Brentford v Nottingham Forest, 20 January 2024

Score3-2 to Brentford
RefereeDarren England
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGtech Community Stadium
Attendance17,077

View Brentford v Nottingham Forest head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 4 Brentford won: 2 Drawn: 2 Nottingham Forest won: 0 Brentford scored: 8 Nottingham Forest scored: 6 . Nottingham Forest had now kept a clean sheet in one of their 18 league visits to Brentford.

3 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

2 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Ivan Toney 19 G
Ben Mee 58 G
Neal Maupay 68 G

Goals:

Danilo 3 G
Chris Wood 65 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Forward Neal Maupay
Forward Ivan Toney

Starting lineup:

Matt Turner Goalkeeper
Gonzalo Montiel Defender
Murillo Defender
Nuno Tavares Defender
Andrew Omobamidele Defender
Danilo Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Orel Mangala Midfielder
Ryan Yates Midfielder
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Mikkel Damsgaard 74
Sergio Reguilón for Neal Maupay 74
Josh Dasilva for Keane Lewis-Potter 90
Kristoffer Ajer for Mads Roerslev 90
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mathias Jensen 90+7

Substitutions:

Neco Williams for Ryan Yates 62
Brandon Aguilera for Gonzalo Montiel 86

Cards:

Ivan Toney 66 Y

Cards:

Orel Mangala 18 Y
Danilo 51 Y
Gonzalo Montiel 54 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Mathias Jørgensen
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Myles Peart-Harris
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Michael Olakigbe
Forward Josh Dasilva

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos
Defender Scott McKenna
Defender Joe Worrall
Defender/Midfielder Harry Toffolo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Brandon Aguilera
Midfielder Jamie McDonnell
Midfielder/Forward Joe Gardner
Forward Detlef Esapa Osong

Comments:

League position: 14th . This was Brentford's first win in their last eight games in all competitions (lost six). . This was the Bees' first win in the Premier League since the visit of Luton Town on 2 December 2023; longer than any other current Premier League team. . This was Ivan Toney’s first game since serving an eight-month ban for a breach of betting rules.

Comments:

League position: 16th . Nottingham Forest failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since May 1999. . Forest failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since April 1995. . They lost their opening league game of a year for the first time since 2017 (versus Barnsley in the League Championship).

3 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Ivan Toney 19 G
Ben Mee 58 G
Neal Maupay 68 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Forward Neal Maupay
Forward Ivan Toney

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Mikkel Damsgaard 74
Sergio Reguilón for Neal Maupay 74
Josh Dasilva for Keane Lewis-Potter 90
Kristoffer Ajer for Mads Roerslev 90
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mathias Jensen 90+7

Cards:

Ivan Toney 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Mathias Jørgensen
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Myles Peart-Harris
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Michael Olakigbe
Forward Josh Dasilva

Comments:

League position: 14th . This was Brentford's first win in their last eight games in all competitions (lost six). . This was the Bees' first win in the Premier League since the visit of Luton Town on 2 December 2023; longer than any other current Premier League team. . This was Ivan Toney’s first game since serving an eight-month ban for a breach of betting rules.

2 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Danilo 3 G
Chris Wood 65 G

Starting lineup:

Matt Turner Goalkeeper
Gonzalo Montiel Defender
Murillo Defender
Nuno Tavares Defender
Andrew Omobamidele Defender
Danilo Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Orel Mangala Midfielder
Ryan Yates Midfielder
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Neco Williams for Ryan Yates 62
Brandon Aguilera for Gonzalo Montiel 86

Cards:

Orel Mangala 18 Y
Danilo 51 Y
Gonzalo Montiel 54 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos
Defender Scott McKenna
Defender Joe Worrall
Defender/Midfielder Harry Toffolo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Brandon Aguilera
Midfielder Jamie McDonnell
Midfielder/Forward Joe Gardner
Forward Detlef Esapa Osong

Comments:

League position: 16th . Nottingham Forest failed in their attempt to win three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since May 1999. . Forest failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since April 1995. . They lost their opening league game of a year for the first time since 2017 (versus Barnsley in the League Championship).