Nottingham Forest vs Brighton and Hove Albion prediction | 5 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Nottingham Forest
Ranking: #32 overall, #13 in England

79.9 → 80.9 (+1.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 10 May Newcastle (H) 80.0 -0.2
3-2 17 May Man United (A) 79.4 -0.6
1-1 24 May Bournemouth (H) 80.0 +0.6
0-1 22 Aug Leeds Utd (H) 80.0 0.0
2-2 29 Aug Liverpool (A) 80.9 +0.9
Brighton and Hove Albion
Ranking: #10 overall, #5 in England

83.6 → 86.3 (+2.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-1 02 May Newcastle (A) 84.7 -0.7
3-0 09 May Wolves (H) 84.9 +0.2
1-0 17 May Leeds Utd (A) 86.3 +1.4
0-3 24 May Man United (H) 85.5 -0.8
4-0 23 Aug Aston Villa (H) 86.3 +0.8

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton and Hove Albion: by the numbers

There are 22 places between these two in our European rankings, with Brighton and Hove Albion the higher, and 8 places between them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Brighton and Hove Albion have moved +2.7 rating points, against +1.0 for Nottingham Forest.

Brighton and Hove Albion gained 0.1 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 1 Mar 2026.

Nottingham Forest first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 81.8 on 1 Feb 2025.

Brighton and Hove Albion first climbed to #4 in our European rankings on 14 May 2023.