Fabio Carvalho will be unavailable until after the international break, Keith Andrews has confirmed, as a result of a knock that has kept him out of the matchday squads for Brentford's last two fixtures away to Hull City and Sunderland. 

Brentford head into a home clash with Nottingham Forest in the Premier League looking to bounce back in front of their home fans at the Gtech Community Stadium, after a disappointing performance in a 3-2 loss to Sunderland in midweek, which saw the Bees knocked out of the Carabao Cup. 

Brentford head into Saturday afternoon's fixture in sixth place in the Premier League table after a positive start to the season that has seen them beaten just once in the league so far in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool, a game which they were leading prior to being reduced to 10 men. 

Visitors Nottingham Forest have endured a tough start to life under new boss Oliver Glasner, currently sitting 18th in the table. However, the signs are not all bad with Forest in third place in the xG table, suggesting that there is potential for the right results to arrive soon. 

Despite Brentford finishing above Forest in the table last season, it was Forest who had the better of the games between the two sides, with Brentford beaten 3-1 at the City Ground and 2-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium... 

Fabio Carvalho has been ruled out of the upcoming two games with Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion after picking up a knock in training. 

The Portuguese midfielder, who missed most of last campaign with an ACL injury, has scored two goals in two games for the Bees this season, however has been absent from the squad for the recent fixtures against Hull City and Sunderland, with his absence now confirmed to be due to a knock. 

Among the other absentees is Rico Henry, who, like Carvalho, will also be out until after the international break at least through a hip and quad issue. 

Both Antoni Milambo and Josh Dasilva are closing in on returns to the first team squad, with the two midfielders currently in training with the rest of the team. 

Kaye Furo is progressing well after surgery on a metatarsal injury last month, but is still a fair way away from a return to full fitness.  

Yehor Yarmoliuk remains unavailable as he serves the final game of his three match suspension after his red card against Liverpool.

Discussing the rest of the squad's availability after Wednesday evening's game at Sunderland, Keith Andrews said: "Everybody came through it [Sunderland fixture] absolutely fine."

Keith Andrews is expected to revert to a similar side that faced Hull City after making eight changes for the Carabao Cup defeat at Sunderland. 

One near certain change from the draw at Hull, however, will be the return of Vitaly Janelt, who played 90 minutes at Sunderland having missed the trip to Hull through suspension. The German international is expected to partner Mamadou Sangare in midfield, with Aaron Hickey dropping to the bench.

Dango Ouattara and Kevin Schade will likely start on the wings ahead of Jaidon Anthony after both were left out of the starting lineup in midweek.

Callum Wilson, who has scored on all three of his cup starts for Brentford, has received some calls from fans to be handed a Premier League starting berth over an out of form Igor Thiago, however that feels unlikely to happen at this stage. 

Mikkel Damsgaard was one of the better performers from a very poor display at Sunderland in midweek, but Mathias Jensen currently feels the more probable candidate to start in the number 10 role. 

Perhaps the biggest selection question comes with who partners Kristoffer Ajer at centre back.

Club captain Nathan Collins will hope to be restored to the side soon enough, however was the weaker of the Bees' centre backs at the Stadium of Light, with 20-year-old Jannik Schuster the more impressive of the two on his return to the side. 

Schuster himself excelled alongside Ajer before the last international break, however after not playing a minute in midweek the most likely scenario would appear to be that a fully rested Sepp Van Den Berg will maintain his spot in Brentford's first choice lineup for the time being. 

Predicted Brentford XI to face Nottingham Forest: Kelleher; Kayode, Van Den Berg, Ajer, Lewis-Potter; Sangare, Janelt; Ouattara, Jensen, Schade; Thiago