Nottingham Forest vs Brighton tips and predictions: Injury-hit Forest can dig deep to preserve record
- George Dempsey
- 24 November 2023
Nottingham Forest play host to Brighton at the City Ground with both sides in desperate need of three points on Saturday afternoon.
Nottingham Forest will look to extend their unbeaten home run against a Brighton side that typically struggle on their travels.
Although the form book shows they have won just one of eight Premier League games, Steve Cooper’s side have been tough to beat at home.
Sheffield United and Aston Villa were vanquished while Burnley, Brentford and Luton had to work hard for a point.
On the other hand, Brighton have lost just one of six across all competitions, a closely contested game against Man City.
Despite reaching Europe and gaining notoriety for their attractive style, the Seagulls have always struggled on their travels.
They’ve failed to win 60 per cent of away matches dating back to the start of the 2021/22 season and they’ve conceded at least one goal in 81 per cent of those games.
The ball is hitting the back of the net at record pace in the Premier League and Brighton have played their part with 21 goals through five away trips.
Steve Cooper will have to cope without Taiwo Awoniyi but this group has plenty of attacking threats and both teams to score looks like a safe bet.
Team news
Thursday brought devastating news for Nottingham Forest as the club confirmed Taiwo Awoniyi is expected to be out of action until March at the earliest.
Callum Hudson-Odoi has also been ruled out while Anthony Elanga, Murillo, Danilo and Felipe are all fighting to be fit.
Danny Welbeck, Solly March, Julio Enciso, Mahmoud Dahoud, Tariq Lamptey, Pervis Estupinan and James Milner are unavailable.
Brighton will hope Evan Ferguson’s international duty injury isn’t as serious as it first looked while Kaoru Mitoma and Lewis Dunk trained with the squad on Thursday.
Key stats
- Since losing three of four upon their return to the top flight, Nottingham Forest have lost just two of 20 at the City Ground.
- Brighton have conceded at least one goal in 81% of away games since the start of the 2021/22 Premier League season.
- Since promotion, Forest are averaging 1.45 goals at home while Brighton are averaging 1.87 on their travels.
