English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 1, 2026
Nottingham Forest LDWLL 1
–
Brighton & Hove Albion DLLLW 2
1st2ndT
NFO101
BHA202
American Express Stadium · 31,427 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Early chaos sees Forest struggles continue, Brighton win 2 on the bounce

Evergreen Danny Welbeck felled Nottingham Forest with his 10th Premier League goal of the season firing Brighton to a 2-1 victory.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
46.5
Possession
53.5
13
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
380
Accurate Passes
453
444
Passes
522
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.5
50
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
11
9
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
6
15
Effective Clearances
20
15
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 13Jack HinshelwoodAM
  7. 30Pascal GrossLM
  8. 20James MilnerRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 25Diego GómezAM-R

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 8Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Omari HutchinsonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  2. 13' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Igor Jesus.
  3. 15' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood with a headed pass.
  4. 30' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 55' Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jair Cunha replaces Omari Hutchinson.
  7. 56' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Luca Netz replaces Neco Williams.
  8. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Mats Wieffer because of an injury.
  9. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  10. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye replaces Ola Aina.
  11. 83' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Igor Jesus.
  12. 84' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Diego Gómez.
  14. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces James Milner.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  16. 90'+3' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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