Well that was carnage. The ball comes into the Albion box, Jan Paul van Hecke and Lewis Dunk block shots before Joel Veltman chests it back to Verbruggen. The stadium erupts with support for the home team. Two minutes from back to back wins.
90'+2'
Yellow Card
Lewis Dunk is booked for blocking the run of Ndoye.
90'+1'
Substitution
Maxim De Cuyper replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
90'
SIX MINUTES ADDED TIME
86'
Substitution
A wonderful reception for Solly March, as he replaces Diego Gomez. James Milner also goes off to an ovation, as Carlos Baleba comes on in his place.
84'
Yellow Card
Kaoru Mitoma goes into the book for a perfectly good challenge. From the resulting free-kick, Awoniyi heads wide from Anderson's cross.
81'
LOVELY GROSS CROSS NOT MET
Pascal Gross sends in a powerful low ball from the right which is begging to be tapped in, but Hinshelwood and Welbeck can't get there! Kadioglu then curls over from Gomez's pass.
72'
GIBBS-WHITE'S HEADER EASY FOR VERBRUGGEN
Gibbs-White gets a good connection on a cross from the left, but it's straight at Verbruggen who gathers without any problem.
71'
Substitution
Joel Veltman replaces Mats Wieffer.
60'
GOMEZ AND VAN HECKE TO THE RESCUE
Gibbs-White has space down the right and utilises it before crossing in. He finds Igor Jesus who has a shot blocked by Diego Gomez, before Sangare's first time effort from 18 yards hits the legs of van Hecke and flies straight into the hands of Verbruggen.
55'
Yellow Card
Mats Wieffer hacks down Hutchinson from behind to stop Forest having a counter-attack.
53'
SELS TIPS AWAY GROSS'S STRIKE
Danny Welbeck is fouled just outside the corner of the box in front of the West Stand. Gross plays a one-two with the striker from the resulting free-kick and has his low drive palmed away by Sels!
48'
WELBECK DENIED
Gross finds Welbeck on the edge and his first time effort looks goalbound, but it's blocked and goes behind for a corner! Kaoru Mitoma then drags a shot a couple of inches wide of the bottom left corner.
46'
Second Half begins
Back underway for the second half.
45'+3'
Half-Time
Albion lead at the break.
45'
THREE MINUTES ADDED TIME
42'
VAN HECKE SLIDES IN TO DENY HUDSON-ODOI
Hudson-Odoi gets the better of Wieffer on the Albion right and the Forest wingers cuts in. He thunders a strike at goal from the angle, but van Hecke throws himself in the way, which sends the ball over for a corner.
37'
HINSHELWOOD HEADER TIPPED AWAY
Jan Paul van Hecke's cross is met by the diving head of Jack Hinshelwood, but Sels is equal to it and tips it behind for a corner!
30'
Yellow Card
Anderson goes into the book for diving on the edge of the Albion box.
25'
WIEFFER SHOULD DO BETTER
Wieffer has possession in midfield and he's gifted a lot of space to run into, so he bombs forward. Forest keep backing off and the crowd implore him to shoot, he does, but it's a pea roller into the arms of Sels. Think he tried to pass it into the corner then, but got it wrong.
Welbeck then has a pop from 30 yards which flies just wide of the bottom left corner.
18'
HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR MITOMA!
That would have been a fabulous goal.
Mitoma plays a one-two with Welbeck, with the former getting on the end of the pass, but he can't get the ball under his spell and by the time he gets his shot away, Sels is out to smother it.
15'
BHA
0-0
NFO
Goal!
Welbeck
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE!!!
That's how you silence an away end.
Mitoma's cross is nodded down by Hinshelwood, Welbeck takes a touch, swivels and fires past Sels!
2-1 to the Albion! What a contest this has been so far.
13'
Goal
Morgan Gibbs-White fires in from range. Looks as if it took a deflection off Ferdi Kadioglu on the way through.
9'
WELBECK GOES CLOSE TO A SECOND
Gomez fires a lovely diagonal pass from right to left for Kadoioglu to run on to. The Turkey international finds Gross who chips in a cross, Welbeck rises to meet it but the defender manages to head it back to his keeper.
6'
BHA
0-0
NFO
Goal!
Gómez
YYYEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!
The perfect start for Albion!!!
Williams gets his clearance all wrong and Gomez is in down the right. His pass to Welbeck is cut out, but he's found by Hinshelwood and the Paraguayan half volleys it from the right of the box into the bottom left corner!
Excellent effort!
3'
MITOMA'S CURLER EASY FOR SELS
Jack Hinshelwood tees up Kaoru Mitoma to have a shot from the right of the box, but the Japan international's curling effort flies comfortably into the hands of Forest keeper Matz Sels.
1'
Kick-off
Nottingham Forest get the game underway.
James Milner set the Premier League appearance record last weekend, making his 654th in the 2-0 win over Brentford.
DUNKY PLAYING THROUGH THE PAIN
Lewis Dunk has been playing with a knee problem according to Fabian Hurzeler, but the skipper continues to be one of our best performers.
"We must mention Lewis Dunk. He proves that a long, successful career is not merely about natural talent. It is about sacrifice. It is about your willingness to suffer. Lewis is playing through genuine pain. He has an ongoing knee issue, and we all know he is suffering.
"Yet he is performing at an elite standard and is currently playing at his absolute highest level of the season, and he seems to be improving week by week."
VITOR PEREIRA ON ALBION
“It’s a big game, a very important game for us. We need to recover mentally and physically because we need to be at our best level to face them away from home.
“The problem is that we don’t have time to work [in training]; we just recover the players. With videos, we try to put them on the right tactical page to face a team that likes to play with the ball and create chances."
Solly March is back in a matchday squad for the first time since April 2025.
Forest have arrived at the Amex.
The Albion team.
Match News
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Hinshelwood: We'll need to give even more if we want to beat ArsenalMidfielder looking forward to Wednesday's test at the Amex.
Monday 2 March 2026
March: Fan reaction gave me a boost after injury lay-offWinger reflects on return to action.
Monday 2 March 2026
The Media Review: Forest felled again Albion made it back-to-back wins in their 2-1 victory against Nottingham Forest.
Monday 2 March 2026
EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | Brighton v Nottingham Forest | Premier League
Sunday 1 March 2026
POST-MATCH | Hurzeler, Milner and Welbeck | Brighton v Forest
Sunday 1 March 2026
Hurzeler: Fans got win over the lineAlbion secured a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest at the Amex.
Sunday 1 March 2026
Gallery: Dominant Albion complete double against ForestGoals from Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck ensured consecutive victories for the Albion in an enthralling contest at the Amex on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday 1 March 2026
Albion beat Forest to make it back-to-back winsFirst-half goals from Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck secure 2-1 success at the Amex.
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