Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Predictions, Lineups and Betting Tips

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Match Details: 30th November | The City Ground | the Premier League | 14:05

Two teams who are on good form meet for a sunday lunch time kick off. Nottingham Forest have looked back to their former selves since Sean Dyche took over from Ange, results have drastically improved as they've only lost once since Dyche has been in charge, they're coming off the back of a superb 3-0 win over Liverpool.

Brighton are also in good touch, they have lost twice in their last 11 games, most recently seeing off Brentford in a 2-1 win thanks to a Verburggen penalty save in stoppage time.

Key Betting Tip: BTTS - yes @ 1.67 represents excellent value based on the tip provided by our team of in-house tipsters.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Predicted Lineups

Notingham Forest predicted XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Savona, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus

Just the one change following their 3-0 win against Liverpool as Hudson-Odoi comes in for Dominguez, Gibbs-White despite missing their game vs Malmo does make the starting XI

Brighton predicted XI: Verburggen, Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu, Ayari, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Rutter, Gomez, Welbeck

Baleba makes way for Hinshelwood who scored on his return against Brentford and Dunk replaces Boscagli

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Current League Standings

Brighton are up in sixth thanks to them winning two of their last three games, it is incredibly tight at the moment with a win putting them as high as third but a loss could drop them down to 13th (if results go their way or against them)

Despite a rough start Forest climbed out the bottom three last week and are 16th on 12 points. Two of their three wins this season have come in their last two games.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Head-to-Head Timeline

The results between the two clubs have been fairly mixed over the last couple years however the last time these two met in the league Forest won an incredible 7-0

Recent head to head results:

• March 2025: Brighton 0-0 **Notingham Forest (won on pens)
• February 2025: Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton
• September 2024: Brighton 2-2 Nottingham Forest
• March 2024: Brighton 1-0 Nottingham Forest
• November 2023: Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton

Nottingham Forest last five matches:

• Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)
• Nottingham Forest 2-2 Manchester United (Premier League)
• Strum Graz 0-0 Nottingham Forest (Europa League)
• Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds (Premier League)
• Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Predictions

Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions and has confidence with both teams scoring, our algorithim gives it a 66.7% chance

Key Players to Watch: Nottingham Forest vs Brighton

Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest): The Englishman has been in the form of his life so far this season. He's been incredible since moving from Newcastle and has gone from strength to strength.

Danny Welbeck (Brighton): The veteran has also been in the form of his life, scoring seven in his last eight games he sits third on the top scorers so far in the Prem. He'll be hoping to add to his tally to further his chance at going to the World Cup next year.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Match Facts

Broadcast Details: Sky Sports+ app/ Sky Sports UHD

Stadium Information: The City Ground is hosts, it holds 30,778 and has one of the best atmospheres in english football

Referee: Michael Oliver