Brighton vs Nottingham Forest Matchday Stats Preview
Brighton have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four home league games against Nottingham Forest (W3 D1), having lost the previous two while conceding three goals each time.
Having been unbeaten in eight top-flight meetings with Brighton between 1980 and 2023 (W6 D2), Nottingham Forest lost home and away against the Seagulls last season.
Brighton are unbeaten so far in the Premier League this season (W2 D2) – they’ve 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.
Brighton have drawn their last two Premier League games. Indeed, of all teams to have played in more than campaign in the competition, the Seagulls have seen the highest share of their games finish level (32.2% - 87/270).
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (W3 D2), winning two and drawing two so far this season. They last remained without defeat in their first five league games in 2018-19 (Championship), and last did so in the top-flight in 1995-96.
Nottingham Forest have won their last four Premier League away games, more than they had in their first 36 on the road following their return to the division in 2022 (W3 D9 L24). They last won five consecutive away games (any division) in January 1994, and last did so in the top-flight in March 1989.
Nottingham Forest have had more direct attacks (12) than any other side in the Premier League so far this season, while only West Ham (12) have had more such attacks against them than Brighton (10).
Nottingham Forest have scored exactly once in all five of their games in all competitions this season (4x league, 1x League Cup). The last top-flight club to score exactly once in their first six games of a season was Forest themselves in 1988-89 (5x league, 1x centenary trophy).
Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke has made the most ball carries (116) in the Premier League this season, and subsequently carried the ball the furthest distance (1149 metres) of any player so far.
Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White has created more chances from open play than any other player in the Premier League this season (11).
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