Thursday , 2 July 2026

Brentford FC vs Nottingham Forest FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2020-21
Brentford FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Nottingham Forest FC
Sat 20 Mar 2021 · 12:30 UTC Brentford Community Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'
Y 25' Alexander Mighten
Vitaly Janelt 26' Y
Henrik Dalsgaard 35' Y
Y 67' Cafu
Y 78' Sammy Ameobi
Y 90' Tobias Figueiredo
Emiliano Hansen 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Brentford FC vs Nottingham Forest FC — Championship at Brentford Community Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Steve Martin
  • Referee Simon Beck
  • Referee Graham Scott
  • Referee Richard West

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Coventry City FC 46 95
2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84
3 Millwall FC 46 83
4 Southampton FC 46 80
5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80
6 Hull City AFC 46 73
7 Wrexham AFC 46 71
8 Derby County FC 46 69
9 Norwich City FC 46 65
10 Birmingham City FC 46 64
11 Swansea City AFC 46 64
12 Bristol City FC 46 62
13 Sheffield United FC 46 60
14 Preston North End FC 46 60
15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58
16 Watford FC 46 57
17 Stoke City FC 46 55
18 Portsmouth FC 46 55
19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53
20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52
21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51
22 Oxford United FC 46 47
23 Leicester City FC 46 46
24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0

Head-to-Head

5
3
6
Brentford FC 14 games · Avg 2.7 goals Nottingham Forest FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-03-20 Brentford FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2020-12-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–3 Brentford FC 2020-01-28 Brentford FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2019-10-05 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Brentford FC 2019-02-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–1 Brentford FC

Recent Form

Brentford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Mar Nottingham Forest FC H 1–1 D
16 Mar Derby County FC A 2–2 D
12 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–0 W
03 Mar Norwich City FC A 0–1 L
27 Feb Stoke City FC H 2–1 W
24 Feb Sheffield Wednesday FC H 3–0 W
Nottingham Forest FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Mar Brentford FC A 1–1 D
17 Mar Norwich City FC H 0–2 L
13 Mar Reading FC H 1–1 D
06 Mar Watford FC A 0–1 L
02 Mar Luton Town FC H 0–1 L
26 Feb Derby County FC A 1–1 D

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Nottingham Forest FC gets underway.
  • 5' James Garner has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 10' France international Brice Samba has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 12' Brentford FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ivan Toney on 12.
  • 17' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Brentford FC and Nottingham Forest FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 22' Mathias Jensen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 12 goals in his last 320 appearances.
  • 25' Nottingham Forest FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 26' Vitaly Janelt is having his name booked by the referee on 26.
  • 31' It’s high time Thomas Frank made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' Poor challenge from Henrik Dalsgaard. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 40' A quiet spell here at Brentford Community Stadium. Nottingham Forest FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 45' Yuri Ribeiro is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nottingham Forest FC tonight.
  • 50' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Brentford FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 55' Vitaly Janelt needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 60' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 63' Brilliant from the ! Filip Krovinovic makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 63.
  • 66' The supporters are chanting for Yuri Ribeiro. He replaces Gaetan Bong on 66 minute.
  • 67' Cafu picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 70' Saman Ghoddoos is replacing Vitaly Janelt for the Brentford FC side.
  • 75' Brentford FC have won 506 goals from 344 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 77' The supporters are chanting for Tariqe Fosu. He replaces Bryan Mbeumo on 77 minute.
  • 78' Sammy Ameobi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 78.
  • 81' Glenn Murray is replacing Lewis Grabban for the Nottingham Forest FC side.
  • 86' Emiliano Hansen gets the nod from Brentford FC. He replaces Mathias Jensen and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Tobias Figueiredo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Brentford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thomas Frank

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Hughton

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ivan Toney 4
Yoane Wissa 2
Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira 2
Josh Dasilva 2
Kevin Schade 1
Sergi Canos 1
Ben Watson 1
Joe Lolley 1

Head to Head

2021-03-20 Brentford FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2020-12-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–3 Brentford FC 2020-01-28 Brentford FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC 2019-10-05 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Brentford FC 2019-02-09 Nottingham Forest FC 2–1 Brentford FC

Brentford FC Form

2021-03-20 Brentford FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D 2021-03-16 Derby County FC 2–2 Brentford FC D 2021-03-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Brentford FC W 2021-03-03 Norwich City FC 1–0 Brentford FC L 2021-02-27 Brentford FC 2–1 Stoke City FC W 2021-02-24 Brentford FC 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W

Nottingham Forest FC Form

2021-03-20 Brentford FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D 2021-03-17 Nottingham Forest FC 0–2 Norwich City FC L 2021-03-13 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2021-03-06 Watford FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-03-02 Nottingham Forest FC 0–1 Luton Town FC L 2021-02-26 Derby County FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.29 Brentford FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1 Nottingham Forest FC xG
I would bet for: Brentford FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Brentford FC44% Draw29% Nottingham Forest FC27%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.29
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Brentford FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Nottingham Forest FC
56%
Brentford FC or Nottingham Forest FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Brentford FC29% Draw51% Nottingham Forest FC20%
Actual: Brentford FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
12.4%
1 – 0
11.9%
0 – 1
9%
2 – 1
8.1%
2 – 0
8.1%
1 – 2
6.3%
0 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.2%
3 – 1
3.5%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Brentford FC

Handicap Brentford FC covers Push Nottingham Forest FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 22% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 17% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Brentford FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.