Nottingham Forest travels to Brighton, for the first ever FA Cup meeting between these two clubs. The two sides will clash in the quarterfinal round, and despite the Trees being as tricky as they have been in recent memory, they’re the underdogs here.
They’re substantially higher up in table than Brighton, yet it’s the host Seagulls who are pegged with the higher probability of emerging triumphant and earning a semifinal berth here.
FA Cup Quarterfinals FYIs
Nottingham Forest at Brighton & Hove Albion
Kickoff: Sat. March 29, Falmer Stadium, Brighton, UK
Preview Material for Both Sides: Team News
Fun Fact: Nottingham Forest has somehow underdogs here despite the fact that they have outscored Brighton 9-2 on aggregate (7-0 and 2-2) so far this season.
Previews of the other Saturday FA Cup Quarterfinal (Crystal Palace at Fulham):
Match Predictions Team News for Both Sides Starting XI Predictions
Not to mention that it’s the Tricky Trees who actually have history on their side as well. While these two sides have never met in the FA Cup, there were two previous meetings in the League Cup, and Forest took both of them, 3-1 in the 1977-78 quarterfinals and 3-0, on aggregate in the 1986-87 second round.
Starting XI Predictions
Nottingham Forest
Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Brighton & Hove Albion
Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Webster, Pervis Estupinan; Ayari, Baleba; Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma; Joao Pedro
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