Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th November 2025

Nottingham Forest enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brighton swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed 16th in the table Nottingham Forest have amassed 12 points after 12 matches. On 19 points, Brighton rank sixth with 12 matches played this season.

Nottingham Forest welcome their visitors from Brighton with the aim of closing the gap in the Premier League standings. A successful outcome could be crucial for their future endeavours this season.

Nottingham Forest scored nine times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.9 goals a game. They conceded 18 and managed one clean sheets.

Brighton travel to their next away match this coming Sunday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping 13 goals against. An average of 1.3 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Nottingham Forest played against Brighton. It finished 7-0 in a great match between the pair.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 3-1 win against Leeds. They went on to beat Liverpool by 0-3, before also getting the better of Malmo FF in a 3-0 victory. Nottingham Forest managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded 11 goals.

Nottingham Forest entered the season dreaming of medals, but find themselves far off track following a lousy run of form.

Brighton Form

Brighton are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Leeds by 3-0. This was followed by a 0-0 with Crystal Palace and a 2-1 win against Brentford. Brighton only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by ten goals to seven.

Brighton have already squandered enough points to put themselves under pressure, if they are to challenge for the title seriously in the Premier League this season.

Nottingham Forest and Brighton seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

Nottingham Forest fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in seven goals. Brighton won one of their previous three outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed five points. They scored five and conceded two goals. Nottingham Forest claimed three wins, three draws as well as six defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton enjoy a record of five wins, four draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Sean Dyche will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Brighton from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/0), Matz Sels (0/12), Jair Cunha (0/1), Morato (0/6), Murillo (1/9), Neco Williams (1/12), Nicolo Savona (2/7), Nikola Milenkovic (0/12), Ola Aina (0/3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/3), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/4), Elliot Anderson (1/12), Ibrahim Sangare (1/9), James McAtee (0/4), Morgan Gibbs-White (3/12), Nicolas Dominguez (0/4), Omari Hutchinson (0/7), Ryan Yates (0/8), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/6), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/11), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/11), Dilane Bakwa (0/4), Igor Jesus (0/11), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/4).

Brighton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Brighton players that the manager Fabian Hurzeler will choose from for the upcoming game:

Bart Verbruggen (0/12), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/0), Diego Coppola (0/3), Jan Paul van Hecke (1/12), Joel Veltman (0/6), Lewis Dunk (0/12), Olivier Boscagli (0/1), Carlos Baleba (0/12), Diego Gomez (2/11), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/11), Harry Howell (0/0), Jack Hinshelwood (1/4), James Milner (1/7), Kaoru Mitoma (1/6), Mats Wieffer (0/10), Maxim De Cuyper (1/10), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (1/12), Brajan Gruda (1/8), Charalampos Kostoulas (1/4), Danny Welbeck (7/12), Georginio Rutter (0/11), Stefanos Tzimas (0/7), Tom Watson (0/2), Yankuba Minteh (1/12).

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Nottingham Forest, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Nottingham Forest have to alter their line-up, as both Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White get a day in the shade.

Brighton just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, Nottingham.

Solly March won't be travelling with Brighton this time, as he nurses an injury.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 7-0 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday? Nottingham Forest outclassed Brighton in their latest encounter, when they claimed a 7-0 win. The bookies have Nottingham Forest to win this match at best price odds of 7/4.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Results

In the last six matches between Nottingham Forest and Brighton, both teams to score came up three times.

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton Betting Tips

Nottingham Forest against Brighton is also a battle between Morgan Gibbs-White and Danny Welbeck with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has five Premier League goals in their last six games respectively.

Nottingham Forest won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at City Ground, Nottingham. They drew two and lost four as well, while Brighton won three of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost four. Nottingham Forest have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at City Ground, Nottingham. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 2.33 goals, with Brighton averaging 1.17 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Nottingham Forest saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Brighton, who scored 2.1 times on average in these matches.