Brentford vs Nott'm Forest

21 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ola Aina 38’
  • Anthony Elanga 51’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest took a 2-0 win at Brentford. Nott'm Forest led 1-0 at half-time.

Ola Aina put Nott'm Forest ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Neco Williams and Anthony Elanga made it 0-2 in the 51st minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brentford created 0.77 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Nott'm Forest 0.96 from 10.

Match stats

Brentford Nott'm Forest
7 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 6
9 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.77 xG 0.96
0.77 Non-penalty xG 0.96
11 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brentford Nott'm Forest
Kick-off
38’
Ola Aina
Assist: Neco Williams0-1 (Nott'm Forest)
Half-time0-1
51’
Anthony Elanga0-2 (Nott'm Forest)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brentford
  • Ben Mee
  • Mikkel Damsgaard
  • Yoane Wissa
Nott'm Forest
  • Murillo
  • Morgan Gibbs-White
  • Nicolás Domínguez
  • Jota Silva

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.77 0.96 38’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), 0-1 38’ 51’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), 0-2 51’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.77 0.96 38’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), 0-1 Aina 38’ 51’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), 0-2 Elanga 51’
Brentford 0.77 xGNott'm Forest 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nott'm Forest attacking Brentford attacking 
62’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 70’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 56’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 4’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 38’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 18’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 46’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 8’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 58’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Neco Williams (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 70’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 56’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 21’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 38’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 4’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 18’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 51’ Anthony Elanga (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 46’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 8’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 58’ Nikola Milenkovic (Nott'm Forest), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Neco Williams (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mark Flekken GK900 0.000.000
Kristoffer Ajer DEF682 0.430.000
Nathan Collins DEF900 0.000.000
Ben Mee DEF900 0.000.000
Keane Lewis-Potter DEF900 0.000.000
Christian Nørgaard MID901 0.050.000
Mikkel Damsgaard MID901 0.090.000
Vitaly Janelt MID680 0.000.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD901 0.040.483
Yoane Wissa FWD901 0.100.091
Kevin Schade FWD821 0.050.000
Mads Roerslev Sub220 0.000.000
Paris Maghoma Sub220 0.000.000
Fabio Carvalho Sub80 0.000.000
Yunus Konak Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 38% Avg odds 2.49
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.58
Nott'm Forest win 35% Avg odds 2.75

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brentford DWLWL
Nott'm Forest LWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 3-2 Nott'm Forest, 20 Jan 24 Next meeting: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Brentford, 01 May 25  All Brentford vs Nott'm Forest meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.