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Brentford vs Nottingham Forest is a Premier League matchup shaped by changing levels of control rather than a fixed home pattern. Brentford won 2–0 at the City Ground on 1 May 2025, yet Forest answered with 3–1 at home on 17 August 2025 and 2–0 at the Gtech on 25 January 2026. The sequence keeps the pairing competitive and gives future meetings a clear question: which side turns territory into decisive moments?
Past matches, Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Brentford
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12G
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2D
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4D
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5D
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6M
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11F
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19F
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23F
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45M
Nottingham Forest Substitutes
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G
18
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D
4
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F
9
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F
14
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F
21
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M
22
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M
24
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F
29
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D
37
Match events
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12'⚽Igor Jesus Normal Goal
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37'S. van den Berg K. Ajer
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37'D. Ouattara M. Damsgaard
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61'O. Hutchinson N. Dominguez
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66'Yehor Yarmolyuk Yellow Card
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67'A. Hickey R. Henry
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68'T. Awoniyi Igor Jesus
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79'⚽T. Awoniyi Normal Goal (Asst: M. Gibbs-White)
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81'J. Henderson Y. Yarmolyuk
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81'K. Lewis-Potter M. Kayode
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87'Morato C. Hudson-Odoi
Stats for this game
Matchup Brentford VS Nottingham Forest
A pairing that resists venue assumptions
Brentford’s 2–0 victory at the City Ground on 1 May 2025 showed that the Bees could impose a result on Forest’s ground. Forest reversed that scoreline’s direction on 17 August 2025, winning 3–1 at the same venue. Two dated matches at one stadium therefore point to a changeable contest rather than a simple home advantage. The scores establish results, while the broader profile is understood through that ability to shift the outcome.
Forest added an away answer
Nottingham Forest then won 2–0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on 25 January 2026. That result gives Forest the clearer edge in the cited 2025–26 meetings, but Brentford’s earlier away win keeps the matchup from becoming one-sided. The interesting question for another meeting is whether Brentford can again impose themselves at the City Ground, or whether Forest can keep translating its response into points at either venue. The pairing remains useful because a new result can test both the hierarchy and the influence of location without requiring a fixed script.