I got talking to a Nottingham Forest fan, a lawyer called Mr Gooch, at Birmingham New Street Station on my way back from covering Aston Villa versus Celtic. He was having a bit of banter with me about how I have suddenly become a Forest fan now they are doing well - so I asked him to give me a prediction for this game.

Nottingham Forest come into a game against Brighton sitting third in the table but off the back of their worst defeat of the season. A 5-0 loss to Bournemouth brought an end to a nine-game undefeated run.

Brighton have scored the opening goal in 10 of their 12 Premier League away games this season (including in each of their past five), more than any other side. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have gone 1-0 up in 18 of their 23 league games overall this term,