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FA Cup Quarter-Final: Brighton vs Nottingham Forest – Injury News, Injury Update, Predicted Lineups and More

Nottingham Forest defeated Brighton 7-0 in the Premier League in January.

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Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest will face off in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, March 29. Forest, who beat Ipswich on penalties (5-4) in Round 5 of the competition, enters as one of the top contenders after Manchester City.

As they look to continue what has been a dream season, Brighton will be a strong hurdle to cross. Beating Newcastle in the Round 5, the Seagulls will be thriving on confidence coming into the contest.

Fabian Hurzeler is leading Brighton to a hopeful season as they trail by two points to fourth-placed Chelsea in the Premier League. Moreover, being unbeaten in their past seven games, Brighton is expected to put up a competitive fight.

Since Brighton lost 7-0 to Nottingham Forest:

2-1 vs Chelsea ✅
3-0 vs Chelsea ✅
4-0 vs Southampton ✅
2-1 vs Bournemouth ✅
2-1 vs Newcastle ✅

Fabian Hurzeler took that one personally 😳 pic.twitter.com/m2wpPJP62i
— LiveScore (@livescore) March 8, 2025

Nottingham Forest Injury News

In the 54th minute of Monday’s World Cup qualifying match between New Zealand and New Caledonia, Chris Wood was substituted. Recent injury updates from Nottingham confirm that Wood’s hip injury is not serious.

It is uncertain if Wood, their top goal scorer, will feature in the quarterfinals against Brighton. Aside from Wood, Forest’s manager has had most of his squad available throughout the season.

Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup: Sels; Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Aina; Dominguez, Anderson; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Elanga; *Wood.

Brighton & Hove Albion Injury News

Brighton & Hove Albion have had their share of injury problems this season. With a long list of players still pending to be back, Hurzeler will have to make do with the squad available.

Losing Igor Julio and James Milner in January and having Ferdi Kardioglu on the sidelines, Brighton has lacked depth in their midfield. Other than this, the absence of backup goalkeeper Jason Steele and Matt O’Riley is expected to remain in the FA Cup clash.

Brighton Predicted Lineup: Verbruggen; Estupinan, Van Hecke, Dunk, Veltman; Hinshelwood, Baleba; Mitoma, Pedro, Minteh; Welbeck.

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Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion Betting Odds:

Odds via: BetMGM

Teams	Moneyline	Total Goals
Nottingham Forest	Win: +320 Draw: +285	Over 2.5: -143 Under 2.5: +117
Brighton	Win: -130 Draw: +285	Over 3.5: +185 Under 3.5: -240

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I’m a Sports Content Writer with expertise in football. Being a decade old football enthusiast and part-time coach, I try to bring to life to the articles in a statistical manner. Being around all kinds of sports updates and able to put in my perspective’s to the happenings in the world of football are few of the many things i like in doing what i do. You can find me playing Sunday leagues or Xbox on weekends!