Nott'm Forest vs Brighton

25 November 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Anthony Elanga 3’
Morgan Gibbs-White 76’ (pen)

Evan Ferguson 26’
João Pedro 45+4’, 58’ (pen)

Match summary

Brighton came from behind to win 3-2 away at Nott'm Forest. Brighton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Anthony Elanga put Nott'm Forest ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Morgan Gibbs-White, Evan Ferguson equalised in the 26th minute, set up by Pascal Groß, and João Pedro put Brighton in front with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Pascal Groß. In the second half, Pedro made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 58th minute and Morgan Gibbs-White pulled one back to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot in the 76th minute.

Nott'm Forest can feel hard done by, creating 2.23 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Brighton's 1.22 from 11. Brighton had a player sent off.

Match stats

18 Shots 11

5 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

2.23 xG 1.22

1.47 Non-penalty xG 0.46

12 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Nott'm Forest Brighton

Kick-off

Anthony Elanga
Assist: Morgan Gibbs-White

1-0

3’

26’

Evan Ferguson
Assist: Pascal Groß

1-1

45+4’

João Pedro
Assist: Pascal Groß

1-2

Half-time1-2

58’

João Pedro
Penalty

1-3

Morgan Gibbs-White
Penalty

2-3

76’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Nott'm Forest

Moussa Niakhate
Harry Toffolo

Brighton

Lewis Dunk
Bart Verbruggen
Simon Adingra
Evan Ferguson
Facundo Buonanotte

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 2.23 xGBrighton 1.22 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
Odisseas Vlachodimos	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ola Aina	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			3	0.10	0.00	0
Murillo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.16	1
Harry Toffolo	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.35	4
Orel Mangala	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	90	1	1	7	1.07	0.47	4
Nicolás Domínguez	MID	76			0	0.00	0.02	1
Danilo	MID	70			1	0.25	0.00	0
Anthony Elanga	MID	90	1		1	0.25	0.29	1
Chris Wood	FWD	70			1	0.15	0.04	1
Divock Origi	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.04	1
Ryan Yates	Sub	14			3	0.37	0.00	0
Neco Williams	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	80			2	0.09	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	DEF	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	90		2	0	0.00	0.31	6
Billy Gilmour	MID	84			3	0.14	0.00	0
Simon Adingra	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Adam Lallana	MID	53			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anssumane Fati	MID	20			1	0.04	0.02	1
Evan Ferguson	FWD	84	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
João Pedro	Sub	70	2		2	0.79	0.00	0
Jack Hinshelwood	Sub	56			0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Buonanotte	Sub	37			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Baleba	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Moder	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nott'm Forest win 27% Avg odds 3.62

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Brighton win 46% Avg odds 2.07

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

Form going into the game

Nott'm Forest D D L W L

Brighton D L D D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nott'm Forest 3-1 Brighton, 26 Apr 23 Next meeting: Brighton 1-0 Nott'm Forest, 10 Mar 24 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.