Brentford 2–0 Nottingham Forest
- Milenković 30' (o.g.)
- Thiago 76'
31 October 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Brentford against Nottingham Forest on 31 October 2026, on matchday 9 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest), rated 57, thanks above all to 0.67 goals prevented (0 shots on target worth 0.72; conceded 0) and 7 recoveries. Sels produced 1.5 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Aaron Hickey, with 76.
Matz Sels
Nottingham Forest · 90'
Produced 1.52× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 0.67 goals prevented (0 shots on target worth 0.72; conceded 0) 2.1×
- 7 recoveries 0.8×
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.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 28 | 76 |
| Sepp van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Mamadou Sangaré | Midfielder | 62 | 52 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 28 | 48 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 62 | 47 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Vitaly Janelt | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Dango Ouattara | Forward | 72 | 45 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 84 | 25 |
| Jaidon Anthony | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Callum Wilson | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jair Cunha | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Matz Sels ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Daniel Muñoz | Defender | 44 | 53 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 44 | 47 |
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Murillo | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Dan Ndoye | Forward | 65 | 39 |
| Chris Wood | Forward | 25 | 39 |
| Ola Aina | Defender | 46 | 37 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Arnaud Kalimuendo | Forward | 25 | 26 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 65 | 24 |
| Xaver Schlager | Midfielder | 46 | 22 |
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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