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Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For week five, he takes on singer-songwriter and West Ham fan James Smith whose debut album, Common People, is out now.

Brighton host Nottingham Forest on Sunday at 14:00 BST...

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

It is hard to predict a defeat for Nottingham Forest now because they were so good at Liverpool and their backline of Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Alex Moreno and Ola Aina were just tremendous.

Forest also had James Ward-Prowse just sitting in front of their back four ticking things over and Ryan Yates alongside him getting on everyone's nerves with his tenacity.

Their substitutes came on and impacted the game at Anfield as well and the whole team had such composure.

So, while I look at Brighton and think they are capable of scoring, based on what I saw from Forest, why would I say they will lose?

I don't think Brighton will lose at home either, so I am really sorry, but I am going to have to go for another draw.

James's prediction: 2-2

This is an interesting one... they have both started well, so I am going to go for another draw.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis talks to BBC East Midlands about his hopes for a 50,000-seat redevelopment at the City Ground and future aspirations for the Reds.

Read more about Forest's stadium plans here.

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Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo credits former Reds manager Brian Clough for giving the club "the mentality of knowing that anything is possible in football".

It has been 20 years since club legend Clough died at the age of 69 in 2004.

During his 18-year spell with Forest, he took them from Division Two to winning the First Division title in 1978, followed by two consecutive European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980 and four League Cup trophies.

"It is present in us every day. We go around the club and we see how Brian Clough was important for Forest," Nuno told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"What he achieved and how things change. The mentality of knowing that anything is possible in football and that is credit to Brian and the players of that fantastic moment.

"There is so much to learn if you go deeper and try to understand the evolution of the game. [Arrigo] Sacchi, for example, and his great Milan team, in Portugal with Sporting, Real Madrid. If you go deep and understand how the game has evolved and now is going back again it is curious.

"But of course, me personally I try to go 30 or 40 years back and you can still find some videos and footage. You can see what football players did then because they played with freedom."

Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds

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Two decades on from his passing, Brian Clough remains a football icon and one who Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis says continues to influence the club he elevated to footballing folklore.

"You had someone, Brian Clough, who inspired the players to outperform, who inspired the crowds to be there to support the team everywhere, and when he spoke he talked about things that they could never imagine," Marinakis told BBC East Midlands Today.

"It was the way he was talking that made you think it was possible and that it was normal - and this charisma, very few people have it, that is why they have made the difference over the years. Brian was one of them.

"It's very important that if a team has such history and tradition, they know history repeats."

"He brought people joy in life by showing what can be achieved," said John McGovern, who played under Clough at four clubs and who was captain at Forest when they won back-to-back European Cups.

"There are managers that have better records, but if you look at the time it took him to bring success at football clubs, nobody did it quicker."

That journey began in the Fourth Division at Hartlepools United (now Hartlepool United), then started to morph into something truly special as he guided Derby County to promotion from the Second Division in 1969 and then to a remarkable first English title just three years later.

A falling-out with the Rams board led to his departure, with a stint at Brighton and Hove Albion followed by his 44-day spell as Leeds United boss, before he started an 18-year footballing love affair with Forest - which most famously saw the Reds rise from the second tier to be crowned First Division champions before conquering Europe, all within three years between 1977 and 1979.

At Forest, where he eventually retired following relegation from the Premier League in 1993, Clough also collected four League Cups, a European Super Cup and a Charity Shield.

Watch Clough - 20 Years On, which celebrates the legendary manager 20 years after his passing

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Everton manager Sean Dyche has paid tribute to legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough, who died 20 years ago today, at the age of 69.

Dyche was an apprentice and young professional on the books at Forest between 1987 and 1990, and tells of recognising "genius" in the way Clough dealt with players, approached matches and set sides up tactically.

"When I became a manager, I started reflecting back," said the Everton boss. "As a person and footballer, I learned so much during that period of my life.

"When the boss spoke, you were listening. He had this amazing thing that when he told you that you did well, you just felt 10ft tall and couldn't fit through the door, but if he told you that you didn't, you could go under the door with a top hat on."

Clough did more than just try to mould Dyche as a footballer of the future, with a list of odd jobs also handed out to emerging players.

Running a bath for Clough was a regular occurrence - with Dyche admitting he stressed about never knowing how hot to make it - while tending to the garden at the manager's house was also part of "silly, mad stuff" he would get up to.

Not that it always went to plan for Dyche, who was almost always referred to as "young ginger" by Clough.

"He once asked me to get rid of five bags of leaves, green leaves," Dyche said. "When I was a kid. I used to love a fire in the woods and I know green leaves are not going to burn very well.

"I'm at the bottom of his garden and he says: 'Young ginger, get rid of these leaves for me darling. I’ll help you start a fire and you can get rid of them for me'.

"He starts it off and goes back up, and he used to make us food - more food than you could imagine - so I'm putting these leaves on and thinking it isn't going to work. Then the wind starts blowing towards the kitchen and I'm going, 'oh no'.

"He comes out and says: 'Young ginger, get that smoke out my kitchen or I'm going to throw you on the fire'.

"I'm now putting one leaf on at a time and I have five bags, and I’m thinking this is going to be a long afternoon. And I hear him again and I say: 'But boss I can't help it, they are green leaves'. Then he went: 'You are right, well done' and just went back in.

"One minute I'm shaking, then I'm thinking he is all right now.

"As a character, he most certainly broke the mould."

Watch Brian Clough - 20 years on, celebrating the man who put Nottingham Forest into football folklore

Josh Lobley
BBC Sport researcher

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League trip to Brighton (kick-off 14:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• He was unable to give positive injury updates: "The same players are out. [Willy] Boly is really close to joining the group. Unfortunately, Ibrahim Sangare and Danilo are out for a while.

• On Evangelos Marinakis' ambitions for the club: "It drives everybody. He's the biggest authority in the club, so his ambition is what guides us. He wants to make this club grow and make it stable. If it [the City Ground] has 50,000, great. As long as it's here. That is what drives us. This goes from the owner to everyone at the training ground. Everyone has to commit themselves and be aware they are part of something that wants to grow. We need all on board."

• After being told his Forest side have had more 'direct attacks' than any other Premier League side this season: "I think we are creating a lot of things [but] we still have to improve accuracy. Sometimes the last pass or finish isn't good. The idea reflects the stats - we want to go forward and attack."

• On the fixture schedule: "We have to consider the people that decide the schedule. I know how hard it is to find dates, especially with the international dates. But we cannot forget the game is played by footballers and we have to respect the player. It's very difficult to play a game when you have less than 48 or 72 hours. If you repeat this over and over, then problems appear and the level of the game decreases. Let's try to protect the players."

• On Sunday's opponents: "They are a very good team with good players and a good manager. They have started well. We have to compete very well with them."

• More on the Albion: "Brighton make more offsides for their opponents than any other Premier League team. That shows how hard it is to play them. They are aggressive and have a lot of talent. They play possession football that is really difficult to play against."

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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been speaking about his plans for the City Ground on the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast: "What we need to do is have a bigger stadium. The first priority is to do it at the City Ground - that's where the team belongs and where the tradition is.

"We have a lot of supporters and a huge waiting list for season tickets. I'm sure a 50,000 [capacity] stadium would be full to watch the team.

"This is important for the team, and most importantly for Nottingham. This is something I want to finalise, and have one of the best stadiums in England for years to come. This is my prime target right now."

Marinakis also owns Olympiakos, who became the first Greek side to win a European trophy last season and he is eyeing continental football for Forest: "Why not? We did it for the first time ever. We were the underdogs. Why not with Nottingham Forest? We have what is needed to go all the way, but the first target is playing well in the Premier League.

"If Europe comes, it's something we will look to perform in."

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Brighton are unbeaten so far in the Premier League this season – they have never remained without defeat in their first five games of a top-flight season, last doing so in any division in the 2015-16 Championship season.

Nottingham Forest have an equal record to their hosts, winning two and drawing two so far this season. The last time they opened a season without defeat in their first five games was in the 2018-19 season in the Championship. In the top flight, it has not happened since the 1995-96 season.