Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 November 2023

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 November 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Anthony Elanga opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Anthony Elanga (3') and Morgan Gibbs-White (76', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Evan Ferguson (26'), João Pedro (45+4') and João Pedro (58', penalty).

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 15th on 13 points from 12 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 19 points from 12. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th with 48.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (9.1), ahead of João Pedro (9.0).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

3'Goal · Anthony ElangaNottingham Forest · 1-0
26'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
45+4'Goal · João PedroBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2
54'Yellow card · Harry ToffoloNottingham Forest
58'Penalty goal · João PedroBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-3
65'Yellow card · Simon AdingraBrighton & Hove Albion
72'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
73'Red card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
74'Yellow card · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion
74'Yellow card · Moussa NiakhatéNottingham Forest
76'Penalty goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 2-3
82'Yellow card · Bart VerbruggenBrighton & Hove Albion
90+4'Yellow card · Facundo BuonanotteBrighton & Hove Albion
90+11'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 4, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 4.

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 26 Apr 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Nottingham ForestPremier League · 18 Oct 2022
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton & Hove AlbionChampionship · 4 Mar 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 12 Aug 2016
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Brighton & Hove AlbionChampionship · 11 Apr 2016
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 7 Aug 2015

Team news

Unavailable

Julio EncisoBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Meniscus Tear)
Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Unknown Injury)
Emmanuel DennisNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Pervis EstupiñánBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Muscle Injury)
Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Unknown Injury)
S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Knee Injury)
Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)
O. OffiahBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ill)
Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Surgery)
Mahmoud DahoudBrighton & Hove Albion · suspension (Red Card Suspension)
Steven AlzateBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)
J. SarmientoBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-4-1)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Ola Aina, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Orel Mangala, Morgan Gibbs-White, Danilo, Nicolás Domínguez, Anthony Elanga, Chris Wood

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

Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Tariq Lamptey, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Simon Adingra, Adam Lallana, Ansu Fati, E. Ferguson