Premier League 2025/26 Matchweek 1 - Nottingham Forest vs Brentford

Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Brentford

Nottingham Forest made a flying start to the match.

An early corner kick for Nottingham Forest, and the ball falls to Chris Wood to give Nottingham Forest the lead.

A half chance for Yehor Yarmoliuk, but Matz Sels gets down well to make the save.

A brilliant cross for Nottingham Forest into the box, and Dan Ndoye scores with a headed goal for his debut.

Brentford lose the ball in the middle of the park, and an outstanding pass from Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood through on goal, and he doesn’t hesitate to add another goal to the tally.

Nottingham Forest dominated the second half as they did in the first half.

Callum Hudson-Odoi with a strike, but straight at the keeper.

Brentford with a corner and a scramble in the penalty area, and a handball from Ibrahim Sangare to give away a penalty.

Igor Thiago converts the penalty to give Brentford a consolation goal.

Nottingham Forest looks like they are continuing from where they left off last season. Keeping Morgan Gibbs-White could be key to how they do this season.

Brentford struggled, having lost their manager, Thomas Frank and their best players, Bryan Mbuemio and Christian Norgaard.

Yoane Wissa is looking likely to leave the club; it could be a long season for Brentford.