NOTTINGHAM. Brentford and Nottingham Forest draw 1-1. C. Nörgaard scored the first goal (58′) for Brentford. N. Domínguez made it even (65′). Brentford was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 29,004 spectators.​ The referee was Paul Tierney with the help of Neil Davies and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Darren England. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.7 degrees Celsius or 67.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brentford was in firm control of the ball 59% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Brentford to win the encounter​.

Nottingham Forest shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brentford shot 18 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (Ibrahim Sangaré and Moussa Niakhaté). Talking about the opposition, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (Aaron Hickey and Frank Onyeka).

Standings

After this match, Nottingham Forest will have 8 points like Fulham to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Brentford will have 7 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will host Luton Town on the 21st of October with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Luton Town (2 draws).

Brentford will host Burnley on the 21st of October with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Matt Turner (7.1), Serge Aurier (6.7), Willy Boly (7.9), Murillo (7.9), Moussa Niakhaté (6.1), Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangaré (7.3), Orel Mangala (7.3), Nicolás Domínguez (8.1), Anthony Elanga (7.0), Taiwo Awoniyi (7.0) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Morgan Gibbs-White (7.5), Joe Worrall, Cheikhou Kouyaté (6.6), Chris Wood (6.1), Andrey Santos, Harry Toffolo (7.1), Odysseas Vlachodimos, Divock Origi (7.0) and Gonzalo Montiel.

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of Morgan Gibbs-White (injured) and Divock Origi (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Callum Hudson-Odoi for Harry Toffolo (60′), Ibrahim Sangaré for Cheikhou Kouyaté (77′), Anthony Elanga for Morgan Gibbs-White (61′), Nicolás Domínguez for Divock Origi (80′) and Taiwo Awoniyi for Chris Wood (81′).

Best player: Nicolás Domínguez​

The most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Nicolás Domínguez.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.

Brentford – Formation

Also Brentford adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Thomas Frank played with: Mark Flekken (6.6), Kristoffer Ajer (7.0), Nathan Collins (7.1), Ethan Pinnock (7.7), Aaron Hickey (6.3), Mathias Jensen (7.3), Christian Nörgaard (7.5), Vitaly Janelt (7.3), Bryan Mbeumo (7.5), Yoane Wissa (6.8), Keane Lewis-Potter (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Mads Roerslev (7.0), Neal Maupay (6.7), Zanka, Saman Ghoddos (7.0), Frank Onyeka (7.3), Thomas Strakosha, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Michael Olakigbe (6.8) and Ethan Brierley.

Substitutions

Brentford made 4 changes: Aaron Hickey for Saman Ghoddos (69′), Kristoffer Ajer for Mads Roerslev (89′), Keane Lewis-Potter for Neal Maupay (75′) and Mathias Jensen for Frank Onyeka (69′).

Best player: Ethan Pinnock​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was Ethan Pinnock.

His rating is (7.7) with 78 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Nottingham Forest – Brentford – 1-1