English League Championship

FT Monday, April 11, 2016
Brighton & Hove Albion DWWDW 2
–
Nottingham Forest LDLLL 1
1st2ndT
BHA112
NFO011
The City Ground · 17,642 att.

Match Report

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Steve Sidwell winner keeps Brighton's promotion bid on track

Steve Sidwell's injury-time goal snatched a 2-1 victory for Brighton just as Nottingham Forest were threatening to put a dent in their promotion push.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
7
6
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
46
Possession
54
13
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
322
373
Passes
436
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
84
32
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
20
16
Tackles
28
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
17

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dorus de VriesG
  2. 13Daniel FoxCD-L
  3. 5Matthew MillsCD-R
  4. 3Bojan JokicLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 10Henri LansburyAM
  7. 24David VaughanLM
  8. 22Gary GardnerRM
  9. 19Jamie WardF
  10. 8Chris CohenAM-L
  11. 38Ben OsbornAM-R

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 17Connor GoldsonCD-R
  4. 23Liam RoseniorLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 30Kazenga Lua LuaLM
  9. 38Jiri SkalakRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedF
  11. 15Jamie MurphyRCF

Timeline

  1. 13' Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Bojan Jokic (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 27' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jiri Skalak with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 42' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dexter Blackstock replaces Jamie Ward because of an injury.
  5. 50' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Henri Lansbury with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 61' David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Wilson replaces Kazenga Lua Lua.
  8. 67' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Mendes replaces David Vaughan because of an injury.
  10. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Jamie Murphy.
  11. 84' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Robert Tesche replaces Gary Gardner because of an injury.
  12. 85' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Beram Kayal.
  13. 90'+1' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Steve Sidwell (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.

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