Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2023

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2023, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 April 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Facundo Buonanotte opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from an own goal by Pascal Groß (45+3'), Danilo (69') and Morgan Gibbs-White (90+1', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Facundo Buonanotte (38').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 19th on 27 points from 32 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 49 points from 29. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 6th with 62.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Danilo of Nottingham Forest (7.8), ahead of Alexis Mac Allister (7.6).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · FelipeNottingham Forest
  • 11'Missed penalty · Brennan JohnsonNottingham Forest
  • 38'Goal · Facundo BuonanotteBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 45+3'Own goal · Pascal GroßNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · DaniloNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 90+1'Penalty goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 3-1
  • 90+14'Yellow card · Keylor NavasNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)

Keylor Navas, Serge Aurier, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Moussa Niakhaté, Neco Williams, Orel Mangala, Danilo, Renan Lodi, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi

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

Jason Steele, Pascal Groß, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupiñán, M. Caicedo, Alexis Mac Allister, S. March, Facundo Buonanotte, Kaoru Mitoma, Julio Enciso