In this week 7 match, on Sunday Oct 1st, Nottingham Forest will host Brentford in a clash of the Premier League. In their last match, 12th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 0-2 loss against Manchester City. Phil Foden struck first for Manchester City in the 7th minute, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Matheus Nunes In the end, Nottingham Forest couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while brentford is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Everton. Abdoulaye Doucouré struck first for Everton in the 6th minute on a feed from James Tarkowski, then Mathias Jensen tied it up for Brentford in the 28th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Brentford won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Bryan Mbeumo. The French attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Nottingham Forest’s most prolific scorer has been Taiwo Awoniyi. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Harry Toffolo, Anthony Elanga, Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira and Wayne Hennessey, while Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Mikkel Damsgaard, Shandon Baptiste, Ben Mee, Ivan Toney, Joshua Da Silva, Rico Henry and Kevin Schade.