Brentford host Nottingham Forest at Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off GMT).
The Bees drew 1-1 at Hull City in their last league outing and will be hoping to get back to winning ways against a Tricky Trees side who currently sit in the relegation zone.
Analysis, team news, match officials and more - here's everything you need to know ahead of the game.
Pre-match analysis
Stephen Gillett, Playmaker Stats: Forest results only tell half the story
Nottingham Forest's struggles in front of goal have left plenty of neutrals scratching their heads this season – and the players themselves are equally perplexed.
The Reds generated 2.31 expected goals from 17 attempts in their 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town last Friday and, afterwards, Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White did not shirk questions about his side's attacking output.
"This is a question we have been asking ourselves," said the England international, who captained Forest at Portman Road.
Former Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner took the reins in the summer, but Forest have yet to find their attacking rhythm under the Austrian, with no Premier League side scoring fewer goals after eight games.
"It is not good enough," continued Gibbs-White in the wake of their point in East Anglia. "This is a bad phase that we are going through. We need to stay positive, keep the togetherness and mentality and performances."
Forest's underperformance against their expected goals this season is rather staggering.
The Tricky Trees have scored just six goals (all of them right-footed!), despite generating 16.28 xG – a figure bettered only by Brighton and Hove Albion (17.65) and Manchester City (17.09) in the Premier League.
That represents an underperformance of -10.28 goals against xG, the largest across Europe's top five leagues by some margin.
Creativity has not been a problem: Gibbs-White (20) and summer signing James McAtee (16) both rank among the Premier League's top 10 players for key passes, while no player in the division has delivered more accurate crosses than Neco Williams (14).
Forest's shooting, however, has been wayward.
Although they rank third in the top flight for shots per game (17.1), the two-time European Cup winners sit just 16th for shots on target per game (3.8).
Their shot conversion rate is languishing at just 4.38 per cent, although Opta's numbers show that Forest have already struck the woodwork six times this term.
There is a sense that Forest have not had the rub of the green, and their defensive numbers tell a similar story.
Under Glasner, Forest have conceded 10 Premier League goals this season. That represents a respectable return relative to the division as a whole (Brentford have conceded one fewer), but their underlying statistics paint an even more impressive picture of their defensive work.
Only Bournemouth (9.32 xGA) and Arsenal (8.02 xGA) have registered lower expected goals against totals in 2026/27, while Forest have conceded fewer shots per game (10.1) than any other side in the Premier League.
Brentford may be preparing to face a side currently occupying the relegation places, but Keith Andrews and his players will know that Forest's results this season tell only half the story.
Scout report
Dan Long, Sky Sports: Things set to click into place for Tricky Trees
The 2025/26 season was memorable for Nottingham Forest - for a multitude of reasons.
In the club’s first season back in European competition for almost three decades, they reached the semi-finals of the Europa League, where they were beaten 4-1 on aggregate by eventual winners Aston Villa.
They also lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games to retain their top-flight status by a margin of six points.
But the campaign will probably be best remembered for the club going through four permanent managers.
Nuno Espírito Santo lasted three league games before he was replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked after just 39 days - the second-shortest tenure in Premier League history.
Sean Dyche was next through the door in October - but then out of it in February, less than four months into a two-year contract. Former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Vítor Pereira replaced him and brought the much-needed stability that ensured a successful end to the season, in relative terms.
But on 2 July, Forest parted ways with Pereira, too. It was reported they exercised a mutual termination clause in his contract. Four days later, Oliver Glasner - who had left Crystal Palace after leading them to Conference League glory - arrived as his successor. Owner Evangelos Marinakis called him “a winner”.
So far, the Austrian has taken charge of nine matches in all competitions and won just one - 2-1 away at Aston Villa on 12 September. It is, however, widely accepted that he tends to start slowly at clubs and the wait is eventually worth it.
While results might not be necessarily falling for them yet, there are signs that it will click into place imminently.
In eight Premier League games, they have hit 137 shots but only scored six. They have underperformed their Expected Points total by eight and 10 goals conceded is the joint-fewest in the bottom half of the table.
“That’s how we will continue, building up the performances and staying patient,” said Glasner after the 1-1 draw with Ipswich last time out. “The goals will come.”
Given Forest’s recent managerial history, some will view Glasner as being under an element of pressure already. But when the tide does inevitably turn, whether that’s in a week or a month, based on their attacking intent, Forest could well be ones to watch.
In the dugout
Oliver Glasner
Barring a short loan spell at LASK in the 2003/04 season, Oliver Glasner spent his entire 19-year playing career at SV Ried in his native Austria, from 1992 to 2011, where he holds the record for the most appearances made for the club, with 572 in all competitions.
During his time at SV Ried, he won the Austrian Cup in 1998 and 2011, as well as helping the club achieve promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga in 1994/95 and a decade later in 2004/05.
In August 2011, he suffered a brain haemorrhage and, after an operation, was advised to end his playing career at the age of 36. After his enforced retirement, Glasner spent two years as assistant to Roger Schmidt at Red Bull Salzburg.
When Schmidt later left for Bayer Leverkusen, Glasner made his return to SV Ried. During his one and only season in charge, the club secured a fourth straight sixth-place finish. Next was a return to LASK. Glasner spent four seasons there and enjoyed plenty of success.
The club finished second in the second tier in his first season and were promoted as champions in 2016/17. Back in the top flight, they then finished fourth, before finishing second in 2018/19 - their highest finish since winning the Staatsliga in 1965.
Glasner then moved across the border to Wolfsburg in July 2019 and, two years later, joined Eintracht Frankfurt. He could not lead the German club to any higher than seventh in his two seasons in charge, though he did mastermind the Europa League triumph in 2021/22, where Frankfurt beat Barcelona, West Ham United and Rangers on their way to glory.
He departed Frankfurt in the summer of 2023 and joined Crystal Palace as Roy Hodgson's successor in February 2024. In his first full season, he guided the club to their first major trophy win, when they beat Manchester City to win the FA Cup. In his very final game in charge, the Eagles defeated Rayo Vallecano to win the Conference League and, just over a month later, he was appointed Nottingham Forest head coach.
The game plan
With Sarah Clapson, Nottinghamshire Live and Nottingham Post
Sarah Clapson, Nottingham Forest correspondent for Nottinghamshire Live and Nottingham Post, explains how Oliver Glasner's side are likely to approach Saturday's game.
"Glasner has implemented a different formation, which is perhaps unsurprising given the way Palace used to play. He likes his three at the back and that has been the case so far," she told brentfordfc.com.
"He is always saying he can be flexible with formations and he is not wedded to one particular style, but so far that is the way Forest have played and I do not see him changing it any time soon.
"That means the wing-backs are really key because they have to get up and down and have to be so full of energy. Also, Forest don’t mind not seeing a lot of the ball and they do try to create moments from that."
Last Premier League starting XI v Ipswich Town (3-4-2-1): Sels; Jair Cunha, Milenković, Murillo; Muñoz, McAtee, Schlager, Williams; Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Delap
Team news
Carvalho ruled out until after international break
Press Conference: Keith Andrews on Nottingham Forest
Fábio Carvalho will miss Saturday's game against Nottingham Forest and remain sidelined until after the November international break.
The attacking midfielder picked up a knock around two weeks ago, having scored in both of his competitive first-team appearances this season.
Rico Henry will also be unavailable until after the international break with hip and quad issues.
Keith Andrews otherwise reported no fresh injury concerns following Wednesday night's Carabao Cup tie against Sunderland.
Match officials
England the man in the middle
Referee: Darren England
Assistants: Scott Ledger and Mat Wilkes
Fourth official: Farai Hallam
VAR: Andrew Kitchen
Darren England will be in charge of Saturday's Nottingham Forest game at the Gtech.
The Yorkshire referee has had the whistle for six games so far this season, handing out 22 yellow cards.
England oversaw three Brentford fixtures last season - at home to Manchester City and away at Liverpool in the Premier League, as well as the FA Cup fourth-round trip to Macclesfield.
Memorable meeting
Brentford 3 Nottingham Forest 2 (Premier League, 20 January 2024)
Ivan Toney marked his return from an eight-month ban with a goal as Brentford beat Nottingham Forest at Gtech Community Stadium.
The centre-forward netted a clever free-kick to equalise for his side after Danilo put Forest ahead inside five minutes.
Ben Mee headed home to turn the game on its head, with Chris Wood nodding the visitors level at the other end before Neal Maupay secured the three points with an incredible spin and volley.