Overview

• Nottingham Forest opened their campaign with a 3-1 home win over Brentford at the City Ground.
• Chris Wood scored twice before half-time and Dan Ndoye added a composed finish to ease Nuno Espírito Santo’s pre-season goal concerns.
• Brentford, led in the league for the first time by new head coach Keith Andrews, managed only an Igor Thiago penalty as a consolation.
• A VAR review enforced a rarely used wall-distance rule to disallow Eberechi Eze’s free-kick after Marc Guehi encroached on the defensive wall.
• Chelsea managed just three shots on target in a goalless draw with Crystal Palace, underlining their struggles to integrate five summer debutants.