English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 1, 2025
Brighton & Hove Albion DWWWL 0
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Nottingham Forest WWDWL 7
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Match Report

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Nottingham Forest thrash Brighton 7-0 with Chris Wood hat trick

Nottingham Forest thumped Brighton & Hove Albion 7-0 helped by a hat trick from striker Chris Wood in their Premier League clash at the City Ground on Saturday in an emphatic bounce back from last week's humbling 5-0 loss at Bournemouth.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
62.6
Possession
37.4
10
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
458
Accurate Passes
256
534
Passes
326
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
50
19
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
15
21
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
7
11
Effective Clearances
38
11
Clearances
38

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NFO · 3-5-2

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 5MurilloCD-L
  4. 4MoratoCD-R
  5. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCM-R
  7. 28Danilo SantosAM
  8. 7Neco WilliamsLM
  9. 34Ola AinaRM
  10. 21Anthony ElangaCF-L
  11. 11Chris WoodCF-R

BHA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 41Jack HinshelwoodDM
  5. 2Tariq LampteyLB
  6. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  7. 9João PedroCM-L
  8. 14Georginio RutterCM-R
  9. 22Kaoru MitomaLM
  10. 17Yankuba MintehRM
  11. 18Danny WelbeckF

Timeline

  1. 7' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 12' Own Goal by Lewis Dunk, Brighton and Hove Albion. Nottingham Forest 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  4. 20' Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 25' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross following a corner.
  6. 32' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross.
  7. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  8. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces João Pedro.
  9. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  10. 64' Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
  11. 65' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Danilo.
  12. 69' Goal! Nottingham Forest 5, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy-Arnaud Boly replaces Murillo because of an injury.
  14. 72' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  15. 73' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Danny Welbeck.
  16. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Chris Wood.
  17. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Elliot Anderson.
  18. 89' Goal! Nottingham Forest 6, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.
  19. 90' Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+1' Goal! Nottingham Forest 7, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.

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