Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion are aiming to bounce again from disappointing defeats after they lock horns on Saturday lunchtime within the Premier League.
Forest had been humiliated on their go to to Bournemouth final weekend, conceding 5 in a bruising defeat that introduced them again right down to earth. Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet are nonetheless perched in third however at the moment are simply three factors from fifth-placed Newcastle United as they give the impression of being to carry on to their Champions League qualification spot.
The Premier League’s shock overperformers have a difficult go to from Brighton to navigate in Saturday’s early kick-off slot, with the Seagulls additionally aiming to get better from their underwhelming residence defeat to the resurgent Everton final weekend. Having been on a barren run, the south coast facet had gained two league matches on the bounce earlier than dropping to the Toffees.
Right here is 90min’s information to the conflict.
Nottingham Forest vs Brighton H2H report (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Nottingham Forest | Brighton |
|---|---|
Bournemouth 5-0 Nottingham Forest – 25/01/25 | Brighton 0-1 Everton – 25/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton – 19/01/25 | Man Utd 1-3 Brighton – 19/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool – 14/01/25 | Ipswich 0-2 Brighton – 16/01/25 |
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton – 11/01/25 | Norwich 0-4 Brighton – 11/01/25 |
Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest – 06/01/25 | Brighton 1-1 Arsenal – 04/01/25 |
Nation | TV channel/reside stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | TNT Sports activities 1, TNT Sports activities Final, discovery+, discovery+ App |
United States | fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports activities App, UNIVERSO NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Community, UNIVERSO |
Canada | fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Forest missed Callum Hudson-Odoi for his or her journey to Bournemouth final Saturday however the winger might make his comeback from a groin harm on Saturday. If he options, it’s going to go away solely defensive midfielder Ibrahim Sangare within the therapy room.
Chris Wooden scored within the reverse fixture again in September and shall be aiming so as to add to his 14 Premier League targets, whereas Morgan Gibbs-White shall be looking for redemption towards Brighton having been despatched off within the 2-2 draw.
Nottingham Forest predicted lineup vs Brighton (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wooden.
Brighton have various harm considerations heading to the Midlands and have six confirmed absentees. Mats Wieffer and James Milner are each unavailable in midfield, whereas Jason Steele, Igor and Ferdi Kadioglu are lacking in defence.
Hypothesis swirls over Evan Ferguson’s future amid discuss of a January exit however the Irishman will miss the Forest conflict by means of harm.
Pervis Estupinan and Solly March are each uncertain to function with knocks – neither making the squad towards Everton.
Brighton predicted lineup vs Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Lamptey; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma; Welbeck.
It is going to be fascinating to see how Forest react to such a sizeable setback having solely misplaced 5 video games within the Premier League this season and none by such a one-sided margin. However Espirito Santo ought to discover a response from his gamers and could have labored laborious on tightening up their often stern defence on the coaching floor.
Brighton at all times have the capability to trigger points with their velocity on the counter-attack however shall be offered with a low and organised block for a lot of Saturday’s affair. They could discover it robust to carve open such a inflexible form.
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