Team news

Nottingham Forest will assess several of their players after what head coach Nuno Espirito Santo called "a very demanding" FA Cup semi-final defeat last Sunday.

Full-back Ola Aina has missed the past four matches with a calf injury but he could return on Thursday.

Brentford have no fresh injury problems arising from their most recent fixture, which was a 4-2 win over Brighton almost two weeks ago.

Full-back Aaron Hickey and Igor Thiago are back in training after respective long-term hamstring and knee injuries but this match will come too soon for both.

Vitaly Janelt is out for the season after heel surgery and Fabio Carvalho is unlikely to play again in this campaign due to a shoulder problem, while Josh Dasilva is also sidelined with a knee injury.

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Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Both previous Premier League meetings at the City Ground ended in a draw.

  • After winning four consecutive away league games against Forest between 2014 and 2018, Brentford have won just one of their last five at the City Ground (D2, L2).

Nottingham Forest

  • Nottingham Forest have lost three of their past four matches in all competitions.

  • Forest could lose consecutive home league games for the first time this season.

  • Chris Wood needs just one goal to become the second Nottingham Forest player to score 20 Premier League goals in a season, emulating Stan Collymore (22 in 1994-95).

  • Wood has scored with 19 of his 54 attempts (35.2%) in the Premier League this season - it's the highest shot conversion rate since top-flight records began in 2003-04 (for any player with at least 50 shots in a campaign).

Brentford

  • Brentford are aiming to go four league games unbeaten for the first time this season.

  • They are winless in all 10 of their midweek Premier League matches since the start of last season (D3, L7) and lost their only previous Thursday game in the competition, a 2-0 defeat by Tottenham in 2021.

  • The Bees have a shot conversion rate of 14.8%, the highest of any side in the Premier League this season.

  • Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa have both scored in the same Premier League match 18 times, including seven this season.

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