§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 23

Brentford 0–2 Nottingham Forest

  • Jesus 12'
  • Awoniyi 79'

25 January 2026

The match in data

Nottingham Forest got the better of Brentford, 2–0, on 25 January 2026, on matchday 23 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), rated 64, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 2 completed dribbles. Gibbs-White produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Mathias Jensen, with 64.

64
Player of the match

Morgan Gibbs-White

Nottingham Forest · 90'

Produced 1.21× and cost 0.49× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 2 completed dribbles 2.8×
  • 2 key passes 1.8×
Took away
  • 2 times dribbled past 2.4×
  • 4 misplaced passes 0.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Brentford
PlayerPositionMinRating
Mathias Jensen Midfielder 90 64
Sepp van den Berg Defender 53 58
Kevin Schade Forward 90 49
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder 90 48
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder 81 44
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder 37 43
Nathan Collins Defender 90 41
Dango Ouattara Forward 53 40
Rico Henry Defender 67 36
Aaron Hickey Defender 23 36
Igor Thiago Forward 90 33
Michael Kayode Defender 81 33
Caoimhín Kelleher Goalkeeper 90 29
Kristoffer Ajer Defender 37 24
Jordan Henderson Midfielder 9 no rating
Keane Lewis-Potter Midfielder 9 no rating
Nottingham Forest
PlayerPositionMinRating
Taiwo Awoniyi Forward 22 80
Morgan Gibbs-White ★ Midfielder 90 64
Igor Jesus Forward 68 52
Matz Sels Goalkeeper 90 50
Callum Hudson-Odoi Forward 87 47
Murillo Defender 90 45
Nikola Milenković Defender 90 42
Elliot Anderson Midfielder 90 41
Neco Williams Defender 90 35
Ibrahim Sangaré Midfielder 90 32
Ola Aina Defender 90 31
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder 29 31
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder 61 26
Morato Defender 3 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Brentford player won the most duels?

Kevin Schade, with 10 duels won. Next: Sepp van den Berg 9, Yegor Yarmolyuk 6.

Despite Brentford's 2–0 loss to Nottingham Forest, Kevin Schade was resilient, winning 10 duels. Sepp van den Berg followed closely with 9, while Yegor Yarmolyuk registered 6.

Which Nottingham Forest player won the most aerial duels?

Igor Jesus, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Ibrahim Sangaré 2, Elliot Anderson 2.

Igor Jesus anchored Nottingham Forest's aerial presence with 4 duels won in the 2–0 victory over Brentford. Jesus doubled the contributions of Ibrahim Sangaré and Elliot Anderson, who each won 2.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Brentford 0–2 Nottingham Forest, Premier League 2025-26. Player of the match: Morgan Gibbs-White, 64
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.