Brentford vs Nottingham Forest
English Premier League, KO: 15:00 Dec 21, 2024, Gtech Community Stadium
Brentford and Nottingham Forest face off at the Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Frank’s hosts fell to a 2-1 defeat against city rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Sunday.
The Bees have since bowed out of the EFL Cup at the quarter-final stage, losing 3-1 away at Newcastle on Wednesday night.
Back at their capital headquarters this weekend, Brentford will be looking to keep up their impressive home form by overcoming Nottingham Forest.
The Tricky Trees staged a dramatic comeback to down Aston Villa 2-1 at the City Ground last Saturday evening.
That victory means Nuno Espirito Santo’s are surveying the standings from the lofty heights of fourth place ahead of this weekend’s trip to Brentford.
How the bookies view it: More home comforts for the Bees
Brentford – who have won seven of their eight Premier League home games this season – are 5/4 favourites on Boylesports.
Nottingham Forest are as big as 2/1 on Boylesports to file what would be a third Premier League win in succession, while an all square affair in west London can be backed at 9/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: History favours the hosts
Brentford can draw confidence from their recent record with Nottingham Forest. The Bees have avoided defeat in each of their four Premier League meetings with the Tricky Trees, taking top honours from each of the previous two games at this venue.
Players to watch: Mbeumo to make his mark?
Bryan Mbeumo has 10 goals and two assists to his name in the Premier League this season. The Brentford ace is 2/1 Boylesports to fire against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon.
Chris Wood is also sitting on 10 top-flight goals this season. The Nottingham Forest striker is 15/8 with Boylesports to notch this weekend and that price holds plenty of appeal considering Brentford have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their eight Premier League home games this season so far.
Predicted line-ups
Brentford will again be without injured trio Aaron Hickey, Josh Dasilva and Rico Henry, none of whom are expected back until 2025.
Anthony Elanga is pushing for a recall to the Nottingham Forest starting XI after coming off the bench to score the winner against Aston Villa last weekend.
Brentford: Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Mee, Van den Berg; Yarmolyuk, Janelt; Mbeumo, Carvalho, Lewis-Potter; Wissa
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Anything else catch the eye?
Keane Lewis-Potter warrants support to commit a minimum of one foul during this contest at 4/5 on PaddyPower.
The Brentford utility man has overstepped the mark three times across his last two Premier League appearances, not to mention he also gave away a foul against Newcastle in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.
Team news permitting, Lewis-Potter could find himself in direct battle with the aforementioned Elanga, who regularly finds himself on the receiving end or robust challenges from Nottingham Forest’s foes.
This English Premier League match between Brentford and Nottingham Forest will be played on Dec 21, 2024 and kick off at 15:00. Check below for our tipsters best Brentford vs Nottingham Forest prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
