Brentford 0 Nottingham Forest 2: Nuno’s side leapfrog Arsenal into third as remarkable form continues
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Sponsored by. NOTTINGHAM Forest’s dream season continued as they snatched away the best home record in the Premier League with a clinical win at Brentford. Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga scored the goals as Forest became the first side to not only take all three points at the Gtech Community Stadium, but also to silence a Brentford attack that had scored 26 goals in eight previous home games.
![[Nottingham Forest inflicted Brentford's first home defeat of the season]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/alamy-live-news-2yyd306-reds-959000076.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side and the Forest fans can tuck into their turkey dreaming of Champions League football next season if they can maintain this remarkable form. Only Chelsea have picked up more points on their travels this season than Nuno’s men.
![[Ola Aina broke the deadlock in the 38th minute at the G-tech Community Stadium]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gtech-community-stadium-brentford-london-958999470.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Forest travelled to West London having visited Arsenal and the two Manchester clubs on their previous three away days. Given that Brentford had collected 22 points out of a possible 24, scoring 26 goals in eight home games so far this Premier League season, a date at the Gtech was an even more daunting task for Nuno’s men.
![[Former Man Utd winger Anthony Elanga doubled Forest's lead inside 51 minutes]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nottingham-forests-anthony-elanga-scoring-958998045.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
There were some worrying signs early on. With only four minutes gone, Yoane Wissa played in Mikkel Damsgaard only for the Dane to scuff his shot and see it pushed away by Forest keeper Matz Sels. Brentford then forced a succession of corners and one of them came out to Bryan Mbeumo.
![[Forest leapfrogged Arsenal in third with the Gunners playing later on Saturday]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nottingham-forests-anthony-elanga-celebrates-958997960.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
His curling cross picked out Kristoffer Ajer whose header skimmed inches wide. FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS. Wissa then took advantage of hesitation by Morato and Neco Williams to nip between the two Forest defenders and hook in a shot which landed on the roof of the net.
