The football match Nottingham vs Brentford took place at 20:00 on August 17 within the first round of the English Premier League. Bongdaplus analyzes forces information, expected squad, house odds, and prediction.
Nottingham vs Brentford performance analysis
Despite having a breakthrough campaign, winning tickets to the European Cup after a long time of waiting for the target in the 7th place, Nottingham still had a bit of regret about the nearly Champions League. However, after winning the right to return to the Premier League playground in 2022, Forest was able to try on many fronts this season.
So far, coach Nuno Espirito Santo has retained most of his key players and because Crystal Palace was unlucky, Tricky Trees was able to participate in the Europa League instead of the Conference League. However, the most important thing is that Forest wants to strengthen his new position is one of the top candidates, starting by making City Ground a fortress again.
However, the pre-season period was not easy with Nottingham, when the Midlands Club almost did not score any goals and did not win any victory, ending with two 0-0 draws in a row last week.
On the opposite yard, Brentford's successful dynasty under Thomas Frank ended when the Danish strategist moved to lead Tottenham. The Bees also lost the important star, striker Bryan Mbeumo, captain Christian Norgaard and goalkeeper Mark Flekken. However, the new coach Keith Andrews has the first days of relatively successful with the 3 -match unbeaten match (2 draws, 1 win).
Nottingham vs Brentford forces information
Nottingham only absent Nicolas Dominguez due to injury. Meanwhile, Vitaly Janelt will be absent in Brentford and the ability to play Kevin Schade as well as new goalkeeper, CaoMhin Kelleher are still open.
Expected squad Nottingham vs Brentford
- Nottingham (4-2-3-1): SEels; Cute, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; NDoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood.
- Brentford (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van Den Berg, Henry; Jensen, Henderson; Carvalho, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter; Thiago.
The house of Nottingham vs Brentford
- Faint goals: The last 3/4 matches of Brentford and 6/7 friendly matches at the beginning of Nottingham's season have a maximum of 2 phases as a table. 2 matches last season also had only 2 goals scored.
- Maximum 1 goal: The last 9 consecutive matches of Brentford ended the first half with at least 1 goal. The history of confrontation also witnessed the last 8/10 matches met with at least 1 goal before the break.
- Brentford won the Asian rafters: Nottingham entered this match with a circuit of 5 consecutive matches losing Asian rafters. The history of confrontation witnessed Nottingham lost 5, drew 2 and only had 1 victory over Brentford.
Football expert predicts Nottingham vs Brentford
Jonathan O'SheaBetfair's data analyst said: “The unimpressive season of the season shows that Forest may need time to integrate, while their counterattack play can bring advantage to Brentford. Despite being subject to the departure of the pillars, The Bees still have many other quality players in the squad, so they may return home with 1 point.”
Gold statistics Nottingham vs Brentford
The Brentford players lost only 2 of the last 10 guests at City Ground, winning 6 times. Moreover, The Bees has not lost any English Premier League since the highest rank in England in 2021, each match scored 2 goals.
Bongdaplus predicts the score of Nottingham vs Brentford
The Brentford players will come to City Ground with a lot of work after the fluctuations in the summer and the new coach Keith Andrews will be under pressure immediately. Even so, the belief for the visitors is still very large.
Prediction: 1-1