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


Nottingham Forest
Ranking: #22 overall, #10 in England

80.2 → 82.4 (+2.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 29 Aug Liverpool (A) 80.9 +0.9
0-0 05 Sep Tottenham (H) 80.5 -0.4
1-2 12 Sep Aston Villa (A) 81.8 +1.3
0-1 19 Sep Coventry (H) 81.6 -0.2
3-1 11 Oct Crystal Palace (A) 82.4 +0.8
Brighton and Hove Albion
Ranking: #10 overall, #4 in England

84.7 → 85.8 (+1.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-3 30 Aug Chelsea (A) 85.6 -0.7
1-1 05 Sep Leeds Utd (H) 85.1 -0.5
0-5 13 Sep Coventry (A) 85.5 +0.4
3-0 19 Sep Arsenal (H) 85.5 0.0
0-2 10 Oct Sunderland (A) 85.8 +0.3

Nottingham Forest vs Brighton and Hove Albion: by the numbers

There are 12 places between these two in our European rankings, with Brighton and Hove Albion the higher, and 6 places between them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Nottingham Forest have moved +2.2 rating points, against +1.1 for Brighton and Hove Albion.

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

Nottingham Forest first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 82.4 on 11 October 2026.

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