Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st March 2026

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

Ranked as number 14 in the Premier League standings, Brighton, have so far collected 34 points this season, while Nottingham Forest collected 27 points. This puts them up as number 17 after 27 rounds.

The last time Brighton played Nottingham Forest, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Sunday.

Brighton are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 11 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.1 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 11 goals, or an average of 1.1 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Nottingham Forest scored eight goals, conceded 13 and kept their opponents from scoring three times in ten matches.

Nottingham Forest were knocked out cold when Brighton took a 2-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 7-0 defeat, Nottingham Forest handed out in the game before.

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Brighton Form

In their last three games, Brighton lost 1-0 against Aston Villa, got defeated 3-0 by Liverpool before winning 0-2 against Brentford. Brighton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing four and losing one matches, in which they scored five and conceded four goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 0-3 win against Fenerbahce. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-1 against Liverpool, before suffering another loss in a 1-2 match against Fenerbahce. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and six scored.

You don't look for Brighton or Nottingham Forest, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals on Sunday.

Brighton won 13 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored 13 and let in six goals. Nottingham Forest claimed four wins from 11 goals scored and nine conceded from their past eight matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them 14 points to their account. Brighton are looking at a record of eight wins, ten draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of seven wins, six draws and 14 defeats in the Premier League.

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Brighton Squad

Hurzeler will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bart Verbruggen (0/27), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/0), Igor Julio (0/4), Jan Paul van Hecke (3/25), Joel Veltman (1/15), Lewis Dunk (0/26), Olivier Boscagli (0/7), Carlos Baleba (0/22), Diego Gomez (4/24), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/26), Harry Howell (0/2), Jack Hinshelwood (1/16), James Milner (1/16), Kaoru Mitoma (2/17), Mats Wieffer (0/17), Matthew O'Riley (1/3), Maxim De Cuyper (2/22), Pascal Gross (1/8), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (3/21), Charalampos Kostoulas (2/16), Danny Welbeck (9/26), Georginio Rutter (2/23), Stefanos Tzimas (1/9), Yankuba Minteh (1/24).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Nottingham Forest players that the manager Vitor Pereira will choose from for the upcoming game:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/5), Matz Sels (0/20), Stefan Ortega (0/3), Jair Cunha (0/1), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Luca Netz (0/0), Morato (0/14), Murillo (1/19), Neco Williams (1/26), Nicolo Savona (2/14), Nikola Milenkovic (0/27), Ola Aina (0/11), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/2), Elliot Anderson (1/27), Ibrahim Sangare (2/19), James McAtee (0/8), Morgan Gibbs-White (6/27), Nicolas Dominguez (1/17), Omari Hutchinson (1/21), Ryan Yates (0/13), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/25), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/20), Dilane Bakwa (0/9), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/0), Igor Jesus (2/26), Lorenzo Lucca (1/3), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/8).

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Brighton have an almost full squad available against Nottingham Forest at The American Express Community Stadium with only one player possibly missing.

Brighton are unable to field Solly March on Sunday against Nottingham Forest, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Nottingham Forest have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White sit this one out for Nottingham Forest, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Brighton.

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Nottingham Forest were knocked out cold when Brighton took a 2-0 win in their latest encounter. It served as pay back for the 7-0 defeat, Nottingham Forest handed out in the game before. Brighton have a 43% win rate against Nottingham Forest, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 3-2-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Results

In three of the previous seven matches between Brighton and Nottingham Forest both teams scored.

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Despite having scored only one times in his last 6 league matches, Danny Welbeck has actually netted nine goals during this Premier League season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Nottingham Forest should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Danny Welbeck to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Brighton claimed four wins, drew four and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Nottingham Forest won four, drew one and lost five of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Brighton on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Nottingham Forest in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past seven encounters between Brighton and Nottingham Forest, with Brighton scoring 1.29 goals on average per game. Nottingham Forest averaged 2.01 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Brighton, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Nottingham Forest's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.