Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2021

Result

Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Brentford drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ivan Toney opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Brentford's goal came from Ivan Toney (12', penalty). Nottingham Forest scored through Filip Krovinovic (63').

Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 4th on 67 points from 36 and Nottingham Forest 18th on 41 points from 37. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 93 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.

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 Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford (7.8), level with Ivan Toney (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Alex MightenNottingham Forest
  • 26'Yellow card · Vitaly JaneltBrentford
  • 35'Yellow card · Henrik DalsgaardBrentford
  • 63'Goal · Filip KrovinovicNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · CafúNottingham Forest
  • 78'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · Tobias FigueiredoNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · Emiliano MarcondesBrentford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brentford 6, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

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Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Pontus Jansson, Winston Reid, Mads Bech Sørensen, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Sergi Canós

Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brice Samba, Tobias Figueiredo, Cyrus Christie, Joe Worrall, James Garner, Cafú, Luke Freeman, Sammy Ameobi, Anthony Knockaert