Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brentford defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis MacLeod opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Brentford's goals came from Lewis MacLeod (45+3') and O. Watkins (84'). Nottingham Forest scored through Matty Cash (62').

Discipline: Brentford received 5 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 8th on 8 points from 5 and Nottingham Forest 13th on 7 points from 5. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Nottingham Forest 9th with 66.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis MacLeod of Brentford (8.0), ahead of Saïd Benrahma (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Nottingham Forest's D-D-W-D-D.