Nott’m Forest

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Brentford

Matchday 1

Premier League / Season 2025/2026 / Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 16:00

Venue: The City Ground
Attendance:  29,949
Referee:  Peter Bankes
  • Wood 5'
  • Ndoye 42' Gibbs-White 42' (Assist)
  • Wood 45+2' Anderson 45+2' (Assist)
⚽
  • Thiago 78' (Pen)
  • N.Williams 53'
🟨
  • Collins 52'
  • Hickey 90'

Lineups

Nottingham Forest

Formation 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper
26 Matz Sels
Defenders
34 Ola Aina
31 Nikola Milenković
5 Murillo Costa dos Santos
3 Neco Williams 🟨
Midfielders
6 Ibrahim Sangaré
8 Elliot Anderson 🅰
14 Dan Ndoye ⚽ 🔽 79'
10 Morgan Gibbs-White C 🅰 🔽 84'
7 Callum Hudson-Odoi
Forwards
11 Chris Wood ⚽×2 🔽 79'

Coach Nuno Espírito Santo

Substitutes

Goalkeeper
18 Angus Gunn
Defenders
4 Felipe Rodrigues da Silva
23 Jair Paula da Cunha Filho
30 Willy Boly
44 Zach Abbott
Midfielders
22 Ryan Yates 🔼 84'
Forwards
9 Taiwo Awoniyi
19 Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz 🔼 79'
20 João Pedro Ferreira da Silva 🔼 79'

Brentford

Formation 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper
1 Caoimhín Kelleher
Defenders
33 Michael Kayode
22 Nathan Collins C 🟨
4 Sepp van den Berg
3 Rico Henry 🔽 88'
Midfielders
18 Yehor Yarmoliuk
8 Mathias Jensen 🔽 69'
23 Keane Lewis-Potter 🔽 69'
17 Antoni Milambo 🔽 45'
14 Fábio Freitas Gouveia Carvalho
Forwards
9 Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues ⚽

Coach Keith Andrews

Substitutes

Goalkeeper
12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
Defenders
2 Aaron Hickey 🔼 88' 🟨
20 Kristoffer Ajer
30 Mads Roerslev Rasmussen
43 Benjamin Arthur
Midfielders
6 Jordan Henderson 🔼 69'
7 Kevin Schade 🔼 45'
15 Frank Onyeka 🔼 69'
25 Myles Peart-Harris
Forwards

Stats

Possession

54.4% Possession 45.6%
1.83 XG 1.49
417 Total Passes 346
342 Accurate Passes 270
82.00% Pass Accuracy 78.00%
54 Long Passes 44
18 Long Accurate Passes 14
33.00% Long Pass Accuracy 32.00%
3 Through Balls 0
2 Through Balls Completed 0
67.0% Through Balls Completed Percentage 0.0%
613 Touches 533
25 Touches in the opposition box 19

Attacking

11 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
4 Shots off Target 4
0 Shots inside the Box 1
5 Shots outside the Box 3
0 Hit Woodwork 0
2 Big Chances 1
4 Big Chances Created 0
24 Total Crosses 16
21.00% Crosses Accuracy 19.00%
5 Corners 5

Defending

7 Tackles Won 6
58.0% Tackles Won Percentage 30.0%
5 Blocks 5
9 Interceptions 5
24 Clearances 27
2 Saves 2

Physical

15 Total Dribbles 14
9 Successful Dribbles 7
53 Duels Won 48
20 Aerial Duels Won 16
104.83 km Distance Covered 108.72 km

Discipline

1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
7 Fouls Committed 15
2 Offsides 0