Nottingham Forest vs Brentford Prediction, 8:00 p.m. August 17: Goal Party

TPO - Football analysis Nottingham vs Brentford, round 1 Premier League 2025/26 - information on forces, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. The liberal playing style of Nottingham Forest and Brentford promises to create a match with many goals.

Gibbs-White stays to fight with Nottingham.

Prediction before Nottingham vs Brentford match

Nottingham and Brentford went through the 2025 summer transfer window in quite similar circumstances. Nottingham sold star Elanga to Newcastle, earning more than €60 million. Then, Nottingham spent €43 million to buy Hutchinson, then continued to spend €42 million to own Dan Ndoye.

Including James McAtee, Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha, Nottingham spent nearly 150 million euros on the transfer market. This is the sweet fruit of Nottingham after a good season, qualifying for the Europa League 2025/26. Participating in the European Cup allows Nottingham to expand its budget and spend lavishly, promising to enter the new season with a transformation.

Brentford parted ways with star number 1 Mbeumo, earning 75 million euros. They used the huge amount of money from the Mbeumo deal to recruit Outtara (42.8 million euros), Milambo (20 million euros), Kayode (17.5 million euros) and goalkeeper Kelleher (14.8 million euros). Brentford also went all out to strengthen the squad, aiming at the goal of at least successfully avoiding relegation.

For Brentford, losing a star like Mbeumo is not a big deal. The club's biggest loss after the 2024/25 season is the loss of coach Thomas Frank, who has led Brentford since 2018, helping the club gain promotion to the Premier League. Since the 2021/22 season, under coach Frank, Brentford has maintained its presence in the league and at times has been considered a "deception" of major clubs.

Nottingham is predicted to be the team with the most chances of winning when hosting Brentford. Nottingham has a much better quality squad. Nottingham has the home field advantage. Meanwhile, Brentford is predicted to have a club shake-up in the early stages of coach Keith Andrews taking the "hot seat".

Form, head to head record Nottingham vs Brentford

In the 2024/25 season, Nottingham were defeated 0-2 at home by Brentford. Then, when visiting Brentford, Nottingham got revenge with a 2-0 victory. Before hosting Brentford tonight, Nottingham had a series of poor results at home. They only got one point in their last 4 home matches, which is an alarming statistic for Nottingham.

In the last 10 away matches at Nottingham, Brentford have only lost 2. This is the basis for Brentford fans to believe in a good result in tonight's match. In addition, since being promoted to the 2021/22 season, Brentford have not lost in the first round of the Premier League.

Nottingham vs Brentford squad information

Both clubs have their strongest squads for this match. The highlight of both clubs' lineups is the return of veteran midfielder Jordan Henderson. Previously, Henderson left Feyenoord to join Brentford on a free transfer.

Expected lineup:

Nottingham: Sels; Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood.

Brentford: Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Henry; Jensen, Henderson; Carvalho, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter; Thiago.

Score prediction: Nottingham 2-0 Brentford.

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