Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion: Premier League Preview, Team News, Stats & Head-to-Head

Nottingham Forest is Winless in their last three Premier League meetings with Brighton (D1 L2), after being undefeated in their previous eight top-flight matches against the seagulls (W6 D2).

Brighton won this exact luminaire 3-2 last season-they have never won consecutive away league matches against Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest’s eight games of undefeated run ended last time at Bournemouth and admitted several goals in this defeat (5), as they did in their previous seven Premier League matches combined (4). Only once earlier this season has they lost consecutive league matches that did so in November against Newcastle and Arsenal.

Brighton’s six games of undefeated runs were finished last time at home for Everton. Seagulls have won only two of their last 11 Premier League matches (D6 L3) and could lose continuous matches for the first time since ending last season with back-to-back defeat.

Nottingham Forest has won six of their last eight Premier League home matches (D1 L1), with five of these six wins coming with a target margin. This is just the second time they start at. 12:30 on a Saturday since their return to the Premier League and beats Liverpool 1-0 at City Ground in October 2022 in their only previous games.

Brighton has scored the opening goal in 10 of their 12 Premier League playing matches this season (including in each of their last five), more than any other side. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest has gone 1-0 into 18 of their 23 league matches overall this expression, mostly in the division.

Only Erling Haaland (17), Alexander Isaac (16) and Mohamed Salah (14) have scored more non -punishment in the Premier League this season than Nottingham Forest Striker Chris Wood (12). Wood has scored more goals against Brighton (9) than he has against any other side in his English league career.

Brightons João Pedro has six goal involvements in his last eight away appearances in the Premier League (2 goals, 4 assists), and the net also a stag at the city’s land back in November 2023.

The average distance from Nottingham Forest’s goal kicks in the Premier League this season has been 43.7 meters, the highest of any side, while 121 of them have ended in the attacking half, 26 more than any other team. In contrast, only three pages have taken target kicks at a shorter average distance than Brighton this campaign (23.4 meters).

Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina has taken 35 throws ended in the opposition’s penalty area in the Premier League this season, seven more than any other player. In total, Forest has taken 56 throw that end in the opposition box, where only Brentford does it more often (60).