Premier League – Season Continues – Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest on Match-day 12
Tuesday Premier League action from the Amex Stadium, as Brighton take on Forest.
Brighton, currently sitting seventh, host twentieth placed Forest on Tuesday.
Brighton & Hove Albion’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 14 points this season
Brighton will be buoyant, following a 2-0 away win against Brentford in their last fixture.
Also, with an unfortunate Brighton that has not managed to win in their last League so far, Roberto De Zerbi’s men form is worryingly poor. They should solve their trend if they don’t want to occupy the lasts places in the League Table. With 14 points, they currently sit seventh in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 4 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws having won four games, drawn two matches, and lost three games.
Playing at home, Brighton have won two matches, drawn one game, and lost one game.
A victory for Brighton & Hove Albion would put them on 17 points.
Good Attacking Performance
Brighton will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (14). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Alexis MacAllister (5), Leandro Trossard (5), and Pascal Gross (3). Brighton have conceded 11 goals.
It is likely that two key players will miss Tuesday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Roberto De Zerbi and his Brighton team.
Nottingham Forest under pressure for a result as they go to fancied Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday
Forest come to this match on the back of a victory, having beaten Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at Molineux Stadium.
Also, these are challenging times for Steve Cooper’s Forest, having suffered six losses in seven fixtures, and taking them into relegation territory. This is a run of form that has to be stopped quickly. Now they have 1 matches won, 7 games lost and 2 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in twentieth place, with a total of five points having won one game, drawn two meetings, and lost seven matches.
Forest will travel to Brighton with a win record on the road that is quite unremarkable, with one draw and four losse.
Nottingham Forest will have 8 points so far this season, should they secure a win.
Steve Cooper could be missing up to six of their players through injury or illness for the game on Tuesday.
Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels Brighton and Forest have faced each other 20 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Brighton’s favour (8 – 6). Additionally, Brighton recent form against Forest has been outstanding, winning on two out of the last three meetings. In their most recent meeting of this fixture The Seagulls secured a 3-0 home win.
Other players of note for Brighton are Leandro Trossard and Pascal Gross with five goals and three goals respectively and for Forest are Taiwo Awoniyi and Brennan Johnson with two goals each.
