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Nott'm Forest vs. Brentford: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Nuno Espirito Santo's Nottingham Forest began their 2025-26 Premier League campaign with a bang by beating Brentford 3-1 in a dominant performance at the City Ground.

Chris Wood struck 20 goals in the top flight last term, and he wasted no time giving the Garibaldis the lead with just five minutes on the clock before notching a second during an impressive first-half display.

New signing Dan Ndoye scored a diving header between Wood's efforts that was assisted by talisman Morgan Gibbs-White, who was once again at the centre of his team's success.

Bees manager Keith Andrews took the reins after Thomas Frank joined Tottenham Hotspur, and he made an unfortunate start to life in the dugout, though Igor Thiago scored his first Premier League goal for the club to give the boss some consolation.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the meetings between Nottingham Forest and Brentford throughout the years.

Dan Ndoye makes it 2-0 to Nottingham Forest with a header on August 17, 2025

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 42

Nott'm Forest wins: 15

Draws: 11

Brentford wins: 16

Forest and Brentford were regulars in the second tier during the mid-1930s and shortly after World War Two, but they did not share the same division for half a century, until the Tricky Trees dropped into League One in 2005.

The 2006-07 season saw Forest complete a league double over Brentford, including a 4-2 win at Griffin Park late in the campaign that all but relegated the Bees, while also securing a playoff place for themselves.

Forest were thrashed at home by Yeovil Town in that playoff, but it was not long before they returned to the Championship, and they were joined there in 2014 by Brentford, before the two spent seven seasons together at that level.

Despite their much smaller standing in the game, it was Brentford who won promotion first, taking four points off Forest in the 2020-21 campaign on their way to finishing third, before earning a place in the Premier League thanks to playoff success.

Forest joined them a year later via the same route, and in their first-ever top-flight meeting in November 2022, a Zanka own goal on 96 minutes salvaged a very late point for Steve Cooper's men at the City Ground.

Brentford made up for throwing those two points away by beating Forest in the meeting at the Gtech later that season, coming from behind themselves to win 2-1 thanks to late goals from Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva.

The following season saw a repeat of those results, with the two sharing the spoils at the City Ground in an encounter where Brentford failed to take advantage of a red card to Moussa Niakhate, only drawing 1-1. Thomas Frank's side were successful on home soil again, though, beating Forest 3-2 at the Gtech, with Neal Maupay popping up with the winner in a topsy-turvy encounter.

Forest finally got their first-ever top-flight victory over the Bees in December 2024, though, as goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga sealed a 2-0 win for Nuno Espirito Santo's side, ending Brentford's incredible start at home that season, where they had taken 22 points from a possible 24.

Brentford avenged that defeat later in the season though, claiming a first top-flight win at the City Ground thanks to goals in either half from Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa in a 2-0 success in May.

In 2025-26, Forest kicked off their Premier League campaign with an impressive 3-1 home victory against the Bees, who were playing their first competitive match under Keith Andrews, and Chris Wood continued his excellent goalscoring record with a brace.

Last 20 meetings

Aug 17, 2025: Nott'm Forest 3-1 Brentford (Premier League)

May 01, 2025: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Brentford (Premier League)

Dec 21, 2024: Brentford 0-2 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Jan 20, 2024: Brentford 3-2 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Oct 01, 2023: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Brentford (Premier League)

Apr 29, 2023: Brentford 2-1 Nott'm Forest (Premier League)

Nov 05, 2022: Nott'm Forest 2-2 Brentford (Premier League)

Mar 20, 2021: Brentford 1-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Dec 12, 2020: Nott'm Forest 1-3 Brentford (Championship)

Jan 28, 2020: Brentford 0-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Oct 05, 2019: Nott'm Forest 1-0 Brentford (Championship)

Feb 09, 2019: Nott'm Forest 2-1 Brentford (Championship)

Sep 01, 2018: Brentford 2-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Apr 10, 2018: Nott'm Forest 0-1 Brentford (Championship)

Aug 12, 2017: Brentford 3-4 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Mar 07, 2017: Nott'm Forest 2-3 Brentford (Championship)

Aug 16, 2016: Brentford 1-0 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Apr 02, 2016: Nott'm Forest 0-3 Brentford (Championship)

Nov 21, 2015: Brentford 2-1 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Apr 06, 2015: Brentford 2-2 Nott'm Forest (Championship)

Previous Premier League meetings