Nottingham Forest vs Brentford LIVE: Bees look to end winless run in sole Sunday fixture– kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Nottingham Forest host Brentford in the sole Premier League fixture to accompany the final day of the Ryder Cup this afternoon.
Both teams are hoping to bounce back from defeats last time out with just a point separating the Tricky Trees in 12th and the Bees one place below them.
Steve Cooper's Forest suffered a 2-0 defeat against 10-man Manchester City while Brentford were stunned 3-1 by Everton.
The hosts enter this weekend's meeting fully rested as Thomas Frank's men crashed out of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 loss to Arsenal.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford: How to follow
This Premier League game will take place on Sunday, October 1.
Kick-off at the City Ground is scheduled for 2pm.
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The match will be broadcast on Sky Sports Premier League, with their coverage to begin at 1:30pm.
Sky Go customers will be able to stream the match through their laptops or mobile devices.
Alternatively, fans can purchase a one-day NOW TV membership for £11.98 or a monthly one for £34.99 a month.
talkSPORT will have updates throughout the afternoon and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction as well.
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Nottingham Forest vs Brentford: Team news
Nottingham Forest XI: Turner, Aurier, Boly, Niakhate, Murillo, Sangare, Mangala, Elanga, Dominguez, Hudson-Odoi, Awoniyi.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Montiel, Toffolo, Worrall, Kouyate, Santos, Wood, Origi, Gibbs-White.
Brentford XI: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Hickey, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Lewis-Potter, Mbuemo, Wissa.
Subs: Strakosha, Zanka, Brierley, Yarmoliuk, Onyeka, Roerslev, Maupay, Ghoddos, Olakigbe.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford: Match facts
- Brentford’s Mathias Jensen has scored two goals in his last three Premier League appearances, after not scoring in his 13 league games before that. All seven of his Premier League goals have been scored in home games, with only Clive Wilson (9), Ronny Johnsen (8), and Jeff Kenna (8) scoring more goals without ever netting away from home in the competition’s history.
- Taiwo Awoniyi has been directly involved in nine goals in his 10 home Premier League starts for Nottingham Forest (7 goals, 2 assists), either scoring or assisting in eight of those matches, including the last five in a row (4 goals, 2 assists).
- Only Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández (13) has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White (12). He did, however, score in this exact fixture last season, giving Forest a 1-0 lead in a 2-2 draw in November.
- No side has received more yellow cards in the Premier League this season than Nottingham Forest (21), with seven of those coming against Man City. It was only the second time in the last six seasons a side has received 7+ yellow cards in a top-flight game, along with Aston Villa against Brighton in November 2022, while it was a record total for Forest in a Premier League game.
- Since they joined the Premier League in 2021-22, Brentford have attempted the most long passes in the Premier League (4,993), while their goalkeeper, Mark Flekken, has made the joint-most successful long passes in the division so far this season (51).
- Nottingham Forest have completed the third-fewest passes in the Premier League this season (1,526), and the fewest of any side who isn’t newly promoted to the division. They did, however, complete 354 passes against Man City last time out, only two fewer than they managed across both games against the Citizens last season (356).
- Brentford are winless in four Premier League matches (D2 L2), having won four of their previous five games before this run (D1), and have lost their last two, against Newcastle and Everton. The Bees last suffered three league defeats in a row in April.
- Nottingham Forest have lost just two of their last 17 home Premier League matches (W8 D7), with defeats against Newcastle in March and Man Utd in April.
- Brentford have won five of their last eight away league games against Nottingham Forest (D1 L2), drawing 2-2 in their only previous top-flight visit to the City Ground last season.
- Nottingham Forest are winless in their last four league games against Brentford (D2 L2), having won three in a row against the Bees before this.
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