Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Premier League (England)

2025/2026

Brighton & Hove Albion

Gómez6'

Welbeck15'

-FT

Mar 01, 2026

The American Express Community Stadium

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Morgan Gibbs-White

Nottingham Forest

Goals

8.1

90'+3Yellow Card

Lewis Dunk

Brighton & Hove Albion

90'+1Substitution

Maxim De Cuyper· In

Kaoru Mitoma· Out

Brighton & Hove Albion

86'Substitution

Carlos Baleba· In

James Milner· Out

Brighton & Hove Albion

86'Substitution

Solly March· In

Diego Gómez· Out

Brighton & Hove Albion

84'Yellow Card

Kaoru Mitoma

Brighton & Hove Albion

83'Substitution

Taiwo Awoniyi · In

Igor Jesus· Out

Nottingham Forest

82'Substitution

Dan Ndoye· In

Ola Aina · Out

Nottingham Forest

74'Substitution

Dilane Bakwa· In

Callum Hudson-Odoi· Out

Nottingham Forest

71'Substitution

Joël Veltman· In

Mats Wieffer· Out

Brighton & Hove Albion

56'Substitution

Jair Cunha · In

Omari Hutchinson · Out

Nottingham Forest

56'Substitution

Luca Netz· In

Neco Williams· Out

Nottingham Forest

55'Yellow Card

Mats Wieffer

Brighton & Hove Albion

30'Yellow Card

Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest

Goal!

2-1

Danny Welbeck

15'·Brighton & Hove Albion

⚽

Goal!

1-1

Morgan Gibbs-White

13'·Nottingham Forest

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Diego Gómez

6'·Brighton & Hove Albion

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Brighton & Hove Albion

Nottingham Forest

54%Ball Possession46%

14Shots Total13

7Shots On Target4

4Corners4

12Fouls13

3Yellow Cards1

0Offsides4

3Saves5

522Passes444

5Shots Off Target3

75Attacks67

38Dangerous Attacks40

7Shots Inside Box7

7Shots Outside Box6

2Goals1

15Free Kicks12

2Shots Blocked6

4Substitutions5

17Tackles9

2Assists1

453Accurate Passes380

2Injuries0

11Total Crosses17

6Accurate Crosses4

6Interceptions8

2Big Chances Created1

2Big Chances Missed1

Brighton & Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Starting XI

6.6

6.6

7.3

7.2

6.8

6.6

7.8

7.7

6.6

7.0

7.7

Substitutes

Charalampos Kostoulas

6.6

Manager: Vítor de Oliveira Lopes Pereira

Starting XI

7.0

6.3

6.5

6.3

5.6

6.9

7.0

6.4

8.1

6.9

7.1

Substitutes

6.2

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.3

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Pascal Groß MF	7.8	90'	0	1	1/1	60(85%)	2	4/6
Diego Gómez MF	7.7	86'	1	0	1/2	33(88%)	3	7/13
Danny Welbeck FW	7.7	90'	1	0	1/3	28(90%)	2	4/8
Jan Paul van Hecke DF	7.3	90'	0	0	-	57(89%)	2	5/9
Lewis Dunk DF	7.2	90'	0	0	-	88(96%)	1	4/7
Kaoru Mitoma MF	7.0	90'	0	0	2/3	36(83%)	-	2/6
Ferdi Kadıoğlu DF	6.8	90'	0	0	0/2	50(82%)	2	7/7
Bart Verbruggen GK	6.6	90'	0	0	-	44(71%)	-	-
James Milner MF	6.6	86'	0	0	-	56(87%)	1	1/6
Mats Wieffer DF	6.6	71'	0	0	1/1	30(96%)	2	5/11
Jack Hinshelwood MF	6.6	90'	0	1	1/2	27(62%)	2	4/11
Joël Veltman DF	6.6	19'	0	0	-	9(100%)	-	1/1
Solly March MF	-	4'	0	0	-	-	-	1/1
Carlos Baleba MF	-	4'	0	0	-	4(100%)	-	2/2
Maxim De Cuyper DF	-	1'	0	0	-	-	-	1/1

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Brighton & Hove Albion	15	W1	1	0	1	0	4/15	3-6
Nottingham Forest	15	L2	0	2	1	2	4/15	5-6

Brighton & Hove Albion — last 5 games

D1-1 vs Everton2026-01-31
L0-1 vs Crystal Palace2026-02-08
L0-1 @ Aston Villa2026-02-11
L0-3 @ Liverpool2026-02-14
W2-0 @ Brentford2026-02-21

Nottingham Forest — last 5 games

L1-3 @ Leeds United2026-02-06
D0-0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers2026-02-11
W3-0 @ Fenerbahçe2026-02-19
L0-1 vs Liverpool2026-02-22
L1-2 vs Fenerbahçe2026-02-26

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Brighton & Hove Albion	15	2.13	80%	33%	7%	53%	20%	33%
Nottingham Forest	15	2.53	73%	53%	27%	47%	33%	33%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	6	1	4	1	5-4	1.17	0%	33%
Nottingham Forest	Away	7	3	1	3	12-11	1.43	71%	29%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Brighton & Hove Albion	14	6-6	8-9	57%	64%	4-5-5
Nottingham Forest	15	6-9	13-10	68%	67%	3-6-6

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 20
Period covered: 2011-12-03 – 2025-11-30
Brighton & Hove Albion wins: 8
Draws: 7
Nottingham Forest wins: 5
Avg goals per meeting: 2.6
Over 2.5 goals: 55%
Both teams scored: 45%
Home side won: 35%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 2W 2D 1L (Brighton & Hove Albion view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2.8 vs 2.6

Most recent meetings (5 of 20)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-11-30	Nottingham Forest	0-2	Brighton & Hove Albion
2025-03-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	Nottingham Forest
2025-02-01	Nottingham Forest	7-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
2024-09-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-2	Nottingham Forest
2024-03-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-0	Nottingham Forest

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 277 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Brighton & Hove Albion	14	27	34	2	LDLLW	16	-2
Nottingham Forest	17	27	27	-14	WDLDL	11	+6

Table context

Points gap: 7 ptsBrighton & Hove Albion 34 · Nottingham Forest 27
Positions: #14 vs #17
Goals per game: 1.33/1.26 vs 0.93/1.44scored/conceded per game · league average 1.39

How we calculate this

Premier League Standings

Premier League · 2025/2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Arsenal	38	26	7	5	+44	85	DDLLW
···
6	AFC Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	+4	57	DWWWD
7	Sunderland	38	14	12	12	-6	54	WLLWL
8	Brighton & Hove AlbionH	38	14	11	13	+6	53	LDLLD
9	Brentford	38	14	11	13	+3	53	WWDDD
10	Chelsea	38	14	10	14	+6	52	WWWDL
···
14	Leeds United	38	11	14	13	-7	47	DDWWD
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	-10	45	LDWLD
16	Nottingham ForestA	38	11	11	16	-3	44	LDDWL
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	11	17	-9	41	DLLLD
18	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	-19	39	LWDWD
···
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	3	11	24	-41	20	LDDLL

12 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion38 matches

Nottingham Forest

38 matches

#8Position#16

53Points44

14Wins11

11Draws11

13Losses16

52Goals48

1.37Goals per game1.26

46Goals conceded51

1.21Goals per game conceded1.34

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (38 vs 38 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityBrighton & Hove Albion 43% · X · Draw 26% · Nottingham Forest 31%

1 · Home Win

43%

X · Draw

26%

2 · Away Win

31%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.42 vs 1.17

Projected Total: 2.60

Over 1.5 Goals

73%

Over 2.5 Goals

48%

Over 3.5 Goals

26%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

52%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

31% / 24%

Brighton & Hove Albion / Nottingham Forest

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(12.5%)1 - 0(10.6%)2 - 1(8.9%)

Recent matches

Feb 21

2-0

@ Brentford

Away

Feb 14

0-3

@ Liverpool

Away

Feb 11

0-1

@ Aston Villa

Away

Feb 8

0-1

vs Crystal Palace

Home

All Brighton & Hove Albion fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 20 matches

Won 40%

(8/20)

Draw 35%

(7/20)

Won 25%

(5/20)

Goals

24-28

Total matches

Recent matches (5/20)

Premier League•Nov 30, 2025

Nottingham Forest

0-2

Brighton & Hove Albion

FA Cup•Mar 29, 2025

Brighton & Hove Albion

0-0

Nottingham Forest

Premier League•Feb 1, 2025

Nottingham Forest

7-0

Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League•Sep 22, 2024

Brighton & Hove Albion

2-2

Nottingham Forest

Premier League•Mar 10, 2024

Brighton & Hove Albion

1-0

Nottingham Forest

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest — Head to Head

Last 20 matches

Brighton & Hove Albion wins

Draws

Nottingham Forest wins

Goals Scored

24 - 28

Nov 30, 2025 • Premier League

Nottingham Forest

0-2

Brighton & Hove Albion

Mar 29, 2025 • FA Cup

Brighton & Hove Albion

0-0

Nottingham Forest

Feb 1, 2025 • Premier League

Nottingham Forest

7-0

Brighton & Hove Albion

Matchday 28 — Premier League

Match summary

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League.

Before kickoff, Brighton & Hove Albion sat 14th on 34 points, while Nottingham Forest were 17th on 27 points. Before kickoff, Nottingham Forest were 17th in the table but 11th on points from the last five league games. Across 20 previous meetings on record, Brighton & Hove Albion won 8 and Nottingham Forest won 5, with 7 draws (2.6 goals per game).

Goals came from Diego Gómez (6') and Danny Welbeck (15') for Brighton & Hove Albion and Morgan Gibbs-White (13') for Nottingham Forest.

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest H2H, Form & Key Stats

Premier League Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/20)

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest — Head to Head

Last 20 matches

Matchday 28 — Premier League

Match summary