Nottingham Forest
NFO

Premier League

30 Nov 2025
0 – 2
Full-time
The City Ground
Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA
De Cuyper 45'+1' football
Tzimas 88' football

Timeline

88'
S. Tzimas
0-2
Goal
S. Tzimas
85'
J. McAtee
on
off
M. Gibbs-White
Round Arrow
J. McAtee
M. Gibbs-White
84'
C. Baleba
on
off
M. Cuyper
Round Arrow
C. Baleba
M. Cuyper
84'
J. Veltman
on
off
D. Gómez
Round Arrow
J. Veltman
D. Gómez
84'
B. Gruda
on
off
Y. Minteh
Round Arrow
B. Gruda
Y. Minteh
75'
A. Kalimuendo
on
off
I. Jesus
Round Arrow
A. Kalimuendo
I. Jesus
74'
R. Yates
on
off
I. Sangaré
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R. Yates
I. Sangaré
65'
S. Tzimas
on
off
D. Welbeck
Round Arrow
S. Tzimas
D. Welbeck
56'
J. Hinshelwood
on
off
G. Rutter
Round Arrow
J. Hinshelwood
G. Rutter
45'
C. Hudson-Odoi
on
off
N. Domínguez
Round Arrow
C. Hudson-Odoi
N. Domínguez
45'
O. Hutchinson
on
off
D. Ndoye
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O. Hutchinson
D. Ndoye
45'+1'
M. Cuyper
0-1
Goal
M. Cuyper
44'
M. Wieffer
YELLOW CARD
M. Wieffer

Blog

90'+8'
All over and that is now ten points from the last four games which leaves us in fifth place in the table.
90'

SEVEN MINUTES ADDED TIME

88'
NFO
0-0
BHA
Player
Football

Goal!

Tzimas
IT'S DONE! LIMBS IN THE AWAY END!!! Morato misses the header from a ball over the top and Gruda is in. He takes it around Sels but looks as if he's caught by the keeper, however, Tzimas runs in for the tap in to make it 2-0!!!
84'
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Substitution

Triple change for Albion. Carlos Baleba, Brajan Gruda and Joel Veltman replace Yankuba Minteh, Maxim De Cuyper and Diego Gomez.
80'

TEN MINUTES TO GO

Jan Paul van Hecke slides in to block a Hudson-Odoi cross-shot behind for a corner. This looks as if it's going to be kitchen sink time from the hosts. Fabian Hurzeler is going make some changes to inject some energy.
70'

BRILLIANT FROM VERBRUGGEN

The lively Hutchinson races past Kadioglu and finds Gibbs-White in the middle who looks certain to equalise, but his effort is kept out by the outstretched leg of Verbruggen!
67'

SOMEHOW WE DON'T SCORE

That's an absolutely glorious chance to extend our lead. De Cuyper crosses in from the left, the ball hits Gomez in the middle and forces a great save out of Sels, but Tzimas is there for what looks a certain goal. He opts to take a touch and a Forest defender makes the tackle and gets it away!
65'
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Substitution

Stefanos Tzimas replaces Danny Welbeck.
61'

SANGARE SAVES ALBION

A Forest corner falls for Gibbs-White to hit and he sends it towards goal, but Sangare sticks out a leg, blocking the shot and sending it behind for a goal-kick. Gibbs-White can't believe it.
56'
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Substitution

Georginio is replaced by Jack Hinshelwood.
55'

GEORGINIO RECEIVING TREATMENT

Georginio gets his head in the way of a cross coming into the box, but he needs treatment. Looks as if he will be replaced by Jack Hinshelwood.
50'

AYARI DRAGS WIDE

Georginio gets past Hudson-Odoi and wrestles off Williams before finding Wieffer on the edge of the box. He plays it first time into the path of Ayari who strikes it first time, but he gets his angles wrong and sends it well wide of the bottom left corner.
46'

ALBION GET THE GAME RESTARTED

Yasin Ayari takes kick-off. Albion currently sit fourth in a tightly congested Premier League table. Let's hope it remains that way come full time.
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Maxim De Cuyper celebrates opening the scoring for Albion.
45'+3'
RoundArrow

Albion go in at half-time with the lead

Albion go in at half-time with the lead, thanks to Maxim De Cuyper cool finish.
45'+1'
NFO
0-0
BHA
Player
Football

Goal!

De Cuyper
THE BREAKTHROUGH!!! Albion finally have the lead. Verbruggen pings the ball out to Minteh who drops it back to Wieffer. He finds Georginio who passes it into the box for De Cuyper, who slots it into the bottom right corner! A brilliant decoy run from Welbeck to create the space for De Cuyper.
44'
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Yellow Card

Mats Wieffer goes into the book for giving Williams a push as he tried to break down the left. The Welshman looked as if he was going to ground before the contact was made.
33'

GIBBS-WHITE CROSSES FOR IGOR JESUS

Gibbs-White beats the offside and gets in down the right of the box. He tries to pick out the run of Jesus, but overcooks the pass and it's behind for a goal-kick. The pendulum has swung in Forest's favour.
30'

MINTEH SMASHES STRAIGHT AT SELS

Space opens up for Minteh to have a go from 25 yards. He gets plenty of zip behind the strike, but it's straight at Sels who punches it away.
29'

HUGE CHANCE FOR GIBBS-WHITE

Dominguez intercepts Wieffer's pass and is in down the left. He crosses in for Gibbs-White in the middle and his scissor-kick sees the ball fly an inch wide of the bottom right corner.
26'

OFF THE LINE AGAIN

De Cuyper's corner is incredibly deep into the six-yard box, Sels can't get there and Gomez heads it back across, but a Forest boot launches it away from goal!
22'

DOMINGUEZ SHOT EASY FOR VERBRUGGEN

Forest's first corner of the affair is headed by Dunk. Dominguez hits it on the volley from 20 yards, but it bounces harmlessly into the arms of Verbruggen.
20'

GIBBS-WHITE BLAZES OVER

Forest's first chance falls the way of their skipper Morgan Gibbs-White. He hits it first time on the edge of the box, but put it into the second tier of the stand behind the goal.
17'

WIEFFER DRAGS IT WIDE

This is getting a bit silly now. Albion are cutting through Forest with ease, but cannot find the back of the net. Minteh again finds Wieffer in the box and his low strike gets the better of Sels, but it's wide of the bottom left corner.
14'

WIEFFER SHOT IS BLOCKED

Another chance for Albion. Minteh glides past Williams to the by-line and pulls it back. Wieffer hits it, but it's blocked and then bounces off the Dutchman and behind for a goal-kick.
10'

AYARI SENDS IT AN INCH OVER

Albion are pushing Forest to breaking point here. De Cuyper's corner is only cleared as far as Georginio who hits it from 12 yards, but it's cleared on the line. Welbeck has a shot blocked before Ayari meets it on the volley on the edge of the area and sends it marginally over the crossbar. This is one of Albion's best starts under Fabian Hurzeler.
8'

ANOTHER TERRIFIC MOVE GOES UNREWARDED

Lewis Dunk finds Ferdi Kadioglu running own the left, and he nods the pass down for the oncoming Max De Cuyper. His cross dances across the turf towards the back stick for Georginio who sends it wide of the target. It's a difficult one for the Frenchman, as he's stretching to get there and it's on his weaker foot.
2'

LOVELY DE CUYPER CROSS

Georginio plays the ball out to De Cuyper on the left and he whips in a delightful ball that Diego Gomez stretches to meet, but he can't quite reach it and the chance goes begging! Excellent start from the visitors.
1'

MINTEH IS IN

That's a terrific ball over the top from Diego Gomez and Yankuba Minteh is in. He takes the ball down on his knee but can't quite get it under his spell, which allows Sels time to dive in and get a touch on the ball to take it away from the winger!
1'
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Kick-off

Forest get us underway.

HERE COME THE TEAMS

The teams make their way onto the pitch. Lewis Dunk leads out the Albion, Morgan Gibbs-White for Forest.
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Danny Welbeck will make the 500th appearance of his club career this afternoon.
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The Albion team to face Forest.

FABIAN HURZELER ON FOREST

Last season's visit to the City Ground proved to be our worst outing of the campaign, as we were beaten 7-0. It would to be a springboard for Albion who would then win four consecutive Premier League games. "Every game you can take something away. Of course, it was a terrible defeat. Not only for me, but I also think in general for the club, for the team, for the supporters. "After that you re-analyse, you reflect, you try to create the right solutions. This game helped regarding our development. "After the game, we burned something [our pre-match work on Forest], everyone knows it. When you create a fire, there's still dirty things in the air, it's about cleaning up the air."

DYCHE ON HIS TEAM'S PREP

Speaking ahead of today's game, the Forest manager was pleased to welcome back Callum Hudson-Odoi to action during Thursday night's win over Malmo. He is set to be without Ola Aina, Chris Wood, Douglas Luiz and Oleksandr Zinchenko this afternoon, while Morgan Gibbs-White is expected to return. “There won’t be too many back for Brighton, but they’re making strong progress on the training ground with their physical schedule. “They’ll be crossing over to the normal training side of things soon. We got Callum through the Malmö game, which was pleasing. “We’re slowly but surely getting players back fit, which will be important moving forward.”
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The players will be arriving at the City Ground shortly.
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The City Ground.

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