Brentford welcome relegation-battling Nottingham Forest in a huge Premier League clash.
Victory could lift Brentford as high as fourth if Chelsea fail to win elsewhere, whilst 17th-placed Forest can move five points clear of the relegation zone with a win.
Team News
Brentford will welcome Jordan Henderson (ankle) and Frank Onyeka (international duty) back into contention, as they otherwise have no fresh injury concerns after their 2-0 loss at Chelsea.
Fabio Carvalho, Josh Dasilva and Antoni Milambo (all ACL) remain sidelined.
Forest could be without Igor Jesus after he suffered a hip injury during their 1-0 Europa League defeat at Braga.
Murillo (hamstring) is a doubt but John Victor and Chris Wood (both knee) are still ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Brentford host Forest at Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday 25 January at 2pm GMT, live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Brentford have lost two of their seven previous Premier League meetings against Forest (W3, D2, L2).
- Forest have won one of their three previous Premier League trips to Brentford (W1, L2).
- Two of Brentford’s last three meetings against Forest ended in 2-0 results – of which both teams took a win apiece whilst Forest won their recent clash by a 3-1 result.
- Brentford are yet to concede at home since the turn of 2026 (W1, D1), having drawn 0-0 against Tottenham then thrashed Sunderland 3-0 earlier in January.
- Three of Morgan Gibbs-White’s five league goals for Forest this season were scored away from home.
Prediction
Having lacked their usual final touches in their defeat at Chelsea last weekend despite their attacking dominance, Brentford just need to reset and bring more composure because they’re are currently in strong form and really simply hit an off-day so this is an immediate chance to respond.
Forest meanwhile are now under pressure following West Ham’s resurgence but were simply wasteful to lose to a Braga team who couldn’t even get a shot on target – yet won through an own-goal, so a huge improvement is required if they’re to win here.
I however just think that Brentford will have too much quality for Forest’s shaky defence, but Sean Dyche’s Tricky Trees really need to start finding form if want to keep out of the bottom three soon.
Prediction: Brentford 2-0 Forest
Result: Brentford 0-2 Forest
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