***Nottm Forest vs Brighton Match Preview***

Relegation-bound Nottingham Forest welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to the City Ground on Wednesday evening as Premier League fever takes over midweek. Steve Cooper has failed to win in any of his last 11 games as Forest boss, whilst Brighton will be looking to bounce back following their heart-rending penalty shootout defeat against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final.

An upturn in form for Forest post World Cup may turn out to be crucial if they are to survive in the top flight this term. Going undefeated throughout the whole of January, Cooper was able to lift his side out of the drop zone on their way to five successive games without a loss, picking up three wins and drawing twice in the process. However, four consecutive defeats this month has put the club right back in it, despite a valiant performance at Anfield in their 3-2 defeat away to Liverpool last time out.

Roberto De Zerbi continues to impress down on the South Coast and his Brighton side currently sit in eighth position with a number of games in hand over the likes of Liverpool, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. With the Seagulls having the fourth best away record in the division so far this season, Brighton look set to pile on more misery for Forest on Wednesday. A win would certainly put their European hopes back on track as they look to quickly get over their exit from the FA Cup last Sunday.

The hosts will take confidence in the fact that they have not suffered defeat in any of their last two clashes with Brighton, holding them to a 0-0 draw when they met at the Amex Stadium back in October. However, the meeting prior to that was all the way back in 2017 when the two clubs went head-to-head in the Championship. That was also the last time the two club’s met at the City Ground as Forest ran out 3-0 winners on the day. Brighton last beat Forest in 2016, with their last win in Nottinghamshire coming that same season towards the tail end of the 16/17 campaign.

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***诺丁汉森林对布莱顿比赛预览***

降级的诺丁汉森林在周三晚上欢迎布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比来到城市球场，因为英超联赛的热潮在周中开始。史蒂夫·库珀在担任森林主帅的最近11场比赛中一场都没赢，而布莱顿在足总杯半决赛点球大战中惨败于曼联后，将寻求反弹。

如果森林森林想在本赛季的顶级联赛中生存下去，世界杯后的状态好转可能是至关重要的。在整个一月都保持不败的情况下，库珀带领球队走出了降级区，并取得了连续五场不败的战绩，其中三场胜利，两场平局。然而，这个月的四连败让俱乐部重新回到了正轨，尽管上次他们在安菲尔德客场3-2不敌利物浦的比赛中表现英勇。

罗伯托·德泽比继续在南海岸给人留下深刻的印象，他的布莱顿目前排名第八，比利物浦、阿斯顿维拉和托特纳姆热刺等球队多打了几场比赛。本赛季到目前为止，海鸥队的客场战绩在联赛中排名第四，布莱顿似乎将在周三给森林带来更多的痛苦。一场胜利肯定会让他们的欧洲希望回到正轨，因为他们希望迅速从上周日足总杯出局的阴影中走出来。

东道主将对他们在最近两次与布莱顿的交锋中没有输过任何一场充满信心，去年10月他们在美国运通球场相遇时，他们以0-0战平了布莱顿。然而，在此之前的会面要追溯到2017年，当时两家俱乐部在英冠中正面交锋。那也是两家俱乐部最后一次在城市球场相遇，当天森林队以3比0获胜。布莱顿上一次击败森林是在2016年，他们在诺丁汉郡的最后一场胜利是在同一个赛季，接近16/17赛季的尾声。

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