Kicking off their respective Premier League campaigns, Nottingham Forest and Brentford will get the 2025-26 season under way on Sunday, when they meet at the City Ground.
Both clubs have some potential absentees ahead of their opening game, so here, Sports Mole rounds up all the latest team news on either side.
Nottingham Forest's Nicolas Dominguez pictured on February 1, 2025
Nottingham Forest
Out:Nicolas Dominguez (knee)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Sels; Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Brentford
Out:Vitaly Janelt (ankle), Gustavo Nunes (thigh), Yoane Wissa (other), Paris Maghoma (unspecified)
Doubtful:Kevin Schade (knock), Caoimhin Kelleher (knock)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Henry; Jensen, Henderson; Carvalho, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter; Thiago
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