English League Championship

FT Friday, August 7, 2015
Nottingham Forest LWDDD 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion DWLWW 1
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American Express Stadium · 24,623 att.

Match Report

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Kazenga LuaLua hits winner as Brighton beat Forest to open season

The Seagulls carried the most threat throughout before a noisy crowd of 24,623 at the Amex Stadium.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
3
41.5
Possession
58.5
17
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
174
Accurate Passes
277
271
Passes
377
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.3
75
Long Balls
80
25
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
19
Effective Tackles
15
24
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
12
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NFO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 3Gordon GreerCD-R
  4. 12Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 6Dale StephensCM-L
  7. 7Biram KiyalCM-R
  8. 30Kazenga Lua LuaLM
  9. 20Solly MarchRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 9Sam BaldockCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Iñigo CalderónSUB
  2. 18Jake Forster-CaskeySUB
  3. 26Glen ReaSUB
  4. 11Chris O'GradySUB
  5. 23Liam RoseniorSUB
  6. 24Rohan InceSUB
  7. 1Niki MäenpääSUB

NFO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dorus de VriesG
  2. 25Jack HobbsCD-L
  3. 5Matthew MillsCD-R
  4. 13Daniel FoxLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 10Henri LansburyCM
  7. 4Michael MancienneLM
  8. 32Robert TescheRM
  9. 23Dexter BlackstockF
  10. 18Michail AntonioLF
  11. 19Jamie WardRF

Substitutes

  1. 36Roger RieraSUB
  2. 26Dimitar EvtimovSUB
  3. 27Chris BurkeSUB
  4. 34Tyler WalkerSUB
  5. 24David VaughanSUB
  6. 37Jorge GrantSUB
  7. 21Jamie PatersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 40' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. David Vaughan replaces Robert Tesche because of an injury.
  4. 41' Beram Kayal (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Solly March.
  6. 60' Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 66' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Tyler Walker replaces Daniel Fox.
  8. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Rohan Ince replaces Tommer Hemed.
  9. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jamie Paterson replaces Jamie Ward.
  10. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Chris O'Grady replaces Sam Baldock.
  11. 85' Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Liam Rosenior replaces Kazenga Lua Lua.

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