Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 February 2025

Result

Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 1 February 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

Nottingham Forest · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Brighton & Hove Albion 7-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 February 2025. The half-time score was 3-0.

Nottingham Forest's goals came from an own goal by Lewis Dunk (12'), Morgan Gibbs-White (25'), Chris Wood (32'), Chris Wood (64'), Chris Wood (69', penalty), Neco Williams (89') and Jota Silva (90+1'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 3rd on 44 points from 23 and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th on 34 points from 23. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 65 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 61.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 3-5-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest (9.2), ahead of Anthony Elanga (8.8).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 12'Own goal · Lewis DunkNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 20'Yellow card · Jack HinshelwoodBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 25'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 3-0
  • 58'Yellow cardBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 64'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 4-0
  • 69'Penalty goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 5-0
  • 89'Goal · Neco WilliamsNottingham Forest · 6-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Bart VerbruggenBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+1'Goal · Jota SilvaNottingham Forest · 7-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Carlos BalebaBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Muscle Injury)
  • Yasin AyariBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Muscle Injury)

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-5-2)

Matz Sels, Morato, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Ola Aina, Morgan Gibbs-White, Danilo, Elliot Anderson, Neco Williams, Chris Wood, Anthony Elanga

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

Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Tariq Lamptey, Jack Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh, Georginio Rutter, João Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck