Nottingham Forest FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2024-25

Nottingham Forest FC

7 – 0

Full Time

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Sat 1 Feb 2025 · 12:30 UTC City Ground, Nottingham 30,164 HT 45' · FT 45'

Lewis Dunk og 12' 1–0

Morgan Gibbs-White 25' 2–0

Chris Wood 32' 3–0

Chris Wood 64' 4–0

Chris Wood pen 69' 5–0

Neco Williams 89' 6–0

Jota Silva 90+1' 7–0

Murillo 7' Y

Y 11' Danny Welbeck

Y 20' Jack Hinshelwood

Overview

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Nottingham Forest FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League at City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest FC 5 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 5 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Simon Hooper
Assistant 1 Adrian Holmes
Assistant 2 Simon Long

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	5	10
4	Brentford FC	5	9
5	Leeds United FC	5	9
6	Liverpool FC	5	9
7	Everton FC	5	9
8	Hull City AFC	5	8
9	Newcastle United FC	5	8
10	Chelsea FC	5	7
11	Ipswich Town FC	5	6
12	Manchester United FC	5	5
13	Nottingham Forest FC	5	5
14	Sunderland AFC	5	4
15	Crystal Palace FC	5	4
16	Aston Villa FC	5	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	5	3
18	Coventry City FC	5	3
19	Fulham FC	5	2
20	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5	2

Head-to-Head

Nottingham Forest FC 9 games · Avg 3.7 goals Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-01 Nottingham Forest FC 7–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2024-09-22 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest FC 2024-03-10 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC 2023-11-25 Nottingham Forest FC 2–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-04-26 Nottingham Forest FC 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Recent Form

Nottingham Forest FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	H	7–0	W
25 Jan	AFC Bournemouth	A	0–5	L
19 Jan	Southampton FC	H	3–2	W
14 Jan	Liverpool FC	H	1–1	D
11 Jan	Luton Town FC	H	2–0	W
06 Jan	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	A	3–0	W

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Feb	Nottingham Forest FC	A	0–7	L
25 Jan	Everton FC	H	0–1	L
19 Jan	Manchester United FC	A	3–1	W
16 Jan	Ipswich Town FC	A	2–0	W
11 Jan	Norwich City FC	A	4–0	W
04 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Nottingham Forest FC		Brighton & Hove Albion FC
#13	Position	#3
5	Points	10
5	Played	5
1 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 1 / 1
4	Scored	16
5	Conceded	5
-1	GD	+11
1.00	PPG	2.00
20%	Win %	60%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season

60% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this season

Nottingham Forest FC are 13th (5 pts). Brighton & Hove Albion FC are 3rd (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/2

61-75

1/1

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

0-15

–/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

5/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

2/1

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC

Morgan Gibbs-White	1 G	2 A
Dan Ndoye	1 G

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Pascal Gross	3 G	3 A
Charalampos Kostoulas	2 G	1 A
Jack Hinshelwood	2 G
Malick Yalcouye	2 G
Maxim De Cuyper	1 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nottingham Forest FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC is underway.
5' Brighton & Hove Albion FC is showing some good football. However, Brighton & Hove Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
7' Controversy at the stadium! Murillo argues furiously but the card stands.
11' Danny Welbeck catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 11.
12' Lewis Dunk is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
17' It looks surprising Nottingham Forest FC does not make any changes. Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jack Hinshelwood on 20.
25' What composure from Morgan Gibbs-White! The England international strokes it home. 1-1.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Nottingham Forest FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
32' The deadlock is broken! Chris Wood gets on the scoresheet on 32 minutes.
37' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Brighton & Hove Albion FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
46' A tactical swap from Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Matt O'Riley on, Jack Hinshelwood off on 46 minutes.
47' The crowd applauds Kaoru Mitoma as he leaves the pitch. Simon Adingra steps in for Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
52' Over 52 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
57' Brighton & Hove Albion FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
62' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matt O'Riley, as he is very good at scoring at City Ground, Nottingham with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
64' The deadlock is broken! Chris Wood gets on the scoresheet on 64 minutes.
65' The crowd applauds Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira as he leaves the pitch. Nicolas Dominguez steps in for Nottingham Forest FC.
69' The deadlock is broken! Chris Wood gets on the scoresheet on 69 minutes.
72' It is a substitution in Nottingham Forest FC team. Morgan Gibbs-White is replaced by Jota Silva on 72 minute.
73' The Brighton & Hove Albion FC bench stirs into life. Danny Welbeck is withdrawn and Evan Ferguson gets his opportunity.
78' It looks like no one’s ball. Nottingham Forest FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
82' Nottingham Forest FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Taiwo Awoniyi is hanging Chris Wood on the field on 82 minute.
87' Jan Paul van Hecke, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
89' Assisted by Ibrahim Sangare with the perfectly-timed delivery and Neco Williams makes no mistake. 5-1!
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 7-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

11
Chris Wood ↓ Taiwo Awoniyi 82'
10
Morgan Gibbs-White ↓ Jota Silva 72'
26
Matz Sels
34
Ola Aina
31
Nikola Milenkovic
4
Morato
7
Neco Williams
28
Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira ↓ Nicolas Dominguez 65'
8
Elliot Anderson ↓ Ibrahim Sangare 82'
21
Anthony Elanga
5
Murillo ↓ Willy Boly 72'

Bench

22
Ryan Yates
30
Willy Boly ↑ 72'
6
Ibrahim Sangare ↑ 82'
19
Alex Moreno
9
Taiwo Awoniyi ↑ 82'
16
Nicolas Dominguez ↑ 65'
33
Carlos Miguel
24
Ramon Sosa
20
Jota Silva ↑ 72'

Coach Nuno Espírito Santo

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fabian Hürzeler

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Chris Wood	4
Morgan Gibbs-White	3
Joao Pedro	2
Evan Ferguson	1
Ramon Sosa	1
Danny Welbeck	1
Jack Hinshelwood	1
Pascal Gross	1

Head to Head

Nottingham Forest FC Form

2025-02-01 Nottingham Forest FC 7–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-25 AFC Bournemouth 5–0 Nottingham Forest FC L 2025-01-19 Nottingham Forest FC 3–2 Southampton FC W 2025-01-14 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Liverpool FC D 2025-01-11 Nottingham Forest FC 2–0 Luton Town FC W 2025-01-06 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC W

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2025-02-01 Nottingham Forest FC 7–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2025-01-25 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–1 Everton FC L 2025-01-19 Manchester United FC 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-16 Ipswich Town FC 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-11 Norwich City FC 0–4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–1 Arsenal FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.91 Nottingham Forest FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG

I would bet for: Nottingham Forest FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC 77% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Nottingham Forest FC44% Draw23% Brighton & Hove Albion FC33%

Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.71

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

56%

Nottingham Forest FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Nottingham Forest FC32% Draw40% Brighton & Hove Albion FC28%

Actual: Nottingham Forest FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–0 not predicted

7 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

4.4%

1 – 3

4.4%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.1%

0 – 2

0 – 1

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap	Nottingham Forest FC covers	Push	Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	18%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✗

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.