Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last eight league games against Brentford (D3 L4), a 2-0 away win in December last season.

Brentford have lost just two of their last 10 away league games against Nottingham Forest (W6 D2), and are unbeaten in their last four visits to the City Ground (W2 D2).

Nottingham Forest haven’t won their opening league match in any of the last seven seasons (D2 L5), since a 1-0 win against Millwall in the 2017-18 Championship campaign.

Brentford have never lost their opening game in any of their four previous Premier League campaigns (W2 D2), scoring exactly two goals in each match.

Nottingham Forest lost three of their last four Premier League home games in 2024-25 (D1), having lost two of their first 15 at the City Ground last term (W9 D4).

Brentford failed to win any of their nine Premier League away games between August and December last season (D2 L7). However, since the turn of the year the Bees have won more games (7) and points (23) on the road than any other side, with no side scoring more goals (20, level with Brighton).

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espírito Santo is unbeaten in all five of his MD1 games in the Premier League (W2 D3), with only Jürgen Klopp (8) and Kenny Dalglish (6) managing more opening day matches without ever losing.

This will be Keith Andrews’ first game in charge of Brentford, 13 years and 96 days after his final Premier League appearance as a player for West Brom against Arsenal in May 2012. Five of Brentford’s last eight managers (including caretakers) have won their first league game in charge of the club, although only one of the last four of those has done so (D1 L2).

Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood has scored on MD1 in three Premier League seasons, each with a different club: Leicester in 2014-15, Burnley in 2020-21, and Nottingham Forest in 2024-25. The only player to score on the opening day of multiple Premier League seasons for the Tricky Trees is Bryan Roy (1994-95 and 1995-96).

Jordan Henderson could make his Brentford debut in this match. Since his Premier League debut in November 2008, the midfielder ranks second in the competition for appearances (431) behind James Milner (461), while he has made the second-most successful passes (19,657) and won possession the outright most times (2,429) of any player in this time.