Nottingham Forest v Brighton: Premier League - live

now 07.47 EST 16 min: The ball breaks to Brighton’s Jack Hinshelwood outside the Forest penalty area but his low, goal-bound drive is blocked by Morato. Share

37s ago 07.46 EST 14 min: Without wanting to riff, be-bop and scat all over Lewis Dunk’s pain, I make that seven career Premier League own goals the Brighton captain has scored. Share

3m ago 07.44 EST GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Brighton (Dunk 13og) Forest lead! Lewis Dunk sticks out a leg to divert a Morgan Gibbs-White cross from the right towards Chris Wood at the far post into his own net. He accidentally finds the far corner, giving Bart Verbruggen no chance. View image in fullscreen Lewis Dunk on his knees after deflecting in the cross for the opening goal! Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Share Updated at 07.47 EST

4m ago 07.42 EST 12 min: Now Danny Welbeck gets booked for a late and fairly unnecessary challenge on Elliot Anderson out by the touchline. Share

5m ago 07.41 EST 11 min: Forest throw-in, halfway inside their own half. Ola Aina takes it and his side promptly lose possession. Share

6m ago 07.40 EST 8 min: Forest struggle to play out from the back under an extremely heavy press from Brighton. Joao Pedro is dropping extremely deep for the visitors, making life difficult for Morgan Gibbs-White, who is tasked with keeping tabs on the Brazilian when Brighton have the ball. Share

8m ago 07.38 EST 7 min: Murillo gets an early yellow card for grabbing Minteh by the left arm and dragging the Brighton winger to the ground. Share

9m ago 07.37 EST 6 min: Yankuba Minteh unceremoniously sits Williams on his backside with a chop inside the right wing but is unable to get a cross into the Forest box before being forced backwards. Share

10m ago 07.36 EST 5 min: Williams puts the ball out of play for a throw-in deep in Brighton territory as Joel Veltman tries to play it upfield. Share

13m ago 07.34 EST 3 min: Joao Pedro plays a give-and-go with Welbeck, advancing through the centre to collect the return pass. Nikola Milenkovic gets enough of his boot on Pedro’s shot to steer it off target. Share

14m ago 07.32 EST 2 min: Neco Williams and Ola Aina are playing as wing-backs for Forest, the former wearing a protective face mask after breaking his nose last weekend. Murillo is on the left side of the three centre-backs. View image in fullscreen Murillo under pressure from Brighton's Yankuba Minteh. Photograph: Tony O Brien/Reuters Share Updated at 07.36 EST

16m ago 07.31 EST Nottingham Forest v Brighton is go ... 1 min: Forest get the ball rolling and it’s played back to their goalkeeper Matz Sels, who launches it upfield. Game on! Share

19m ago 07.27 EST Not long now: Soundtracked by Guns N’Roses’ Welcome To The Jungle, Simon Hooper and his fellow officials lead both sets of players out on to the City Ground sward, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Lewis Dunk wearing the captains’ armbands. Kick-off in the first of the weekend’s Premier League encounters is just a few handshakes, a coin-toss and a shrill blast on Hooper’s whistle away. Share

36m ago 07.11 EST Today’s match officials Referee: Simon Hooper.

Assistants: Adrian Holmes and Simon Long.

Fourth official: Tony Harrington.

VAR: Paul Tierney.

Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis. View image in fullscreen Simon Hooper leads today’s team of match officials at the City Ground. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images Share

42m ago 07.04 EST Nuno Espirito Santo: The Forest manager has confirmed he will be starting with a back three. “Yes, that’s right,” he tells TNT Sports. “To be more compact and more solid. It then allows more freedom to our front players.” Share

1h ago 06.37 EST Fabian Hurzeler: “There is always one team that surprises everyone - this season it is Nottingham Forest,” said the Brighton manager in his pre-match press conference. “You see their individual quality, they have a lot, players who have played a long time in the Premier League. For some experts it’s not surprising, but they’re getting the results and are always finding a way to win games.” View image in fullscreen Fabian Hurzeler speaks to the ladies and gentlemen of the Fourth Estate ahead of his team’s match against Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Steven Paston/PA Share

1h ago 06.36 EST Those teams: Following last weekend’s uncharacteristic defensive horror show, Nuno Espirito Santo looks to be switching to a back five, bringing in Morato to play alongside Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic in the heart of Forest’s defence. Danilo is back in the side for his first start in the side since recovering from a broken ankle he suffered on the opening day of the season. Ryan Yates and Jota Silva make way. Kaoru Mitoma starts for Brighton, who rejected two bids for their Japanese winger from Saudi side Al-Nassr during the week. Jack Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh and Georginio Rutter come into the starting 11, with Carlos Baleba, Brajan Gruda and Yasin Ayari dropping out. Expected to leave Brighton on loan or a permanent move before Monday, Irish striker Evan Ferguson starts on the bench after recovering from his latest ankle injury. View image in fullscreen Irish striker Evan Ferguson is expected to leave Brighton before the transfer window closes on Monday. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Share Updated at 06.42 EST

1h ago 06.24 EST Nottingham Forest v Brighton line-ups Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Morato, Anderson, Danilo, Gibbs-White, Elanga, Wood Subs: Miguel, Sangare, Awoniyi, Dominguez, Moreno, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Boly Brighton: Verbruggen, Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Lamptey, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Mitoma, Joao Pedro, Rutter, Welbeck Subs: Rushworth, Webster, Gruda, Adingra, Gomez, Ferguson, O’Riley, McConville, Knight Share

1h ago 06.23 EST Early team news At a point in the season when some top flight teams are decimated by injury, Nottingham Forest are in extremely rude health. Their in-form winger winger Callum Hudson-Odoi remains sidelined with the groin injury that kept him out of his side’s defeat at the hands of Bournemouth last weekend, but Ibrahim Sangare, has been passed fit to join the matchday squad after five months out with a hamstring tear. Brighton defenders Igor Julio and Ferdi Kadioglu are both out, along with James Milner, Mats Wieffer and Solly March. Reserve goalkeeper Jason Steele is also unavailable as he is carrying a shoulder injury. Evan Ferguson is expected to take his place on the bench despite Brighton making him available for a move elsewhere before the end of the transfer window. View image in fullscreen Nottingham Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is unavailable for selection today as he is sidelined with a groin injury. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Richard Sellers/Apl/Sportsphoto Share

1h ago 06.23 EST Nuno Espirito Santo: “We have to react, it’s obvious after a bad performance,” said Forest’s manager of the shellacking his side endured at the hands of Bournemouth. “There is no other way, we have to react, perform better, we have to be a better team. It’s just back to the basics, back to the things we do well, recognising our strengths and our weaknesses and try to perform better because it was a bad performance. “We have to perform much better, we have to be solid, we have to play better football. We were not accurate, we missed a lot of passes. So many things to improve. Big challenge ahead of us.” View image in fullscreen Nuno Espirito Santo wants a much improved performance from his Nottingham Forest side this afternoon. Photograph: Robin Jones/AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images Share Updated at 06.37 EST

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