Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest Prediction & Tips

Luke Hamilton 28 Mar 2025

Examine predictions, team news and betting tips for the FA Cup quarter-final between Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest on Saturday 29th March (5:15pm GMT).

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

Full Time Result: Forest Win
Correct Score: 0-1
Both Teams To Score: No
Over 2.5 Goals: No
First Goalscorer: Chris Wood

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest Tips

Tip 1

Odds of 11/5 for both Brighton and Forest’s main goal threats to hit the target at least once each in this match look generous.

They are their side’s top goalscorers (Wood 18 and Pedro 8), with the New Zealander letting off 53 shots – the most of any Forest player this term – and the Brazilian hitting 42 despite being absent for six league games.

Across the season, they’ve ticked off this assignment numerous times, with Wood managing at least one SOT in 22/29, including in each of his last three, while Pedro has hit the target once or more in 14/23, with three of those successes coming across his last four fixtures.

Tip 2

Carlos Baleba’s tally of six yellows is only surpassed by two players taking to the field on Saturday – both of which feature in Forest red.

His foul count of 34 is also only bettered by Ryan Yates for the opposition, making the combative Cameroonian midfielder the stats leader in both of these regards for Brighton.

The 21 year old was cautioned in his last outing before the international break, where he committed two fouls against Man City – and his fifth across the last three – which lends strong credibility to this bet landing, especially when he picked up one in the 2-2 home draw with Forest back in September.

Brighton & Hove Albion Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

The Seagulls beat EFL Cup winners Newcastle United to progress to this quarter-final encounter, while they’ve picked up four points from their subsequent two league matches against Fulham and Manchester City since then.

Tariq Lamptey remains unavailable, suffering from an ankle injury during training after serving his red-card suspension. He’s in good company on the sidelines, accompanied by Igor Julio, Jason Steele, Ferdi Kadioglu and James Milner, however, Fabian Hurzeler is optimistic about having Lewis Dunk, Joel Veltman, Solly March and Matt O’Riley back fit.

Brighton & Hove Albion Predicted XI: Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan; Baleba, Hinshelwood; Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma; Welbeck.

Nottingham Forest Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

The Tricky Trees are undefeated in their last four, having picked up four points in matches with Manchester City and Arsenal, as well as defeating Ipswich Town on penalties in the 5th round prior to this.

Although there were major concerns for the availability of Chris Wood after withdrawing for New Zealand’s World Cup 2026 Qualifying win over New Caledonia with a blow to his side, it appears as though the centre forward is fit enough to feature this weekend, making Carlos Miguel Forest’s only absentee.

Nottingham Forest Predicted XI: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood.

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest Head-to-Head Record

Last Five Results:

01/02/24: Forest 7-0 Brighton – Premier League
22/09/24: Brighton 2-2 Forest – Premier League
10/03/24: Brighton 1-0 Forest – Premier League
25/11/23: Forest 2-3 Brighton – Premier League
26/04/23: Forest 3-1 Brighton – Premier League

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