 2
–
Brentford DWWWL 0
1st2ndT
NFO112
BRE000
Gtech Community Stadium · 17,134 att. · Peacock

Match Report

Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images.

Two-goal Nottingham Forest upset Brentford

Nottingham Forest struck twice either side off half-time to see off Brentford on Sunday afternoon.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
0
34.1
Possession
65.9
7
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
490
295
Passes
567
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
36
0.2
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
45
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
15
54
Effective Clearances
22
54
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 22Nathan CollinsCD-L
  3. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  4. 3Rico HenryLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 24Mikkel DamsgaardAM
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltLM
  8. 18Yehor YarmoliukRM
  9. 9Igor ThiagoF
  10. 7Kevin SchadeAM-L
  11. 8Mathias JensenAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Jordan HendersonSUB
  2. 2Aaron HickeySUB
  3. 45Romelle DonovanSUB
  4. 4Sepp van den BergSUB
  5. 5Ethan PinnockSUB
  6. 11Reiss NelsonSUB
  7. 19Dango OuattaraSUB
  8. 12Hákon ValdimarssonSUB
  9. 23Keane Lewis-PotterSUB

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 16Nicolás DomínguezAM-L
  11. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Omari HutchinsonSUB
  2. 14Dan NdoyeSUB
  3. 37Nicolò SavonaSUB
  4. 4MoratoSUB
  5. 22Ryan YatesSUB
  6. 29Dilane BakwaSUB
  7. 24James McAteeSUB
  8. 9Taiwo AwoniyiSUB
  9. 18Angus GunnSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Brentford 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
  2. 37' Substitution, Brentford. Sepp van den Berg replaces Kristoffer Ajer because of an injury.
  3. 37' Substitution, Brentford. Dango Ouattara replaces Mikkel Damsgaard because of an injury.
  4. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Omari Hutchinson replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  5. 66' Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 67' Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Rico Henry.
  7. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Igor Jesus.
  8. 79' Goal! Brentford 0, Nottingham Forest 2. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White following a fast break.
  9. 81' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Michael Kayode.
  10. 81' Substitution, Brentford. Jordan Henderson replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  11. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.

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