Nottingham Forest in control against Brighton
Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood head past Bart Verbruggen after Lewis Dunk own goal
Bournemouth v Liverpool, plus three more games at 15:00
Wolves v Aston Villa follows at 17:30
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Naive tactics from Hurzeler today, but he is a very young manager in his first Premier League season. Expecting to see an improvement next season with the extra experience.
Jon
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
That is Hurzeler's FIFTH yellow card of the season.
Not only is he the Premier League's youngest boss, he's also the most booked!
Bournemouth v Liverpool (15:00 GMT)
Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Vitality Stadium
No reason to change things for Bournemouth after winning 5-0 against Nottingham Forest and Andoni Iraola names the same starting 11.
Bournemouth XI: Arrizabalaga, Kerkez, Huijsen, Zabarnyi, Cook, Christie, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Ouattara, Adams.
Liverpool return to their strongest side after they were able to make widespread changes and rest most of their first team for the 3-2 Champions League loss at PSV Eindhoven in midweek.
Only Andy Robertson and Cody Gakpo of the starting 11 featured in the Netherlands as Arne Slot names the same side that began the Reds' last Premier League match, the 4-1 win over Ipswich Town seven days ago.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Salah, Gakpo.
Everton v Leicester (15:00 GMT)
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Goodison Park
Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Lindstrom, Doucoure, Ndiaye, Beto.
Leicester XI: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen, Winks, Soumare, Ayew, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid, Vardy.
Newcastle v Fulham (15:00 GMT)
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall, Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton, Murphy, Gordon, Isak.
Subs: Pope, Trippier, Botman, Krafth, Osula, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Muniz, Cairney, Pereira, King, Sessegnon, Diop, Godo.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Simon Hooper is not impressed with Fabian Hurzeler's protests and the referee walks over to the opposition technical area to show the Brighton boss a yellow card.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
An accidental collision inside Forest's penalty area between Nikola Milenkovic and Danny Welbeck. The Brighton forward has come off worse. Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler is appealing for a penalty.
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
This has turned a bit scrappy. It's nothing like the incident-packed first half. Forest are cruising, Brighton cannot break the home defence down.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Joe Cole
Ex-Chelsea and England midfielder on TNT Sports
Brighton have looked a lot stronger this half. O'Riley and Gomez have held those positions.
They just look more in the game.
Image source, PA MediaBut would he want to go to Arsenal, Chris?
Chris Wood looks very, very happy in a Nottingham Forest shirt.
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I reckon Arsenal could get Chris Wood for £30m (January premium). I think it'd win them the league. Not words I thought I'd say in 2024, but here we are.
Chris, Manchester
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Now Ola Aina needlessly concedes a corner but Brighton cannot make it count. Cleared by Forest who are doing an awful lot of defending at the start of the second half.
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Hate to say I told you so. Too late now but leaving O'Riley, essentially the only fit company for Hinshelwood in midfield, on the bench against a wounded Forest animal - only ever going to go one way.
Jason, Galicia
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Brighton are controlling the opening stages of the second half. They are enjoying a lot more possession but Forest - after conceding five last week - look well organised at the back.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Marc Albrighton
Former Leicester midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
Fabian Hurzeler had to do something.
With Matt O'Riley and Diego Gomez coming on it gives Brighton a bit more in midfield.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Danilo pings a cross into the danger area but Brighton are able to on this occasion.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Tariq Lamptey goes down theatrically. No free kick says Simon Hooper who booked three players in the first half.
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Back under way.
HT: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
Diego Gomez Matt O'Riley and Simon Adingra are coming on.
Joao Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood have not come back out.
HT: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton
It looks like Brighton are going to make a TRIPLE change at the start of the second half.
Image source, PA Media| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 33 | 53 |
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| 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 47 |
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| 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 47 |
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| 4 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 41 |
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| 5 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 41 |
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| 6 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 40 |
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| 7 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 40 |
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| 8 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 35 | -1 | 37 |
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| 9 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 34 |
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| 10 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 33 |
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| 11 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 31 |
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| 12 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 29 |
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| 13 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 27 |
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| 14 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 27 |
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| 15 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 24 |
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| 16 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 23 |
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| 17 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 49 | -24 | 17 |
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| 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 52 | -20 | 16 |
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| 19 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 47 | -26 | 16 |
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| 20 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 53 | -37 | 6 |
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Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
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Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
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Nottingham Forest are winless in their last three Premier League meetings with Brighton (D1 L2), having been unbeaten in their previous eight top-flight matches against the Seagulls (W6 D2).
Brighton won this exact fixture 3-2 last season – they’ve never before won consecutive away league games against Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest’s eight game unbeaten run came to an end last time out at Bournemouth, conceding more goals in that defeat (5) as they did in their previous seven Premier League games combined (4). Only once previously this season have they lost consecutive league matches, doing so in November against Newcastle and Arsenal.
Brighton’s six game unbeaten run was ended last time out at home to Everton. The Seagulls have won just two of their last 11 Premier League games (D6 L3) and could lose consecutive matches for the first time since ending last season with back-to-back defeats.
Nottingham Forest have won six of their last eight Premier League home games (D1 L1), with five of those six victories coming by a one goal margin. This is just the second time they are kicking off at 12:30 on a Saturday since their return to the Premier League, beating Liverpool 1-0 at the City Ground in October 2022 in their only previous game.
Brighton have scored the opening goal in 10 of their 12 Premier League away games this season (including in each of their last five), more than any other side. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have gone 1-0 up in 18 of their 23 league games overall this term, the most in the division.
Only Erling Haaland (17), Alexander Isak (16) and Mohamed Salah (14) have scored more non penalty goals in the Premier League this season than Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood (12). Wood has scored more goals against Brighton (9) than he has against any other side in his English league career.
Brighton’s João Pedro has six goal involvements in his last eight away appearances in the Premier League (2 goals, 4 assists), also netting a brace at the City Ground back in November 2023.
The average distance of Nottingham Forest’s goal kicks in the Premier League this season has been 43.7 metres, the highest of any side, while 121 of those have ended in the attacking half, 26 more than any other team. By contrast, only three sides have taken goal kicks at a shorter average distance than Brighton this campaign (23.4 metres).
Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina has taken 35 throw-ins that have ended in the opposition’s penalty area in the Premier League this season, seven more than any other player. In total, Forest have taken 56 throws that end in the opposition box, with only Brentford doing so more often (60).
