English FA Cup

FT Saturday, March 29, 2025
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWD 0
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Match Report

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Nottingham Forest edge Brighton on pens to reach FA Cup semifinals

Nottingham Forest secured a place in the FA Cup semi-finals by beating Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 in a penalty shootout when Ryan Yates smashed home the winner after the game finished goalless following extra time.

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Highlights

01:37 Every penalty of Nottingham Forest's shootout win over Brighton Watch on ESPN 00:58 Hutchison: Forest deserve their FA Cup semifinal spot Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Adam WebsterCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 41Jack HinshelwoodRB
  6. 14Georginio RutterAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 20Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 17Yankuba MintehAM-R

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 7Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 22Ryan YatesRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 28Danilo SantosAM-L
  11. 16Nicolás DomínguezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Danilo.
  2. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  3. 62' Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  5. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro replaces Danny Welbeck.
  6. 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Georginio Rutter because of an injury.
  7. 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Yasin Ayari.
  8. 88' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
  10. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk replaces Adam Webster because of an injury.
  11. 96' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  12. 97' Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 105'+2'
  14. 105'
  15. 111' Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 114' Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 120' Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 120' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  19. 120'+2' Second Half Extra Time ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
  20. 120'
  21. 120' Penalty Shootout ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0(3), Nottingham Forest 0(4).

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