Nottingham Forest and Brentford get their Premier League campaigns underway on Sunday afternoon as the Bees travel to the City Ground.
It has been a summer of immense change for Brentford as they lost manager Thomas Frank to Tottenham and a number of key players.
Bryan Mbeumo has departed for Manchester United and Christian Norgaard has left for Arsenal, while goalkeeper Mark Flekken has gone to Bayer Leverkusen.
The future of Yoane Wissa remains in doubt after interest from Newcastle and the forward pushing for a move.
New manager Keith Andrews has a big job on his hands, which starts on Sunday in Nottingham.
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Forest had a brilliant season last time round as they qualified for Europe, but manager Nuno Espirito Santo has spoken of concerns of the state of his squad going into the season.
Last season saw two away wins between these sides, with Forest winning 2-0 at Brentford and then the Bees repaying the favour by the same scoreline in Nottingham.
When is Nottingham Forest vs Brentford?
The match kicks off at 2pm on Sunday August 17 at the City Ground.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford TV channel and live stream
The game is being shown live on Sky Sports Premier League at 2pm.
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace is on Sky Sports Main Event at the same time, followed by Manchester United vs Arsenal at 4.30pm.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford team news
Nottingham Forest remain without Nicolas Dominguez through injury, while new signings James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson will not feature after arriving on Saturday.
Wissa will not feature for Brentford after being unsettled. Kevin Schade and new goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher are doubts but could feature, while Ethan Pinnock is expected to miss out.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford odds
EVENS – Nottingham Forest
2/1 – Draw
23/10 – Brentford
Odds courtesy of Betfair
Espirito Santo’s surprising admission
‘We are very far – very, very far – from where we should be,’ Espirito Santo told Sky. ‘We are very far in terms of preparation, in terms of planning, in terms of the squad.
‘So we are all very worried that in two or three days time we are playing for the Premier League, the most demanding competition in the world. And we are very far. Very, very far.
‘The plans that we had didn’t come through. The preparation in terms of squad was not ideal. We didn’t have a chance to create the bond – and this is what I think is more important.
‘Because we don’t know which squad we have. We have players working here that know they’re going to leave on loan. We have a major problem.’
