Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nottingham Forest · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Nottingham Forest won against Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Zach Clough opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Zach Clough (60'), Ben Osborn (89') and Zach Clough (90+8', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 18th on 37 points from 34 and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd on 71 points from 34. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd with 93.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zach Clough of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Joe Worrall (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 4 draws and 4 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 45+2'Yellow card · Dale Stephens
- 60'Goal · Zach Clough
- 63'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
- 89'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 90+8'Penalty goal · Zach Clough
- 90+9'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Danny Fox, Armand Traore, Matty Cash, Chris Cohen, Hildeberto Pereira, Ben Osborn, Jamie Ward, Britt Assombalonga
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Liam Rosenior, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Steve Sidwell, Jamie Murphy, Sam Baldock, Glenn Murray