Brentford and Nottingham Forest are going to face on Saturday the 20th of January at 5:30 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium. The chosen referee is Darren England.
Brentford occupies the 16th position in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Brentford lost the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 2nd of December against Luton Town and the score was 3-1.
Nottingham Forest is in the 15th place in the table with 20 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (10 times or 52.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 5-3-2 (3 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Mark Flekken, Sergio Reguilón, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Kristoffer Ajer, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Keane Lewis-Potter, Neal Maupay and Ivan Toney .
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Brentford would be 28.00.
Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, Saman Ghoddos, Christian Nørgaard, Frank Onyeka, Bryan Mbeumo, Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 35.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: Matt Turner, Harry Toffolo, Murillo, Andrew Omobamidele, Gonzalo Montiel, Danilo, Orel Mangala, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Nicolás Domínguez, Ryan Yates and Chris Wood.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Nottingham Forest would be 26.27.
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo will probably not be able to employ Felipe and Divock Origi because of injury.
Ola Aina, Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Moussa Niakhaté, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ibrahim Sangaré and Taiwo Awoniyi will definitely miss the match.
