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Nottingham Forest v Brentford
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Date: Sunday 1st October
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Competition: Premier League
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Kick off: 14:00
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Watch live: Sky Sports Main Event
Sunday’s only Premier League action is set to be a cracking mid-table clash with 12th-place Nottingham Forest are hosting 13th-place Brentford at The City Ground. Brentford made a strong start to the season, with Bryan Mbeumo looking very solid up top and having already bagged four goals this season. Despite this, the Bees have lost their last two games in the Premier League, including a game against Everton, and also lost in midweek against Arsenal. They will be hoping to break this streak on Sunday.
Although Forest lost last weekend against a Man City side who had 10 men, they looked promising, managing six corners and had ten shots. The league champions from last season also managed six corners but had only seven shots. Forest will see this as a key game to move up the table which is currently very close in the middle. Both managers will want to get the three points from this game and that should make for an exciting spectacle on Sunday. This article aims to break down the key stats ahead of the game, using the Nottingham Forest v Brentford Cheat Sheet to help you choose the best bets to make ahead of the game.
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Nottingham Forest v Brentford Cheat Sheet
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Nottingham Forest stats: The Reds have the most bookings this season
Forest are joint-top with Tottenham in terms of receiving the most yellow cards (21) so far this season. This averages out, using the Forest v Brentford Cheat Sheet, to be 3.67 cards a game. They also rank highly in terms of the most fouls committed per game (8th) with an average of 11.67.
Interestingly, Forest’s opponents have always been awarded lots of cards too, meaning that Steve Cooper’s men clearly draw lots of fouls. This is due to their counter-attacking style of play, exploiting pace on the break to entice their opponents to make rash challenges. So far this season, those teams playing Forest have been awarded an average of 3.33 cards per game.
Paul Tierney is the man in charge of the bout on Sunday, and with a career average of 3.45 yellow cards per game.
Brentford stats: Corners should be plentiful for the Bees
Brentford have averaged over four corners per match so far this season. However, the main attraction to Brentford getting corners in Sunday’s game comes from Forest’s recent form of conceding a high number of corners.
The Reds have averaged 7.17 corners taken against them by their opponents so far this season. Even in the two games they played at home, they conceded a high number of corners. These were against two newly promoted sides, namely Sheffield United (who took seven corners) and Burnley (who took four). Brentford are a more established Premier League side and they can be expected to also dominate the corner stats.
🎯 Nottingham Forest Offensive Stats: Gibbs-White’s shooting prowess
Coming into this game, Morgan Gibbs-White has averaged 2.00 shots per game this season, the third-highest of any Forest player. Last time out for Forest, Gibbs-White managed three shots against Man City, one of which was a free kick. In fact, the Englishman is listed as Forest’s penalty and main direct free kick taker, increasing the likelihood of him taking shots at goal.
Last season Gibbs-White started both games that Forest played against Brentford, playing the full 90 minutes in each. In the home fixture, he was the star man and scored a spectacular solo goal from the edge of the box.
During this match, Gibbs-White racked up an impressive seven shots with three of those being on target. In the away game at the Gtech Community Stadium, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers man had two shots with one on target.
🎯 Brentford Offensive Stats: Mbeumo filling Toney’s boots
Bryan Mbeumo stepped up at the end of last season following Ivan Toney’s suspension and has started this season doing the same. The centre forward has averaged 0.53 expected goals in the Premier League this season, a stat which beats the likes of Heung-Min Son (0.5 xG) Bukayo Saka (0.5 xG), and Marcus Rashford (0.42 xG). In terms of total expected goals, Mbeumo is only beaten by Nicolas Jackson and Erling Haaland.
Due to this underlying data, Mbeumo naturally looks appealing for bets. He has the highest goal contributions of any Brentford player this season and, as he is their designated penalty taker, would be the prime candidate to get his name on the scoresheet on Sunday.
🛑 Nottingham Forest Defensive Stats: Sangare’s dark arts
Forest’s defensive midfielder, Ibrahim Sangare, has the most fouls committed this season and it’s not even close. He has committed an average of 3.12 fouls per game according to the Forest v Brentford Cheat Sheet, with Callum Hudson-Odoi coming in second place with an average of 1.67.
This is by no means out of the ordinary for Sangare, as he has a high career average of 1.73 fouls committed per game. He also committed two fouls last weekend against City, picking up a yellow card in the process for a nasty studs-up challenge on Rodri. If anyone is to commit fouls or pick up a booking in Sunday’s game, it is likely to be Sangare.
🛑 Brentford Defensive Stats: Hickey will have a tough time against Elanga
Aaron Hickey comes in first place for the highest average fouls committed for Brentford at 1.54. He has been disciplined with three yellow cards so far this season, often getting stuck in defensively on Brentford’s right-hand side. When playing on the road, albeit only for two games so far this season, Hickey has got even more involved. He managed to pick up a yellow card in both of these games, as well as committing a total of five fouls.
He will be pitted against Anthony Elanga, a pacey winger who has drawn the most fouls out of Forest’s team (1.67). Hickey often finds himself being over-zealous, bringing down his opponents on the break to stop the chance of counter-attacks. This happened twice against Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon. As counter-attacking play seems to be Forest’s strength at the moment, Hickey is a prime candidate for a booking.
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