Premier League Round 9 2026-10-31 · 15:00 UTC scheduled
Brentford (home)
VS Gtech Community Stadium, London
Nottingham Forest (away)
Prediction
44% Brentford (home)
29% Draw
27% Nottingham Forest (away)
Expected goals 1.57 — 1.21 Over 2.5 goals: 53% Both teams to score: 56%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Brentford Nottingham Forest
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.371.95
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.621.18
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 68
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 8.7 13.2
Matches in the last 7 days 12
Matches in the next 7 days 11
Travel to this match (km) 251117

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest: what the data says

Home last five: 1.20 points, 1.40 xG for, 1.80 against per game. Away: 0.80 / 1.89 / 1.29.

BrentfordNottingham Forest
1.80 Goals per match 0.60
10.4 Shots on target faced per match 5.8
17.4 Shots faced per match 10.0

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Brentford

  • injured Antoni Milambo return: Early November 2026
  • injured Joshua Dasilva return: About a week
  • suspended Yehor Yarmoliuk return: Late October 2026

Nottingham Forest

  • injured Igor Jesus return: Early November 2026
  • injured Neco Williams return: doubtful
  • injured Nicolò Savona return: Early November 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Brentford 11 · 4 4 draws · 7 Nottingham Forest

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-01-25Brentford 0 - 2Nottingham Forest
2025-08-17Nottingham Forest 3 - 1Brentford
2025-05-01Nottingham Forest 0 - 2Brentford
2024-12-21Brentford 0 - 2Nottingham Forest
2024-01-20Brentford 3 - 2Nottingham Forest
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Data coverage

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