Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brentford
- Wood 5'
- Ndoye 42'
- Wood 45+2'
- Thiago 78' (pen.)
17 August 2025
The match in data
A 3–1 win for Nottingham Forest against Brentford on 17 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest), rated 72, thanks above all to 2 goals and 2 shots on target. Wood produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Michael Kayode, with 59.
Chris Wood scored twice.
Chris Wood
Nottingham Forest · 79'
Produced 1.35× and cost 0.16× their position's average
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 3.0×
- 0.35 xG 1.4×
- 4 duels lost 0.7×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.9×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Wood ★ | Forward | 79 | 72 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Matz Sels | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Dan Ndoye | Forward | 79 | 57 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Murillo | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 84 | 50 |
| Ibrahim Sangaré | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Ola Aina | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Jota Silva | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Antoni Milambo | Midfielder | 46 | 55 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 69 | 52 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 88 | 47 |
| Sepp van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 44 | 34 |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 21 | 32 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 31 |
| Fábio Carvalho | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 69 | 26 |
| Frank Onyeka | Midfielder | 21 | 21 |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 2 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brentford player completed the most dribbles?
Rico Henry, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Michael Kayode 2, Igor Thiago 1.
In Brentford's 3–1 defeat at Nottingham Forest, Rico Henry led the side's individual take-ons with 3 completed dribbles. Michael Kayode followed with 2, while Igor Thiago completed 1.
Which Nottingham Forest player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Morgan Gibbs-White, with 3 key passes. Next: Neco Williams 2, Callum Hudson-Odoi 2.
Morgan Gibbs-White dictated Nottingham Forest's creative output with 3 key passes in the 3–1 win. Neco Williams and Callum Hudson-Odoi followed closely with 2 each.
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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