Nottingham Forest v Brest: Full lineups confirmed for City Ground pre-season friendly

Nottingham Forest and Stade Brestois have named their starting lineups for a pre-season friendly at the City Ground in Nottinghamshire on Sunday, August 16, 2026. The match precedes the 2026-27 domestic campaigns for both clubs.

Under new head coach Oliver Glasner, Forest began pre-season with three wins and one draw across their first four friendlies: Notts County (2-0), Blackburn Rovers (3-0), Vitoria SC (1-1) and Portimonense (2-1). They then suffered three successive defeats to Sporting CP (4-1), Udinese (1-0) and Barcelona (1-0), ending that sequence, before beating Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in their most recent outing, maintaining an unbeaten record at home.

Brest finished 12th domestically last season and have struggled for results in pre-season, winning one of five friendlies and drawing the other four. Their latest match ended in a 2-2 draw against Venezia.

Nottingham Forest’s announced starting XI is: John Victor; Jair Cunha, Zach Abbott, Morato; Eric da Silva Moreira, Nicolás Domínguez, Xaver Schlager, Luca Netz; Callum Hudson‑Odoi, Arnaud Kalimuendo; Chris Wood (c). The bench was listed as: Steven Benda (gk), Aaron Bott (gk), Omari Hutchinson, Omar Richards, Dilane Bakwa, Tyler Bindon, Grady McDonnell. Our final line-up of pre-season. 📋 pic.twitter.com/Y0yfnj7hmj

Brest’s starting XI is: Egil Selvik; Kenny Lala (c), Lucas Tousart, Raphaël Le Guen, Bradley Locko; Joris Chotard, Joseph Nonge; Mama Baldé, Kamory Doumbia, Pathé Mboup; Ludovic Ajorque. 📋 Les 𝟏𝟏 Ty-Zefs au coup d'envoi !La composition brestoise pour défier Nottingham Forest 👊#NFFCSB29 pic.twitter.com/xSQsfzJu1z

For Indian viewers the match will kick off at 6:30 PM IST; the fixture takes place at the City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England. For further updates, Khel Now directs readers to its Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube channels and its Android and iOS apps; the site also notes a community presence on WhatsApp and Telegram. The piece was written by Sushruta, who the article says has spent over two years covering football and reports on a variety of sports.

Tonight’s fixture is the final preparatory match for both sides ahead of the start of the 2026-27 Premier League and Ligue 1 seasons.