Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion
English Premier League, KO: 12:30 Feb 1, 2025, City Ground
Both Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion will be bidding to bounce back from their respective defeats last weekend in the Premier League when the pair face off at the City Ground on Saturday lunchtime.
Nottingham Forest’s eight-game unbeaten run in the top-flight came to a shuddering halt when being thrashed 5-0 away at Bournemouth last Saturday.
Despite that bruising setback, the Tricky Trees are still surveying the top-flight standings from the lofty heights of third place and very much remain in the race for Champions League qualification.
Seeking to bounce back at the first time of asking, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side will look to bank all three points against Brighton on Saturday.
The Seagulls were unbeaten in seven matches across all competitions before slumping to a 1-0 loss at home to Everton last time out.
Defeat has left Fabian Hurzeler’s side housed in ninth place in the Premier League ahead of their weekend trip to West Bridgford.
How the bookies view it: Forest to relight the fire
Nottingham Forest are 7/5 favourites on Boylesports to rebound at the first time of asking on Saturday afternoon.
Brighton are 7/4 outsiders on Boylesports to make it three Premier League away wins on the bounce, while a share of the City Ground spoils is trading at 23/10 with the same firm.
Head to head: History against the hosts
Nottingham Forest have failed to get the better of Brighton in four of the last five meetings between the pair. This season’s reverse fixtures ended 2-2 and the same scoreline on Saturday can be backed at 12/1 with Boylesports.
Players to watch: Wood to fire?
Two of Chris Wood’s 14 Premier League goals this season have arrived across his last two outings at the City Ground. The New Zealand ace is an eye-catching 6/4 (PaddyPower) to either score or assist on Saturday.
Kaoru Mitoma has made the net bulge in each of Brighton’s previous two Premier League away games. The Seagulls star is as big as 7/2 on Boylesports to make his mark again this weekend.
Predicted line-ups
As was the case against Bournemouth last weekend, Nottingham Forest again look set to be without injured duo Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ibrahim Sangare.
Brighton’s treatment room is relatively busy at the moment, with Ferdi Kadioglu, Igor Julio, James Milner, Jason Steele and Mats Wiefer all set to miss out this weekend.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Silva; Wood
Brighton: Verbruggen; Veltman, Webster, Van Hecke, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Joao Pedro, Mitoma; Welbeck
Anything else catch the eye?
Morgan Gibbs-White looks attractively priced at 6/5 on Bet 365 to hit the target once or more during this Saturday lunchtime clash.
The Nottingham Forest ace is averaging a shade under one on-target effort per-game in the Premier League this season.
It's also worth noting that this bet would have paid out in eight of Gibbs-White’s previous 11 top-flight outings.
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