Brighton win 2-0 at Nottingham Forest

Match report

Brighton beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in Premier League matchday 13 on Sunday, 30 November 2025 at City Ground. M. De Cuyper (45') and S. Tzimas (88') scored for Brighton. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nottingham Forest had 52% of the ball and 19 shots (3 on target) against Brighton’s 17 (6 on target). Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Nottingham Forest 13th in the Premier League table on 5 points and Brighton 3rd on 10.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Nottingham Forest

13th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Brighton

3rd · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

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: Sun, 1 Mar 2026, Brighton 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Full Nottingham Forest vs Brighton head-to-head

Match events

44'yellow cardMats WiefferYellow Card
45'goalM. De CuyperNormal Goal
46'substitutionN. DominguezOff: C. Hudson-Odoi
46'substitutionD. NdoyeOff: O. Hutchinson
56'substitutionG. RutterOff: J. Hinshelwood
65'substitutionD. WelbeckOff: S. Tzimas
74'substitutionI. SangareOff: R. Yates
75'substitutionIgor JesusOff: A. Kalimuendo
84'substitutionD. GomezOff: J. Veltman
84'substitutionY. MintehOff: B. Gruda
84'substitutionM. De CuyperOff: C. Baleba
85'substitutionM. Gibbs-WhiteOff: J. McAtee
88'goalS. TzimasNormal Goal

Lineups

Nottingham Forest

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

Starting XI

Substitutes

Brighton

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

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

52%Possession48%
0.89Expected goals (xG)2.00
19Total shots17
3Shots on target6
6Shots off target5
10Blocked shots6
13Shots inside the box11
6Shots outside the box6
9Corners2
1Offsides0
11Fouls10
0Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves3
492Passes476
409Accurate passes392
83%Pass accuracy82%
0.40Goals prevented0.40

Player statistics

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Matz SelsG	90	6.5		39 · 64%		1	1/1
3Neco WilliamsD	90	6.2		34 · 85%		5	8/18
4MoratoD	90	7.3		71 · 82%		6	6/8
31Nikola MilenkovićD	90	6.2	2 (0)	53 · 85%			2/3
37Nicolò SavonaD	90	6.0	1 (1)	41 · 90%			0/3
6Ibrahim SangaréM	74	7.6	1 (0)	45 · 84%		4	8/11
8Elliot AndersonM	90	8.2		71 · 87%	6	2	12/17
10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteM	85	6.3	2 (0)	40 · 82%	2		1/2
14Dan NdoyeM	45	6.5		10 · 80%	1		1/4
16Nicolás DomínguezM	45	6.9		16 · 88%	2	1	4/5
19Igor JesusF	75	7.0	2 (2)	19 · 79%	1		5/13
13John VictorG	–	–
23JairD	–	–
30Willy BolyD	–	–
44Zach AbbottD	–	–
22Ryan YatesM	16	6.3		8 · 62%			2/3
24James McAteeM	13	6.5		5 · 100%			0/1
7Callum Hudson-OdoiF	45	6.9	1 (0)	18 · 89%		1	5/10
15Arnaud KalimuendoF	15	6.5		1 · 100%		1	1/4
21Omari HutchinsonF	45	7.9		21 · 86%	4	1	6/7

Brighton

Brighton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bart VerbruggenG	90	7.6			45 · 73%
5Lewis DunkD	90	7.6			79 · 92%			6/8
6Jan Paul van HeckeD	90	7.5			87 · 87%			2/4
24Ferdi KadıoğluD	90	7.3		1 (1)	33 · 85%		3	5/9
27Mats WiefferD	90	7.3		1 (0)	51 · 94%	3	4	8/17
10Georginio RutterM	56	7.0		2 (0)	23 · 65%		1	7/11
11Yankuba MintehM	84	6.2		1 (1)	26 · 62%	3	1	3/15
25Diego GómezM	84	6.7		2 (2)	41 · 71%	1	2	3/9
26Yasin AyariM	90	6.6		2 (0)	37 · 89%		3	4/11
29Maxim De CuyperMTop rated	84	8.3	1	1 (1)	25 · 72%	4	1	3/4
18Danny WelbeckF	65	6.6			16 · 81%		2	5/7
23Jason SteeleG	–	–
21Olivier BoscagliD	–	–
34Joël VeltmanD	14	6.6					1	1/3
42Diego CoppolaD	–	–
8Brajan GrudaM	14	6.5			2 · 50%			0/2
13Jack HinshelwoodM	34	6.7			8 · 75%		1	1/4
17Carlos BalebaM	14	6.3			2 · 100%			0/2
9Stefanos TzimasF	25	7.3	1	1 (1)	1 · 100%			0/4
19Charalampos KostoulasF	–	–