Pundit Chris Sutton is ‘pretty confident’ that Nottingham Forest will lose their Premier League clash against Brentford this weekend, despite admitting that he didn’t see the win against Brighton coming.
Forest will be looking to pick up another three points as they aim to move further away from the relegation places when they travel to take on Brentford on Saturday (3pm kick off). A 3-1 win vs Brighton in their last outing saw them climb above Everton and Leicester City and out of the bottom three.
The only way to guarantee that they stay there is by again picking up three points against Brentford. In order to do that, the Reds will have to win away from home for the first time since January.
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In the seven away games since the 1-0 win over Southampton at St Mary’s Forest have picked up just one point. That away record is the reason that Sutton has predicted Brentford to come out on top this weekend.
Brentford also won their first game in seven with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night, something that Sutton says is an indicator ahead of Saturday’s game.
“I am pretty confident about this one because Brentford seem to have got over their little blip in form,” he told BBC Sport . “I didn't see Nottingham Forest's midweek win over Brighton coming but that was at the City Ground, where they have picked up 24 of their 30 points this season.
“Steve Cooper's side put up a fight in their last away game at Anfield but their record on the road is awful.”
Chris Sutton’s prediction: Brentford 2-0 Nottingham Forest
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