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Nottingham Forest

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Nottingham Forest	Brentford
Shots	14 shots/match▲	11 shots/match
Shots on target	5 shots/match▲	3 shots/match
Expected goals	0.9 xG/match	1.29 xG/match▲
Possession	55%●	45%
Corners	4 corners/match	5 corners/match●
Fouls	10 fouls/match	12 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
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Nottingham Forest: 14 shots, 5 on target, 0.91 xG. Brentford: 11 shots, 3 on target, 1.27 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Nottingham Forest 0.91 xG · Brentford 1.27 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Nottingham Forest's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Nottingham Forest's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Nottingham Forest's recent record differs from the season

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Nottingham Forest's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.56 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	1.56 goals/match	1.56 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Nottingham Forest show a distinct attacking-volume record

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Nottingham Forest's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

12.2 shots/match▲ShotsNottingham Forest · Brentford11.4 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Nottingham Forest	Brentford	Baseline
Shots	12.2 shots/match	11.4 shots/match	13.4 shots/match
Shots against	14.1 shots/match	17.2 shots/match	12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Nottingham Forest

2Draws

2Brentford

21 Dec 2024Brentford — Nottingham Forest · Premier League0–2

20 Jan 2024Brentford — Nottingham Forest · Premier League3–2

1 Oct 2023Nottingham Forest — Brentford · Premier League1–1

29 Apr 2023Brentford — Nottingham Forest · Premier League2–1

5 Nov 2022Nottingham Forest — Brentford · Premier League2–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Nottingham Forest favored in 6 of 13 directional metrics · Brentford in 3 · 4 too close

1.56 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 34/34▲1.71 goals/match

1.21 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 34/341.47 goals/match

1.22 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 34/34▲1.53 xG/match

1.3 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 34/341.5 xG/match

12.2 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 34/3411.4 shots/match

14.1 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 34/3417.2 shots/match

4.44 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 34/34▲4.68 shots/match

4.71 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 34/345.44 shots/match

39.9%Possessionseason · 34/34●47.5%

4.03 corners/matchCornersseason · 34/34●4.47 corners/match

6.41 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 34/346.56 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

10.5 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 34/348.21 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

38%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 34/3421%

79%Scoring frequencyseason · 34/3476%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Nottingham Forest7.5

Brentford27.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Nottingham Forest39.2

Brentford52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Nottingham Forest45

Brentford20.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Nottingham Forest87.5

Brentford22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Nottingham Forest17.5

Brentford7.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Nottingham Forest22.5

Brentford37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Nottingham Forest26.9

Brentford33.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Nottingham Forest34 matchesBrentford34 matches

1.56 goals/matchGoals scored34/34▲1.71 goals/match

1.21 goals/match▲Goals allowed34/341.47 goals/match

1.22 xG/matchExpected goals34/34▲1.53 xG/match

12.2 shots/match▲Shots34/3411.4 shots/match

4.44 shots/matchShots on target34/34▲4.68 shots/match

39.9%Possession34/34●47.5%

4.03 corners/matchCorners34/34●4.47 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

10.5 fouls/matchFouls34/348.21 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Nottingham Forest17 matchesBrentford17 matches

1.41 goals/matchGoals scored17/171.41 goals/match

0.76 goals/match▲Goals allowed17/171.24 goals/match

1.22 xG/matchExpected goals17/171.26 xG/match

12.3 shots/match▲Shots17/179.76 shots/match

4.59 shots/match▲Shots on target17/173.94 shots/match

42.6%Possession17/17●44.6%

4.06 corners/match●Corners17/174 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

9.59 fouls/matchFouls17/179.18 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

9.98 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/112.2 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples34 / 34home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 1 May 2025, 22:30 UTC · analysis-v4