Premier League · Sun 17 Aug 2025 · The City Ground
- Chris Wood 5'
- Dan Ndoye 42'
- Chris Wood 45+3'
- Igor Thiago 78' (pen)
The story
Nottingham Forest beat Brentford 3-1 at The City Ground in the Premier League, gameweek 1.
Nottingham Forest's goals came from Chris Wood (5', 45+3') and Dan Ndoye (42'); Igor Thiago (78', pen) replied for Brentford.
It was 3-0 at half-time.
Nottingham Forest had 55% of the ball and 11 shots to Brentford's 10.
Match stats
Key moments
- 5' Chris Wood Goal · Nottingham Forest 1-0
- 42' Dan Ndoye Goal · Nottingham Forest 2-0 Assist: Morgan Gibbs-White
- 45+3' Chris Wood Goal · Nottingham Forest 3-0 Assist: Elliot Anderson
- 78' Igor Thiago Penalty · Brentford 3-1
Line-ups
Nottingham Forest
- Matz SelsGoalkeeper
- Nikola MilenkovicDefender
- Ola AinaDefender
- Neco WilliamsDefender
- MurilloDefender
- Morgan Gibbs-Whiteoff 84'Midfielder
- Ibrahim SangaréMidfielder
- Elliot AndersonMidfielder
- Dan Ndoyeoff 79'Forward
- Callum Hudson-OdoiForward
- Chris Woodoff 79'Forward
Brentford
- Caoimhin KelleherGoalkeeper
- Nathan CollinsDefender
- Michael KayodeDefender
- Rico Henryoff 88'Defender
- Sepp van den BergDefender
- Mathias Jensenoff 69'Midfielder
- Yegor YarmolyukMidfielder
- Fabio CarvalhoMidfielder
- Antoni Milambooff 46'Midfielder
- Keane Lewis-Potteroff 69'Forward
- Igor ThiagoForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (7)
- 5' ⚽ Chris Wood
- 42' ⚽ Dan Ndoyeassist Morgan Gibbs-White
- 45+3' ⚽ Chris Woodassist Elliot Anderson
- 52' 🟨 Nathan Collins
- 53' 🟨 Neco Williams
- 78' ⚽ Igor Thiago (pen)
- 90' 🟨 Aaron Hickey
Head to head
2Nottingham Forest wins1Draws3Brentford wins