Brentford host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Keith Andrews’s Brentford sit sixth despite only one win in their last seven league matches, while Oliver Glasner’s Forest are 18th and winless in four, with just six league goals scored all season, the joint-lowest in the division. Brentford’s only defeat this campaign came against Liverpool after they were reduced to nine men, a pattern of surrendering leads that has limited them to four draws from their last five league outings. Forest, by contrast, have failed to convert their chances, drawing 1-1 at Ipswich last weekend despite creating the better openings.
Brentford vs Nottingham Forest – Match preview and team news
- Date: Saturday, 31 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
- Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
- Referee: Darren England
- VAR: Andrew Kitchen
- Last meeting: Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest, 25 January 2026, Premier League
Team news
Brentford
Vitaly Janelt returns after serving a one-match ban, but Yehor Yarmolyuk remains out, completing a three-game suspension for his sending-off in the Liverpool defeat. Joshua Dasilva and Antoni Milambo are not expected back until early next month, while Rico Henry and Kaye Furo are targeting a return in late November or early December. Kevin Schade has carried the main attacking threat with three goals this season, with Igor Thiago netting just once up front.
Nottingham Forest
Igor Jesus and Nicolo Savona remain sidelined, while Nicolas Dominguez and Neco Williams are working their way back from a muscle injury and an elbow knock respectively. Dan Ndoye is the only Forest player to have scored more than once this season, and Liam Delap, preferred to Chris Wood up front, has managed just one league goal since his move from Chelsea.
Form
Brentford
Brentford have scored first in eight of their last 10 matches across all competitions but failed to win five of them, including four Premier League draws against Leeds, Sunderland, Bournemouth and Aston Villa.
Nottingham Forest
Forest have lost three and drawn one of their last four league games, failing to score in two of them. A win at Brentford would lift them as high as 13th.
Predicted lineups
Brentford possible starting XI (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Sangare; Ouattara, Jensen, Schade; Igor Thiago
Nottingham Forest possible starting XI (3-4-2-1): Sels; Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo; Munoz, McAtee, Schlager, Netz; Ndoye, Gibbs-White; Delap
How to watch Brentford vs Nottingham Forest?
This fixture falls in the 3pm Saturday blackout and is not being broadcast live in the UK.
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