Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has made one change to the starting XI from the Bees’ last Premier League game against Hull City for this afternoon’s meeting with Nottingham Forest at Gtech Community Stadium (3pm kick-off GMT).
Vitaly Janelt returns following suspension, replacing Aaron Hickey in midfield alongside Mamadou Sangaré and Mathias Jensen.
Hickey is named among the substitutes, with Benjamin Fredrick dropping out of the matchday squad.
Dango Ouattara, Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade continue in attack.
Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Sangaré, Jensen; Ouattara, Thiago, Schade
Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Wilson, Anthony, Collins, Damsgaard, Diouf, Nunes, Schuster
Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1): Sels; Milenković, Murillo, Jair Cunha; Aina, McAtee, Schlager, Williams; Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Delap
Subs: Victor, Diomande, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Wood, Kalimuendo, Yates, Netz, Muñoz