NOTTINGHAM Forest made only one change to their starting line-up as they looked for a club record seventh consecutive victory.
Sam Hutchinson was drafted in at right back as the Reds faced promotion rivals Brighton at the City Ground.
The on-loan Chelsea man took the place of Gonzalo Jara who only returned from international duty with Chile late in the week and did not return to training with the Reds until Friday.
Forest were otherwise unchanged, with Henri Lansbury recovering from a calf and shin problem he had collected while on duty with the England under-21 squad.
Forest: Darlow, Hutchinson, Ward, Collins, Cohen, Guedioura, Lansbury, Majewski, Reid, Cox, Henderson. Subs: Evmitov, Moussi, McGugan, Halford, Blackstock, Sharp, Jara.