Nottm Forest vs Brighton 2025-26 English Premier League

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0 - 2

45'+1': Maxim De Cuyper
88': Stefanos Tzimas

De Cuyper, Tzimas earn Brighton hard-fought win over Forest

Goals in each half from Maxim De Cuyper and Stefanos Tzimas earned Brighton a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
44': Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
45'+3': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Omari Hutchinson replaces Dan Ndoye.
45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
56': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Georginio Rutter because of an injury.
65': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Stefanos Tzimas replaces Danny Welbeck.
74': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Arnaud Kalimuendo replaces Igor Jesus.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Yankuba Minteh.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Diego Gómez.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
85': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. James McAtee replaces Morgan Gibbs-White because of an injury.
88': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 30,522

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+18	Arsenal	13	30	1
+15	Manchester City	13	25	4
+12	Chelsea	13	24	3
+5	Aston Villa	13	24	3

Full Table

Statistics

BHA		NFO
10	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
2	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	3
48.1	Possession	51.9
17	SHOTS	19
6	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
392	Accurate Passes	409
476	Passes	492
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	8
5	Crosses	33
0.6	Cross %	0.2
64	Long Balls	59
26	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
6	Blocked Shots	10
13	Effective Tackles	14
19	Tackles	22
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
13	Interceptions	7
37	Effective Clearances	19
37	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Matz Sels (GK)
4	Morato
31	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Neco Williams
37	Nicolò Savona
10	Morgan Gibbs-White
8	Elliot Anderson
6	Ibrahim Sangaré
19	Igor Jesus
16	Nicolás Domínguez
14	Dan Ndoye

Substitutes:

Zach Abbott, James McAtee, Ryan Yates, Jair Paula, Omari Hutchinson, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Willy Boly, Arnaud Kalimuendo, John Victor .

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Bart Verbruggen (GK)
5	Lewis Dunk
6	Jan Paul van Hecke
24	Ferdi Kadioglu
27	Mats Wieffer
10	Georginio Rutter
25	Diego Gómez
26	Yasin Ayari
18	Danny Welbeck
29	Maxim De Cuyper
11	Yankuba Minteh