Nottingham Forest vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Brentford: The Reds salvaged a point with a stoppage-time own-goal
An own goal from Brentford defender Mathias Jorgensen in the sixth minute of stoppage time gave Nottingham Forest a share of the spoils in a 2-2 Premier League draw at the City Ground on Saturday.
Brentford goalkeeper David Raya punched away a cross from the right and Forest‘s Morgan Gibbs-White had his effort blocked before the ball ricocheted off Jorgensen and over the line, with the goal given after a VAR check for offside.
Despite earning a crucial point, Forest remain rooted to the bottom of the table on 10 points from 14 games while Brentford move up to 10th with 16 points.
The hosts deservedly took the lead in the 20th minute when Gibbs-White squeezed past three Brentford defenders and curled home an effort from the edge of the box for his first Forest goal.
Brentford were awarded a spot kick following a lengthy VAR check in the closing minutes of the first half when Yoanne Wissa went down after taking the ball around goalkeeper Dean Henderson, with Bryan Mbeumo coolly converting to level the score.
The visitors went ahead with 15 minutes remaining when Mathias Jensen sent a lofted through ball to Wissa and the forward lobbed Henderson with a cool finish, before Forest escaped with a point in the closing seconds
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
As for Brentford, Frank makes two alterations to the team that drew with Wolves. At right-back, Roerslev comes in for Kristoffer Ajer who is not in the squad. The away side are also missing Ivan Toney after the striker collected his fifth yellow card of the season in the previous match. As a result, his spot in the attack is taken by Lewis-Potter.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
Forest make three changes to the side that lost to Arsenal last time out. At left-back, Williams replaces Lodi who moves onto the bench. The midfield remains the same, with the other switches coming in the attack. Dennis is preferred ahead of Lingard on the left wing and Johnson leads the line instead of Awoniyi.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford starting line-ups
Nott’m Forest XI: Henderson, Cook, Williams, Aurier, McKenna, Yates(c), Freuler, Kouyaté, Johnson, Dennis, Gibbs-White
Subs: Awoniyi, Surridge, Mangala, Worrall, Boly, Hennessey, O’Brien, Lingard, Renan Lodi
Brentford XI: Raya(c), Pinnock, Mee, Roerslev, Henry, Janelt, Dasilva, Jensen, Wissa, Mbeumo, Lewis-Potter
Subs: Yarmolyuk, Ghoddos, Damsgaard, Canós, Zanka, Trevitt, Cox, Crama, Onyeka
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
BRENTFORD SUBS: Matthew Cox, Zanka, Saman Ghoddos, Tristan Crama, Ryan Trevitt, Frank Ogochukwu Onyeka, Sergi Canos, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
BRENTFORD (4-3-3): David Raya Martin; Mads Roerslev Rasmussen, Ben Mee, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry; Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Josh Dasilva; Bryan Mbeumo, Keane Lewis-Potter, Yoane Wissa.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUBS: Wayne Hennessey, Renan Lodi, Lewis O'Brien, Willy Boly, Jesse Lingard, Orel Mangala, Joe Worrall, Taiwo Awoniyi, Sam Surridge.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-3-3): Dean Henderson; Serge Aurier, Steve Cook, Scott McKenna, Neco Williams; Ryan Yates, Remo Freuler, Cheikhou Kouyate; Morgan Gibbs-White, Brennan Johnson, Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford
As for Brentford, they drew 1-1 with Wolves last time out and are just one point outside the top half of the table. Despite this, the hosts will take encouragement from their poor away record. Thomas Frank’s team are yet to win on the road this season, drawing four of their seven matches. In their last two games on their travels against Newcastle United and Aston Villa, Brentford conceded nine goals, scoring just one. However, they have won five of their last seven away league games against Forest, with both defeats in this run coming in 2019 (1-2 in February, 0-1 in October).
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