Brighton & Hove Albion know they are going on a difficult journey to Nottingham Forest and their The City Ground. This news article has all the data you need before the fixture.
- Nottingham Forest is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Nottingham Forest have to build on here at The City Ground in the Premier League. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Nottingham with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Wolverhampton Wanderers game, 25 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Nottingham Forest faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liverpool (2-3). The attacker Gibbs-White was announced as "man of the match" for Nottingham Forest with a rating of 8.22/10. Gibbs-White scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Manchester United (0-2).Nottingham are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Brentford awaits in three days.
Nottingham Forest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Brighton & Hove Albion playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Brighton delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Manchester United in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture. Goalkeeper Sánchez got the top player rating of the team with 8.63/10. Sánchez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Brighton & Hove Albion won their away game at Chelsea in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.After this away game Brighton return home for a Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Brighton & Hove Albion's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 15 league matches away. Brighton & Hove Albion's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Brighton & Hove Albion - Nottingham 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Nottingham Forest won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Brighton & Hove Albion have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Johnson 8 goals |   A. Mac Allister 8 goals |  S. March 7 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | 54 |
| 59 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | 37 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 76% |
| 41% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 73% | 62% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 83% | 47% | 41% |
| 16% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 80% | 59% |
| 22% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 13% | 31% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 10.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.6 | 15.7 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 27% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 31% |
| 14.6 | 12.8 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.9 | 9.6 |
| 4.9 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest points from losing position (5) in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Premier League
- Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nottingham Forest is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 43 | 75 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 50 | 70 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 59 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 59 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 51 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 50 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 49 |
| 9 | Fulham | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | Brentford | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 44 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 37 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 34 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | -32 | 33 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 29 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 43 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -13 | 28 |
| 18 | Everton | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 28 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 39 | -33 | 27 |
| 20 | Southampton | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -29 | 24 |
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)
