Brentford 3-4 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 August 2017
Result
Brentford 3-4 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 12 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Brentford 3-4 Nottingham Forest: match report
Brentford lost to Nottingham Forest 3-4 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.
John Egan opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Brentford's goals came from John Egan (38'), Andreas Bjelland (79') and Neal Maupay (90+2'). Nottingham Forest scored through Andreas Bouchalakis (41'), Daryl Murphy (43'), Andreas Bouchalakis (47') and Kieran Dowell (83').
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.
Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andreas Bouchalakis of Nottingham Forest (9.1), ahead of Jota Peleteiro (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Andreas Bouchalakis
- 38'Goal · John Egan
- 41'Goal · Andreas Bouchalakis
- 43'Goal · Daryl Murphy
- 47'Goal · Andreas Bouchalakis
- 79'Goal · Andreas Bjelland
- 81'Yellow card · Rico Henry
- 82'Yellow card · D. Vaughan
- 83'Goal · Kieran Dowell
- 86'Yellow card · Matthew Mills
- 90+2'Goal · Neal Maupay
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Rico Henry, Andreas Bjelland, John Egan, Henrik Dalsgaard, Florian Jozefzoon, Nico Yennaris, Josh McEachran, Islom Ismoilov, Jota Peleteiro, Lasse Vibe
Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jordan Smith, Michael Mancienne, Matthew Mills, Joe Worrall, Ben Osborn, David Vaughan, Tendayi Darikwa, Andreas Bouchalakis, Daryl Murphy, Barrie McKay, Zach Clough