Chris Wood took five minutes to open his account for the season while Nottingham Forest took the lead in his opening match of the Premier League 2025/26 against Brentford.
Strong Wood, who contributed 20 goals and three assists in 36 high -flying games last season, struck the second attempt after a corner in a start to Keith Andrews in the first Boss de Brentford match as manager.
“Listen to this noise,” said old Wolves, Sunderland, West Brom and Bradford striker, Don Goodman, in Sky Sports. “It is as if they had won the FA Cup.”
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Nottingham Forest vs Brentford: “Gulf” between the teams
Forest dominated the first stadiums, but Brentford Matz Sels’ goal was called to stop an Yehor Yarmolyuk effort.
“He probably thought that he had not had a pass and would have preferred him to be held more to his right foot,” said the former captain of Scotland and Aston Villa Rachel Corsie at BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.
“He opted for the outside of the finish of the foot and forced a good backup of salts.
“The number of dominance that Forest has had so far is almost as if these two teams are not in the same division.
“There are many players in this Brentford team who are used to the League and the Gulf should not be what we have seen.”
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Forest Lineup vs Brentford
The new winger of 36 million pounds Sterling Dan Ndoye began for the forest, as was Captain Morgan Gibbs-White, who ended the transfer speculation by signing a new three-year agreement this summer.
Two Brazilians were on the bench in the central defender Jair Cunha and striker Igor Jesus, but the new fields of land Omari Hutchinson and James Mcatee were not involved, although they were presented at the crowd before kick -off.
Forest Start XI: Salts; Aina, Milankovic, Murillo, Williams; Ndoye, Sangare, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi; Gibbs-Blanc, wood
Forest substitutes: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Igor Jesus, Jota Silva, Yates, Jair, Boly, Abbott
Brentford Lineup vs Nottingham Forest
Stronger Yoane Wissa, who is strongly linked to a move to Newcastle this month, was not in the Brentford match team.
The goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher and the right back Michael Kayode began, just like 16 million pounds sterling by signing Antoni Milambo, with Jordan Henderson in England on the bench.
Brentford Start XI: Kelleher; Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Henry; Lewis-Potter, Jensen, Yarmoluk, Carvalho; Milambo; Thiago
Brentford substitutes: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henderson, Schade, Onyaka, Ajer, Peart-Harris, Roerslev, Arthur
How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Brentford: live broadcast, television channel
The kick-off on Sunday was at 2:00 p.m. BST (9:00 am and / 06:00 pt), with live coverage in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Premier League and Ultra.
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