Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Sunday 1 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 March 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Diego Gómez opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Diego Gómez (6') and Danny Welbeck (15'). Nottingham Forest scored through Morgan Gibbs-White (13').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 14th on 34 points from 27 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 27 points from 27. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 44.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.