Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest FC, English Premier League 2024-25, Today Match Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest FC Match Prediction & Analysis

Brighton are enjoying their run under new manager Fabian Hürzeler after edging past Wolves in a thrilling 3-2 midweek encounter, and as a result sealed a spot in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. Brighton are still unbeaten at the Amex and the German gaffer will look to keep things this way. 

Nottingham Forest will look to run riot again after they shocked Liverpool last week, in what was their first win at Anfield since Feb 15, 1969, five months before the first man landed on the moon. Unlike the hosts, Forest didn’t feature in a midweek Carabao fixture which could inject an additional spark in Nuno’s men. 

Head-to-Head Record : Last season Brighton did the double over Nottingham Forest.  Both teams last met at the Amex in March when Brighton beat Forest by a fine margin, courtesy to an own goal scored by Andrew Omobamidele. In all competitions, both teams have met 32 times that consists of 8 draws and 12 wins for each team respectively. 

Current Standings : The home team sits in 6th position having taken 8 points from their opening 4 games. While the away team from the East Midlands are breathing down their opponent’s neck with only goal difference separating the two teams. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Brighton & Hove Albion Preview

Brighton have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four home league games against Nottingham Forest (W3 D1). The seagulls have never remained without defeat in their first five games of a top-flight season, last doing so in any division in the 2015-16 Championship. Brighton have drawn their last two Premier League games. Of all teams to have played in the competition, the Seagulls have seen the highest share of games finish level (32.2% - 87/270).

Brighton’s midweek performance highlights an exciting work in progress squad. Winning while still finding their identity shows encouraging signs. Surely memories of De Zerbi seem to fade away with a new visionary at the wheel. Despite going 6 games unbeaten this season, Hürzeler will be wary of avoiding any costly mistakes at the back. 

Key Players

Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke has made the most ball carries (116) in the Premier League this season, and subsequently carried the ball the furthest distance (1149 meters) of any player so far. But the one to watch out for is 20 year old Cameroonian international, Carlos Baleba whose long range strike set the tone for Brighton’s previous game. It seems the club have already unearthed its latest star, another one of Chairman Tony Bloom’s production prowess. 

Injury list

Mats Wiefer, James Miner, Solomon March, Matthew O'Reilly and Brajan Gruda are still occupied in the treatment room. Although, 22 year old Brazilian striker Joao Pedro missed the past couple of games, he was back in training Wednesday. The manager is yet to take a call on whether he will feature on the weekend. 

Brighton & Hove Albion Starting Lineup: Steele (GK), Hinshelwood, Webster, Igor, Estupinan (DEF), Minteh, Baleba, Moder, Adingra (MID), Ferguson, Enciso (FWD)

Nottingham Forest FC Preview

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (W3 D2), winning two and drawing two so far this season. They last remained without defeat in their first five league games in 2018-19 (Championship), and last did so in the top-flight in 1995-96. 

Favouring Forest

Nottingham Forest have scored exactly once in all five of their games in all competitions this season (4x league, 1x League Cup). The last top-flight club to score exactly once in their first six games of a season were Forest themselves in 1988-89 (5x league, 1x centenary trophy). Nottingham Forest have won their last four Premier League away games, more than they had in their first 36 on the road following their return to the division in 2022 (W3 D9 L24). 

They last won five consecutive away games (any division) in January 1994, and last did so in the top-flight in March 1989. Nottingham Forest have had more direct attacks (12) than any other side in the Premier League so far this season, while only West Ham (12) have had more such attacks against them than Brighton (10).

Key Players 

Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White has created more chances from open play than any other player in the Premier League this season (11). 

Injury list

Danilo who was taken on a stretcher 6 minutes into the new season has been completely ruled out for the game. Willy Boly will miss out as well as Ibrahim Sangare who sustained an injury while on International duty. 

Nottingham Forest Probable XI : Mats Selz (GK), Moreno, Murillo, Milenkovic, Aina (DEF), Ward-Prowse, Yates, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Anderson (MID), Wood (FWD).

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST FC
Winning Prediction

The premier league is now fully underway with both teams properly finding their footing. You’d expect both teams to go for it and make a statement. The last time Nottingham Forest beat Brighton away from home was back in 2013 when Henri Lansbury scored a brace for the visitors. The link up between Elanga and Hudson-Odoi is a formidable one that will go from strength to strength and will look to sniff any weakness in the Brighton backline. Since both teams are in impressive form we can’t look at anything other than a high scoring draw. 

We predict a draw (2-2)

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