It hasn’t quite clicked for Yankuba Minteh on the ball for Brighton so far this season, though the 20-year-old has been a tireless worker out of possession, committing a lofty 2.00 fouls per 90 minutes of Premier League action for the Seagulls.

Minteh’s energy and pace make him a very useful pressing weapon for Brighton boss Fabian Hürzeler and bettors should expect the summer signing to put in more hard yards against Forest when required. With that considered, Minteh offers top value to commit one or more fouls again.

Ryan Yates earned a first Premier League start of the season at Anfield last weekend and the midfielder justified his manager’s faith with an all-action display in Forest’s historic 1-0 triumph over Liverpool in front of The Kop.

Yates adds a steely presence to midfield when selected and alongside clocking numerous fouls, he has been drawing plenty himself, indeed, his fouls-against-tally of nine is the highest at the club since the summer.

The 26-year-old was fouled three times by his Liverpool counterparts on Merseyside a week ago and the ground-duel specialist has the credentials to be fouled at least twice again at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.

Often an unsung hero and unheralded performer, Chris Wood is one of the Premier League’s most clinical hitmen and the New Zealand international has been averaging a healthy 1.99 shots on target per 90 minutes for Forest this term.

Incredibly, Wood has found his range with seven of the ten shots he has mustered for Forest and his 70% hit rate makes him one of the division’s most reliable finishers.

The 32-year-old might not get much of a sniff against possession-hungry Brighton, though Wood routinely makes the most of half chances and he can be expected to aim another effort between the posts here.

Tempers threatened to spill over in both of last season’s Premier League skirmishes between Brighton and Nottingham Forest, and with several individual rivalries to renew, the match officials could be overworked on the South Coast.

Eight players were shown a card in March when Brighton last hosted Nottingham Forest at the Amex Stadium, while the reverse fixture between the clubs in November last year was even nastier, with nine cards – including one red – brandished to the combatants on show.

We’re aiming a little lower on this occasion, however, if this fixture’s recent trends hold, a target of over 3.5 total cards should be beaten with room to spare.

Kaoru Mitoma was one of several Brighton attackers to endure a frustrating outing in Albion’s 0-0 draw with Ipswich last weekend, though the 27-year-old did his best to provide menace in that stalemate and he got two of his three shots against the Tractor Boys on target.

Mitoma has been averaging 1.28 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Premier League overall this season, which makes him the best-performing Seagull for that metric from the club’s regular starters.

That’s already a jump on his figures from the previous two campaigns (0.82 – 23/24, 0.91 – 22/23) and we’re backing the 27-year-old to showcase his increased attacking intent by registering another shot on target against Forest.

A classy operator from the left, Callum Hudson-Odoi has been releasing more of his latent potential for Forest this season and the 23-year-old opened his account for the new campaign by burying a superbly-taken winning goal at Anfield last weekend.

Hudson-Odoi’s average of 1.30 shots on target per 90 minutes this term suggested that a duck-breaking goal was probably overdue, and netting the winner against Liverpool last week should allow him to approach Sunday’s test at Brighton with renewed confidence.

Only Forest centre forward Chris Wood has outgunned Hudson-Odoi for total shots on target for the Tricky Trees since the start of the season and the ex-Chelsea youngster holds plenty of appeal in the 1+ shots on target range again here.

The summer acquisition of James Ward-Prowse should prove a smart piece of business for Forest and he proved his worth on his first start of the campaign for his new employers in last weekend’s surprise triumph at Anfield.

In a typically rounded performance, Ward-Prowse made four interceptions, won 100% of his attempted tackles and committed one foul against Liverpool – and the former England international has generally been good for around a foul per game over the course of his career.

Indeed, Ward-Prowse committed 0.72, 0.91, 0.62, 1.18 and 1.50 fouls per 90 in his last five Premier League campaigns and with Brighton likely to control at least 60% possession on Sunday, the 29-year-old should have scope to foul at least once again.

Morgan Gibbs-White remains the heartbeat of this Forest outfit and the attacking midfielder has been a steady influence in the final third this term, chipping in with 2.58 shots per 90 minutes in the Premier League so far.

Last season, the England international was just as threatening, indeed, he had six shots in one appearance against Brighton at the City Ground last year, which was his biggest output in one sitting for the 2023/24 campaign, while he racked up another couple of attempts when Forest last visited Albion in March.

Having already shown an aptitude for finding space to trouble the Seagulls, Gibbs-White is taken to let fly at least twice against Brighton again on Sunday.