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Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 1 · The City Ground

Nottingham Forest3:1Brentford

17 August 2025 · 29,949 in the ground · Peter Bankes

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Nottingham Forest4-2-3-1
Brentford4-2-3-1
Sels6.3Williams6.8Murillo6.8Milenkovic6.9Aina7.0Anderson7.2Sangare5.7Hudson-Odoi7.4Gibbs-White7.1Ndoye7.3Wood8.2Kelleher6.2Henry6.1van den Berg6.2Collins6.2Kayode6.4Jensen6.9Yarmolyuk6.6Carvalho6.5Milambo6.6Lewis-Potter6.6Thiago7.1
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

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goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 6′WoodGoal · 0.07 xG · 0.07 xG
  • 42′NdoyeGoal · 0.10 xG · 0.10 xG
  • 45+2′WoodGoal · 0.86 xG · 0.86 xG
  • 78′ThiagoGoal · 0.79 xG · 0.79 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Forest 0:0 Brentford0'kickoff
6' Wood — xG 0.07 · Goal11' Anderson — xG 0.06 · Blocked11' Anderson — xG 0.31 · Missed18' Gibbs-White — xG 0.04 · Blocked18' Anderson — xG 0.02 · Saved24' Yarmolyuk — xG 0.08 · Saved26' Collins — xG 0.02 · Blocked40' Jensen — xG 0.13 · Missed40' Thiago — xG 0.11 · Blocked42' Ndoye — xG 0.10 · Goal45 + 2' Wood — xG 0.86 · Goal51' Lewis-Potter — xG 0.10 · Missed54' Lewis-Potter — xG 0.02 · Missed55' Sangare — xG 0.02 · Missed59' Carvalho — xG 0.03 · Missed61' Hudson-Odoi — xG 0.02 · Saved63' Gibbs-White — xG 0.30 · Missed65' Gibbs-White — xG 0.04 · Missed73' van den Berg — xG 0.13 · Saved75' van den Berg — xG 0.08 · Blocked78' Thiago — xG 0.79 · Goal

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Forest 0:0 Brentford
1.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′6' Wood — GOAL42' Ndoye — GOAL45 + 2' Wood — GOAL78' Thiago — GOAL1.841.49

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Nottingham Forest attacking right · Brentford attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford

54%
Possession
46%
1.83
Expected goals
1.49
11
Shots
10
5
Shots on target
3
4
Big chances created
1
343
Passes completed
271
126
Into final third
35
53
Duels won
48
7/12 (58%)
Tackles won
6/20 (30%)
5
Corners
5
7
Fouls
15

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