Forest eyeing three-game winning run as Brighton visits.
Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion kicks off at 14:05 [GMT] on Sunday, November 30, at City Ground.
Nottingham Forest, who are coming off a 3-0 win over Malmo in the Europa League, return to the City Ground looking to extend their recent resurgence as they take on Brighton, a fixture that produced one of the most astonishing results of last season. Forest’s 7–0 victory in this exact matchup remains one of the club’s most memorable Premier League performances and stands as their biggest-ever top-flight win over the Seagulls. That scoreline still hangs over this contest, and while a repeat is unlikely, it does highlight how Forest have tended to thrive at home in this fixture. They’ve won two of their three Premier League home games against Brighton, losing only once. Forest enter this match in their best form of the season. After a difficult run that saw them win just two of their previous 15 league games, they’ve now picked up consecutive victories [LLDWW] — both emphatic. A 3–1 win over Leeds followed by a 3–0 dismantling of Liverpool has transformed the mood around the club. Sean Dyche has never overseen a run of three straight Premier League matches in which his side scored three or more goals, and this match gives him the chance to break new ground. A 4—2—3—1 formation with Igor Jesus in attack is expected against Brighton.
Brighton, meanwhile, will be desperate to avoid back-to-back league defeats to Forest for the first time since the early 1980s. Their 7–0 collapse back in February was an outlier, but it also marked one of the very few times in recent seasons that the Seagulls completely capitulated. The visitors are typically far more resilient. Brighton have won more points from behind than any other Premier League team this season (10) — and they’ve done so in each of the last five campaigns. Only Liverpool have claimed more comeback points since 2021–22. They arrive with plenty of danger, especially in the second half. No Premier League side has scored a higher percentage of their goals after the break (79%), and their eight goals in the final 15 minutes are the joint-highest in the division. Danny Welbeck is in red-hot form with seven goals in his last seven league games, second only to Erling Haaland in that span. He will be hoping to find the back of the net once again here. A 4—2—3—1 formation with the Englishman in attack is expected here.