Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2024

Result

Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Brentford won against Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Danilo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Brentford's goals came from Ivan Toney (19'), Ben Mee (58') and Neal Maupay (68'). Nottingham Forest scored through Danilo (3') and Chris Wood (65').

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 17th on 19 points from 19 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 20 points from 20. Brentford went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Brentford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Mee of Brentford (8.0), ahead of Ivan Toney (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 2 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

3'Goal · DaniloNottingham Forest · 0-1
18'Yellow card · Orel MangalaNottingham Forest
19'Goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 1-1
51'Yellow card · DaniloNottingham Forest
54'Yellow card · Gonzalo MontielNottingham Forest
58'Goal · Ben MeeBrentford · 2-1
65'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 2-2
66'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyBrentford
68'Goal · Neal MaupayBrentford · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Brentford 1, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Nottingham Forest 1-1 BrentfordPremier League · 1 Oct 2023
Brentford 2-1 Nottingham ForestPremier League · 29 Apr 2023
Nottingham Forest 2-2 BrentfordPremier League · 5 Nov 2022

Team news

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Rico HenryBrentford · injury (Knee Injury)
Emmanuel DennisNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Aaron HickeyBrentford · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Ryan TrevittBrentford · injury (Ankle Surgery)
Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Surgery)
Christian NørgaardBrentford · injury (Foot Injury)
Yoane WissaBrentford · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Ji-soo KimBrentford · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Frank OnyekaBrentford · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Saman GhoddosBrentford · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Serge AurierNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Ui-jo HwangNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Yunus KonakBrentford · injury (Tendon Rupture)
Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Willy BolyNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Moussa NiakhatéNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Cheikhou KouyatéNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Ola AinaNottingham Forest · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Bryan MbeumoBrentford · injury (Ankle Injury)
Kevin SchadeBrentford · injury (Adductor Injury)

Brentford line-up (3-5-2)

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

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

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