Nott'm Forest vs Brighton

1 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 7 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Lewis Dunk 12’ (og)
Morgan Gibbs-White 25’
Chris Wood 32’, 64’, 69’ (pen)
Neco Williams 89’
Jota Silva 90+1’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest won comfortably, 7-0 at home to Brighton. Nott'm Forest led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dunk's own goal put Nott'm Forest ahead in the 12th minute, Morgan Gibbs-White made it 2-0 with a header in the 25th minute, set up by Anthony Elanga, and Chris Wood made it 3-0 with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Anthony Elanga. In the second half, Wood made it 4-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Anthony Elanga, Wood made it 5-0 from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, Neco Williams made it 6-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Ibrahim Sangare, and Jota Silva made it 7-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Nott'm Forest created 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Brighton's 0.76 from 10.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.07 xG 0.76

3.31 Non-penalty xG 0.76

7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Nott'm Forest Brighton

Kick-off

Lewis Dunk
Own goal

1-0

12’

Morgan Gibbs-White
Assist: Anthony Elanga

2-0

25’

Chris Wood
Assist: Anthony Elanga

3-0

32’

Half-time3-0

Chris Wood
Assist: Anthony Elanga

4-0

64’

Chris Wood
Penalty

5-0

69’

Neco Williams
Assist: Ibrahim Sangare

6-0

89’

Jota Silva

7-0

90+1’

Full-time7-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Nott'm Forest

Murillo

Brighton

Bart Verbruggen
Jack Hinshelwood
Danny Welbeck

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Nott'm Forest 4.18 xGBrighton 0.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Nott'm Forest attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Matz Sels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Milenkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morato	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Murillo	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.38	1
Ola Aina	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Elliot Anderson	MID	86			0	0.00	0.12	2
Danilo	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Neco Williams	MID	90	1		2	0.70	0.00	0
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	76	1		3	0.14	0.08	1
Anthony Elanga	FWD	90		3	2	0.46	1.47	3
Chris Wood	FWD	86	3		4	2.27	0.06	1
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.09	1
Jota Silva	Sub	14	1		2	0.43	0.18	1
Willy Boly	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Taiwo Awoniyi	Sub	4			1	0.18	0.00	0
Ibrahim Sangare	Sub	4		1	0	0.00	0.62	1

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Jack Hinshelwood	MID	50	1	0.05	0.00	0
Yankuba Minteh	MID	90	2	0.35	0.04	1
Georginio Rutter	MID	90	2	0.06	0.08	1
João Pedro	MID	50	1	0.08	0.35	2
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	50	0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	FWD	77	1	0.08	0.08	1
Matt O'Riley	Sub	40	1	0.07	0.02	1
Diego Gómez	Sub	40	0	0.00	0.00	0
Simon Adingra	Sub	40	1	0.04	0.00	0
Evan Ferguson	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nott'm Forest win 37% Avg odds 2.63

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39

Brighton win 35% Avg odds 2.72

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Nott'm Forest W W D W L

Brighton D D W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 2-2 Nott'm Forest, 22 Sep 24 Next meeting: Nott'm Forest 0-2 Brighton, 30 Nov 25 All Nott'm Forest vs Brighton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.