Brighton beat Nottingham Forest 2-1

Match report

Brighton beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in Premier League matchday 28 on Sunday, 1 March 2026 at Amex Stadium. D. Gomez (6') and D. Welbeck (15') scored for Brighton, while M. Gibbs-White (13') found the net for Nottingham Forest. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Brighton had 54% of the ball and 14 shots (7 on target) against Nottingham Forest’s 13 (4 on target). Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) was the top-rated player with 8.0. The result leaves Brighton 3rd in the Premier League table on 10 points and Nottingham Forest 13th on 5.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Brighton

3rd · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Nottingham Forest

13th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	+6	9
12	Manchester United	5	0	5
13	Nottingham Forest	5	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 5 Dec 2026, Nottingham Forest – Brighton

Full Brighton vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head

Match events

6'goalD. GomezAssist: P. Gross
13'goalM. Gibbs-WhiteAssist: Igor Jesus
15'goalD. WelbeckAssist: J. Hinshelwood
30'yellow cardElliot AndersonYellow Card
55'yellow cardMats WiefferYellow Card
56'substitutionN. WilliamsOff: L. Netz
56'substitutionO. HutchinsonOff: Cunha
71'substitutionM. WiefferOff: J. Veltman
74'substitutionC. Hudson-OdoiOff: D. Bakwa
82'substitutionO. AinaOff: D. Ndoye
83'substitutionIgor JesusOff: T. Awoniyi
84'yellow cardKaoru MitomaYellow Card
86'substitutionD. GomezOff: S. March
86'substitutionJ. MilnerOff: C. Baleba
90+1'substitutionK. MitomaOff: M. De Cuyper
90+3'yellow cardLewis DunkYellow Card

Lineups

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler

Starting XI

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Vitor Pereira

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

54%Possession46%
1.32Expected goals (xG)0.79
14Total shots13
7Shots on target4
5Shots off target3
2Blocked shots6
7Shots inside the box7
7Shots outside the box6
4Corners4
0Offsides4
12Fouls13
3Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves5
522Passes444
453Accurate passes380
87%Pass accuracy86%
-0.82Goals prevented-0.82

Player statistics

Brighton

Brighton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bart VerbruggenG	90	6.6				44 · 73%
5Lewis DunkD	90	7.2				88 · 97%		1	4/7
6Jan Paul van HeckeD	90	7.6				57 · 89%	1	2	5/9
24Ferdi KadıoğluD	90	7.3			2 (0)	50 · 82%		2	7/7
27Mats WiefferD	71	6.3			1 (1)	30 · 97%	1	2	5/11
13Jack HinshelwoodM	90	6.3		1	2 (1)	27 · 59%	1	2	4/11
20James MilnerM	86	6.7				56 · 89%	1	1	1/6
22Kaoru MitomaM	89	6.9			3 (2)	36 · 83%	3		2/6
25Diego GómezM	86	7.9	1		1 (1)	33 · 88%	2	3	7/13
30Pascal GroßM	90	7.9		1	1 (1)	60 · 85%	3	2	4/6
18Danny WelbeckF	90	7.2	1		2 (1)	28 · 93%	1	2	4/8
23Jason SteeleG	–	–
21Olivier BoscagliD	–	–
29Maxim De CuyperD	1	–							1/1
34Joël VeltmanD	19	7.0				9 · 100%			1/1
7Solly MarchM	11	6.6							1/1
17Carlos BalebaM	11	6.6				4 · 100%			2/2
10Georginio RutterF	–	–
11Yankuba MintehF	–	–
19Charalampos KostoulasF	–	–

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Matz SelsG	90	6.9				36 · 72%			1/1
3Neco WilliamsD	56	5.9				27 · 74%		2	4/7
5MurilloD	90	6.5				66 · 91%		2	3/9
31Nikola MilenkovićD	90	6.7				50 · 86%		2	2/3
34Ola AinaD	82	6.2				30 · 97%	1		1/4
6Ibrahim SangaréM	90	6.6			1 (1)	41 · 85%		1	4/7
7Callum Hudson-OdoiM	74	6.9				22 · 91%	2		5/7
8Elliot AndersonM	90	6.9			1 (0)	56 · 91%	1	1	5/11
10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteMTop rated	90	8.0	1		3 (2)	36 · 86%	3		4/7
21Omari HutchinsonM	56	6.2			1 (1)	15 · 93%			1/5
19Igor JesusF	83	6.3		1		25 · 84%	2		6/14
18Angus GunnG	–	–
23JairD	34	6.9				21 · 71%		1	1/1
25Luca NetzD	34	6.9				12 · 83%			1/4
16Nicolás DomínguezM	–	–
22Ryan YatesM	–	–
24James McAteeM	–	–
9Taiwo AwoniyiF	14	6.5			1 (0)				0/1
14Dan NdoyeF	8	6.6				2 · 100%	1		3/5
29Dilane BakwaF	16	6.3				5 · 60%			0/3