Nottingham Forest 1-3 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2020

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Nottingham Forest · Brentford · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 1-3 Brentford: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Brentford 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Henrik Dalsgaard opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Joe Worrall (90+2'). Brentford scored through Henrik Dalsgaard (15'), Josh Dasilva (83') and Ivan Toney (88').

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

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 22nd on 13 points from 17 and Brentford 7th on 28 points from 17. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Brentford 2nd with 93.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mathias Jensen of Brentford (7.7), ahead of David Raya (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Henrik DalsgaardBrentford · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Tobias FigueiredoNottingham Forest
  • 64'Yellow card · Brice SambaNottingham Forest
  • 64'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyBrentford
  • 79'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertNottingham Forest
  • 81'Yellow card · David RayaBrentford
  • 83'Goal · Josh DasilvaBrentford · 0-2
  • 88'Goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 0-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Joe WorrallNottingham Forest · 1-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Vitaly JaneltBrentford
  • 90+5'Second yellow · Anthony KnockaertNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Yates, Joe Lolley, Cafú, Harry Arter, Sammy Ameobi, Lyle Taylor

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ethan Pinnock, Mads Bech Sørensen, Rico Henry, Emiliano Marcondes, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, Tariqe Fosu-Henry