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Isak is a cracking player. If he's ambitious he'll be at a new club come the January transfer window. Newcastle fan might not agree but when did they last won any silverware?
Andy, Wallingford
West Ham 0-1 Brighton
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Mats Wieffer tucked it so calmly into Lukasz Fabianski bottom corner.
It would be harsh to give this as a foul.
West Ham 0-1 Brighton
There was a lengthy check by VAR before Brighton could properly celebrate. The check was for an offside - and a foul. But the celebrations are under way in the away end at London Stadium.
Alexander Isak
A first Premier League hat-trick for Alexander Isak!
Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest
The visitors want a third.
Anthony Elanga gets another shot off inside the area but this time, Mark Flekken is equal to the winger's effort.
Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Brentford have responded reasonably well to Forest's second of the afternoon. Yoane Wissa looks to race clear of Morgan Gibbs-White in midfield but is tugged back by the Forest man, who is shown a yellow card.
Ipswich 0-3 Newcastle
Lovely counter by the visitors that ends with Bruno Guimaraes heading a cross onto the base of the post.
Mats Wieffer
A rare moment of quality and Brighton take the lead!
Lewis Dunk challenges Lukasz Fabianski for a high ball into the box - it's cleared but only into the path of Mats Wieffer.
He hits it first time and it flies into the back of the net.
Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on Final Score
Forest have done exactly what Brentford do to other teams at the Gtech. Elanga is right on Lewis-Potter, nicks it and curls it into the bottom corner.
An electric start to the second half.
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Crisis what Crisis at Newcastle!! Sitting 1 point off Man City on Christmas day wasn't something anyone thought was possible!!
Mike
Ipswich 0-3 Newcastle
Bit better from Ipswich at the start of this half as momentarily Ali Al-Hamadi gets in behind but the Newcastle defence recovers quickly and the substitute's shot on the edge of the box is blocked.
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As a Burnley fan I feel for Ipswich fans. Muric is a liability and is going to single handedly relegate two teams in two years
Gus
Anthony Elanga
It's no less than the visitors deserve.
Keane Lewis-Potter takes a heavy touch and Anthony Elanga is on him like a flash before cutting inside and sending a low, left-footed drive into the far corner for his second league goal of the campaign.
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Love the club, love the squad we have. But it looks like there's no fight left. Silly mistakes galore. In the championship you can usually get away with conceding as many as you let in. That doesn't work in the prem. We need that fight from the early season back.
Tom - Frustrated Ipswich fan
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I know Brighton are good in possession but West Ham are back to 'Moyesball'. Sitting so deep they could be defending Stratford High Road.
Josh
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Forest are looking to establish a two-goal cushion early in the second half.
Neco Williams is next to try his luck but gets his shot all wrong, firing wide from the left corner of the penalty area.
West Ham 0-0 Brighton
West Ham start the second half by making a change - Jean-Clair Todibo is on for Konstantinos Mavropanos.
Ipswich 0-3 Newcastle
We're back under way at Ipswich.
The hosts have made a change with Ali Al-Hamadi on for Omari Hutchinson.
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Ola Aina is the best right back in the Premier League this so far and he is one of the reasons Nottingham Forest are in the top four. He has been absolutely brilliant and consistent.
Sulaimon Adelekan
Brentford 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Back under way at the Gtech Community Stadium and Forest go close within seconds of the restart, Chris Wood blazing a powerful drive from the edge of the area over the crossbar.
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
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| 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
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| 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
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| 4 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 30 |
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| 5 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
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| 6 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
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| 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 27 |
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| 8 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
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| 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 25 |
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| 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
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| 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
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| 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 |
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| 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
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| 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 19 |
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| 15 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 16 |
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| 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 15 |
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| 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
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| 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 9 |
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| 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 5 |
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Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
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Brentford are unbeaten in all four of their Premier League meetings with Nottingham Forest (W2 D2), winning both home games against them in the competition.
Nottingham Forest are winless in their last six league games against Brentford (D3 L3), having won three in a row against the Bees before this.
Since their return to the top-flight in 2022, Nottingham Forest have won just one of their 16 away league games against London sides (D4 L11), beating Chelsea 1-0 in September 2023.
Since beating champions Manchester City on the final day of the 2022-23 season, Brentford have lost nine of their 10 Premier League games against sides starting the day in the top four of the table (D1), including all four such home games in that time.
Brentford have won their last five Premier League home games, netting at least three goals each time (20 in total). The Bees last won six consecutive home league games in January 2020, while only between December 1929 and February 1930 have they scored 3+ goals in six in a row at home.
There have been 40 goals scored in Brentford’s eight home Premier League games so far this season (F26 A14), with the average of five currently the highest goals-per-game average at a venue in a single Premier League campaign in the competition’s history.
Nottingham Forest have won eight of their 16 Premier League games this season, just one fewer than they did across their 38 games in both 2022-23 and 2023-24 (9). Their win rate of 50% in 2024-25 is their highest in a top-flight campaign since 1994-95 (52% - 22/42).
Nottingham Forest’s only Premier League away defeats this season have come against last season’s top two (0-3 vs both Man City and Arsenal). Indeed, only Chelsea (19) and Liverpool (17) have won more away points than Forest this term (14), with their four wins on the road already their joint second highest tally in a single Premier League campaign (behind only 10 in 1994-95).
Brentford’s Yoane Wissa has been involved in 11 goals in his last seven Premier League home games, scoring nine and assisting two. He’s scored in all seven of these games – the only African player to score in eight in a row at home in the Premier League is Mohamed Salah, doing so between February and May 2023.
Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo has been involved in 10 goals in his last eight Premier League home games (8 goals, 2 assists). Meanwhile, his goal against Chelsea last time out saw him become the first Cameroonian to score 10 goals in a single Premier League campaign.
