English League Championship

FT Friday, August 12, 2016
Nottingham Forest WWLWW 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion LWLDW 3
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American Express Stadium · 25,748 att.

Match Report

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Glenn Murray leads Brighton to comfortable win over Forest

Glenn Murray scored twice as Brighton comfortably beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 to record their first Championship win of the season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
7
7
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
53.6
Possession
46.4
14
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
323
Accurate Passes
261
397
Passes
333
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
8
18
Crosses
29
0.0
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
62
28
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
17
12
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
19
16
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 2BrunoCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 23Liam RoseniorRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 14Steve SidwellCM-R
  8. 8Jiri SkalakLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 43Ben WhiteSUB
  2. 21Oliver NorwoodSUB
  3. 30Kazenga Lua LuaSUB
  4. 6Dale StephensSUB
  5. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  6. 9Sam BaldockSUB
  7. 15Jamie MurphySUB

NFO · 3-4-3

  1. 30Stephen HendersonG
  2. 27Damien PerquisCD
  3. 28Thomas LamCD
  4. 40Alex IacovittiCD-L
  5. 4Michael MancienneCD-R
  6. 22Pajtim KasamiCM-L
  7. 10Henri LansburyCM-R
  8. 11Ben OsbornLM
  9. 17Hildeberto PereiraRM
  10. 14Lars VeldwijkF
  11. 19Jamie WardCF-L
  12. 35Oliver BurkeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 43Jordan SmithSUB
  2. 24David VaughanSUB
  3. 41Matty CashSUB
  4. 6Armand TraoreSUB
  5. 21Jamie PatersonSUB
  6. 39Apostolos VelliosSUB
  7. 2Eric LichajSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaëtan Bong with a cross.
  2. 43' Gaëtan Bong (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Pajtim Kasami (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 57' Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Alex Iacovitti (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Armand Traore replaces Jamie Ward.
  7. 67' Oliver Burke (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 68' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomer Hemed following a set piece situation.
  9. 73' Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jamie Paterson replaces Alex Iacovitti.
  11. 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Sam Baldock replaces Tomer Hemed.
  12. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Dale Stephens replaces Beram Kayal.
  13. 78' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Apostolos Vellios replaces Oliver Burke.
  14. 82' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Nottingham Forest 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Baldock following a fast break.
  15. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood replaces Jiri Skalak.
  16. 88' Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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