Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2023

Result

Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Brentford defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Danilo opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Brentford's goals came from Ivan Toney (82') and Josh Dasilva (90+4'). Nottingham Forest scored through Danilo (45+1').

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 9th on 47 points from 33 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 30 points from 33. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 59 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Dasilva of Brentford (7.6), ahead of Moussa Niakhaté (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Rico HenryBrentford
  • 34'Yellow card · FelipeNottingham Forest
  • 45+1'Goal · DaniloNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · André AyewNottingham Forest
  • 82'Goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 1-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Josh DasilvaBrentford · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Brentford 0, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Aaron Hickey, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Rico Henry, Mikkel Damsgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Kevin Schade

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

Keylor Navas, Joe Worrall, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Moussa Niakhaté, Serge Aurier, Orel Mangala, Danilo, Renan Lodi, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi