Brighton and Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest, 01 March 2026

Score2-1 to Brighton and Hove Albion
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAmerican Express Stadium
Attendance31,427
Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 8 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 4 Drawn: 2 Nottingham Forest won: 2 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 11 Nottingham Forest scored: 15 . Nottingham Forest now remained without a league win at Brighton and Hove Albion since 7 February 2015 in the League Championship.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

1 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Vítor Pereira

Goals:

Diego Gómez 6 G
Danny Welbeck 15 G

Goals:

Morgan Gibbs-White 13 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder Diego Gómez
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Danny Welbeck

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Murillo Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder
Ibrahim Sangaré Midfielder
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Igor Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Joël Veltman for Mats Wieffer 71
Carlos Baleba for James Milner 86
Solly March for Diego Gómez 86
Maxim De Cuyper for Kaoru Mitoma 90+1

Substitutions:

Jair Cunha for Omari Hutchinson 56
Luca Netz for Neco Williams 56
Dilane Bakwa for Callum Hudson-Odoi 74
Dan Ndoye for Ola Aina 82
Taiwo Awoniyi for Igor Jesus 83

Cards:

Mats Wieffer 55 Y
Kaoru Mitoma 84 Y
Lewis Dunk 90+3 Y

Cards:

Elliott Anderson 30 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Carlos Baleba
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jair Cunha
Defender Luca Netz
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Dilane Bakwa
Midfielder/Forward James McAtee
Midfielder/Forward Dan Ndoye

Comments:

League position: 11th . This was Brighton and Hove Albion's 500th game in the top division (won 150, lost 194). . Albion had now won consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2025. . Danny Welbeck had now become the first player aged 33 or older to score ten or more goals in consecutive seasons in the Premier League since Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Comments:

League position: 17th . Nottingham Forest had now won one of their last seven games in all competitions (lost four). . Forest had now scored 400 goals in their 340 games in the Premier League (conceded 509). . They had now kept a clean sheet in 14 of their last 50 games in the Premier League.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Diego Gómez 6 G
Danny Welbeck 15 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder Diego Gómez
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Danny Welbeck

Substitutions:

Joël Veltman for Mats Wieffer 71
Carlos Baleba for James Milner 86
Solly March for Diego Gómez 86
Maxim De Cuyper for Kaoru Mitoma 90+1

Cards:

Mats Wieffer 55 Y
Kaoru Mitoma 84 Y
Lewis Dunk 90+3 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Carlos Baleba
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh

Comments:

League position: 11th . This was Brighton and Hove Albion's 500th game in the top division (won 150, lost 194). . Albion had now won consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2025. . Danny Welbeck had now become the first player aged 33 or older to score ten or more goals in consecutive seasons in the Premier League since Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

1 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Vítor Pereira

Goals:

Morgan Gibbs-White 13 G

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Murillo Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Callum Hudson-Odoi Midfielder
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder
Ibrahim Sangaré Midfielder
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Igor Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Jair Cunha for Omari Hutchinson 56
Luca Netz for Neco Williams 56
Dilane Bakwa for Callum Hudson-Odoi 74
Dan Ndoye for Ola Aina 82
Taiwo Awoniyi for Igor Jesus 83

Cards:

Elliott Anderson 30 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jair Cunha
Defender Luca Netz
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Ryan Yates
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Dilane Bakwa
Midfielder/Forward James McAtee
Midfielder/Forward Dan Ndoye

Comments:

League position: 17th . Nottingham Forest had now won one of their last seven games in all competitions (lost four). . Forest had now scored 400 goals in their 340 games in the Premier League (conceded 509). . They had now kept a clean sheet in 14 of their last 50 games in the Premier League.