[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Albion v Forest

PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: The American Express Stadium
Date: Sunday 22nd September 2024
Kick-off: 14:00 BST
Referee: Robert Jones
Assistants: Neil Davies, Akil Howson
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor
VAR: Peter Bankes
Additional VAR: Simon Long
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TEAM NEWS

Brighton forward Joao Pedro faces a fitness test on the minor injury that has ruled him out of their last two matches.

Brajan Gruda, Solly March, James Milner and Matt O’Riley remain on the sidelines.

Nottingham Forest's Ibrahim Sangare could be out for up to two months with the hamstring issue he sustained against Liverpool.

Wily Boly is a doubt with a calf problem, while Danilo remains a long-term absentee.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Nottingham Forest lost both meetings last season, having previously been unbeaten in eight top-flight encounters between 1980 and 2023 (W6, D2).
• Brighton have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four home league games against Forest (W3, D1).

Albion

• Brighton are aiming to go unbeaten in their opening five games of a top-flight season for the first time.
• They have drawn 32% of their matches in the Premier League, the highest proportion of any side to have played in more than one campaign.
• Four of the eight 0-0 draws in the top flight in 2024 have involved the Seagulls.
• Albion have failed to score in 10 Premier League fixtures in 2024, more than any other side.
• Evan Ferguson has failed to score in each of his last 26 appearances for club and country dating back to November 2023.
• Danny Welbeck has scored a Premier League goal against 25 different opponents but has not managed to score in any of his three top-flight appearances versus Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest

• Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their opening four matches of a Premier League season for the first time since 1995-96.
• They have equalled their Premier League club record of four consecutive away victories set from March to April 1995. They had previously won only three of their first 36 league away fixtures after returning to the top flight in 2022.
• They can equal their club league record of five successive away wins, previously achieved on five different occasions.
• Only Forest and Arsenal have scored the opening goal in all four of their Premier League games this campaign.
• Forest have scored exactly one goal in all five of their matches in all competitions this season. The last top-flight club to score just once in their first six games of a season was Forest themselves in 1988-89.
• Morgan Gibbs-White has created an unrivalled 11 chances from open play in the Premier League this season.
• Since the start of last season, only Phil Foden (six) and Eberechi Eze (five) have scored more top-flight goals from outside the penalty area than Callum Hudson-Odoi’s four.

Fabian Hürzeler's Nottingham Forest Press Conference

 

[Justice]

Let’s cut this lot down to size and take the 3 points.

 

[WhingForPresident]

This lot are a typical Nuno side who will turn up and try to do exactly what Ipswich did to us. Fingers crossed we chuck it all at them early doors, get the early goal, they throw their gameplan out the window and we steamroller them. RDZ couldn't do it against these sides, time for Fab to earn his salt.

 

[Dick Head]

These are a good side.

 

[jcdenton08]

Through to the next round here lads, no excuses. What time is everyone setting off for the game? Never been to Pride Park before!

 

[Albion my Albion]

Official!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

This next game could be season-defining.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I've got a feeling about this one

 

[Goldstone1976]

were loose

 

[Beach Hut]

So excited

 

[Greg Bobkin]

were loose

Defiantly.

 

[El Turi]

Nuno always plays horrible football. It will be another tough watch I think.

 

[wunt be druv]

Another frustrating afternoon ahead with Forest playing with everyone behind the ball, killing the game at every opportunity maybe hoofing the ball long to try and nick a goal and obviously feigning head injuries at any given moment.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

This lot are a typical Nuno side who will turn up and try to do exactly what Ipswich did to us. Fingers crossed we chuck it all at them early doors, get the early goal, they throw their gameplan out the window and we steamroller them. RDZ couldn't do it against these sides, time for Fab to earn his salt.

Really ?
History says we beat them both Home AND Away last season.

 

[Justice]

Another frustrating afternoon ahead with Forest playing with everyone behind the ball, killing the game at every opportunity maybe hoofing the ball long to try and nick a goal and obviously feigning head injuries at any given moment.

Maybe we should change our mentality Villa seem to beat these low block sides over 90 minutes for an example we often run out of ideas.
We can kiss goodbye to any hint of Europe if we can’t win these games at home.

 

[Redinpeace]

Looking forward to this one, would love to escape back to the midlands with a point, BHA are in a very small group of clubs that I have admiration for both on and off the field, hopefully our fans will behave and be respectful towards their hosts.

0-0

Good luck for the rest of the season.

 

[Peppermint Tea]

Looking forward to this one, would love to escape back to the midlands with a point, BHA are in a very small group of clubs that I have admiration for both on and off the field, hopefully our fans will behave and be respectful towards their hosts.

0-0

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Gracious of you, thanks. Please remind your fellow Forest fans that the Amex is a cash free stadium and there’s no need to bring any coins….

 

[Dick Head]

So excited

were loose

 

[Redinpeace]

Gracious of you, thanks. Please remind your fellow Forest fans that the Amex is a cash free stadium and there’s no need to bring any coins….

I’d be more than a little disappointed if any reds act up today, we supposed to have left that behaviour back in the 80’s.

Any mindless idiots don’t represent the rest of us .

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Really ?
History says we beat them both Home AND Away last season.

Stop trying to win arguments with facts Football is all about irrational emotions, and my waters are a bit wobbly today.
I think this is a good test to see what Fab and the boys have learnt from Ipswich.
Hopefully, we have enough to see them off. An early goal would definitely help.