Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024

Result

Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Brentford lost to Nottingham Forest 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ola Aina opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Brentford did not score. Nottingham Forest scored through Ola Aina (38') and Anthony Elanga (51').

Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 23 points from 16 and Nottingham Forest 4th on 28 points from 16. Brentford went on to finish that season 10th with 56 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 65.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford (7.8), level with Ola Aina (7.8).

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

Going into the match Brentford's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Nottingham Forest's W-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 38'Goal · Ola AinaNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Ben MeeBrentford
  • 51'Goal · Anthony ElangaNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest
  • 57'Yellow card · Yoane WissaBrentford
  • 79'Yellow card · Jota SilvaNottingham Forest
  • 84'Yellow card · Nicolás DomínguezNottingham Forest
  • 87'Yellow card · Mikkel DamsgaardBrentford

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Brentford 2, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Flekken, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Ben Mee, Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Nørgaard, Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Kevin Schade

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

Matz Sels, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Morato, Ola Aina, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, Neco Williams, Anthony Elanga, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood