Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion are aiming to bounce behind the frustrating defeats when they lock the horns on Saturday at noon in the Premier League.
Forest They were humiliated during their visit to Bournemouth last weekend, they admitted five in a bruise defeat that brought them back to Earth. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side is still perched on the third but now there are only three points from the fifth Placed Newcastle United as they seem to hold on to Champions League Point qualifications.
Surprise of the Surprise of the Premier League has a difficult visit from Brighton Navigate at the early Saturday start, with seagulls also aimed at recovering from the sluggish defeat of their home in the refreshing Everton last weekend. Having been on a barren route, the south coast side had won two championship matches in bounce before losing the Tofffees.
See 90 minutes Guide to conflict.
Nottingham Forest vs Brighton H2H record (last five games)
Current form (all contests)
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Nottingham Forest |
Brighton |
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Bournemouth 5-0 Nottingham Forest – 25/01/25 |
Brighton 0-1 Everton – 25/01/25 |
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Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton – 19/01/25 |
Man UTD 1-3 Brighton – 19/01/25 |
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Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool – 14/01/25 |
Ipswich 0-2 brighton – 16/01/25 |
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Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton – 11/01/25 |
Norwich 0-4 Brighton – 11/01/25 |
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Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest – 06/01/25 |
Brighton 1-1 Arsenal – 04/01/25 |
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Country |
TV channel/live flow |
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United Kingdom |
Tnt Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
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United States |
Fubotv, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App, Universe Now, Telemundo Deportes en Vivo, uses the network, universe |
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Canada |
Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network Canada |
The forest was missing Callum Hudson-Ooi for their trip to Bournemouth last Saturday, but the wing could make his return from injury to the groin on Saturday. If it has, it will only leave the Ibrahim Sangare midfielder in the treatment room.
Chris Wood scored on the back in September and will aim to add to the 14th of Premier League Targets, while Morgan Gibbs-White will seek redemption against Brighton who has been sent 2-2.
Nottingham Forest predicted the VS Brighton series (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams. Yates, Anderson? Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Ooi. Wood.
Brighton has plenty of concerns about the injury to Midlands and have six confirmed absences. Mats Wieffer and James Milner are not available in the middle section, while Jason Stele, Igor and Ferdi Kadioglu are missing in defense.
Speculation is swirling above the future of Evan Ferguson in the midst of a January lecture, but the Irishman will lose the forest conflict through injury.
Pervis Estupinan and Solly March are both doubtful to appear with blows – nor do the team against Everton.
Brighton predicted the composition against Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Verbrents? Vanman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Lampty. Baleba, Ayari. Mithion, Pedro, Mito. Welbeck.
It will be interesting to see how the forest reacts to such a significant setback having lost only five games in the Premier League this season and none of such a one -sided margin. But Espirito Santo will have to find a reaction from his players and will have worked hard to tighten his usually strict defense in the training ground.
Brighton always has the ability to cause problems with their speed, but will be presented with a low and organized block for much of the Saturday case. It can be difficult to open such a rigid shape.
