Nottingham Forest face Brighton and Hove Albion this afternoon in a key Premier League clash
12:51, 01 Mar 2026Updated 12:57, 01 Mar 2026
Nottingham Forest head coach Vitor Pereira
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Head coach Vitor Pereira has named his Nottingham Forest team to face Brighton and Hove Albion in today's crunch clash.
The focus is back on the Premier League for the Reds after they confirmed their place in the Europa League last 16 in midweek. Although they lost 2-1 to Fenerbahce at the City Ground on Thursday night, their 3-0 triumph in Istanbul a week earlier meant they won their play-off 4-2 on aggregate.
Balancing the demands of competing on two fronts remains the challenge for Forest. They have designs on going far in Europe but ensuring they retain their top-flight status is the absolute priority.
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The 17th-placed Reds played well in their last league outing - their first under Pereira - but fell 1-0 at home to Liverpool. A similar performance will be required this afternoon as the visitors try to extend the two-point gap between themselves and the bottom three.
Pereira has made seven changes to his starting XI from the game in midweek. There is a return from injury for goalkeeper Matz Sels, with Stefan Ortega ruled out with a calf problem sustained against Fenerbahce.
Nikola Milenkovic, Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangare, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus start. They will take the places of Jair Cunha, Morato, Ryan Yates, James McAtee, Nicolas Dominguez and Lorenzo Lucca.
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Sels will take his place between the posts behind a back line of Neco Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo and Aina. Sangare will partner Elliot Anderson in midfield.
Omari Hutchinson will join Gibbs-White and Hudson-Odoi in providing attacking support for front man Jesus. The bench will be made up of Angus Gunn, Taiwo Awoniyi, Dan Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, Jair, McAtee, Luca Netz and Dilane Bakwa.
Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus. Subs: Gunn, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, Jair, McAtee, Netz, Bakwa.
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