Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton: Hosts comeback to claim huge win in fight for survival

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Nottingham Forest's Danilo scores their 2nd extremity v Brighton astatine the City Ground

Nottingham Forest are retired of the bottommost 3 aft coming from a extremity down to assertion a important triumph implicit Brighton astatine the City Ground.

Facundo Buonanotte enactment the visitors up successful the 38th infinitesimal of a archetypal fractional they dominated, albeit Forest had the accidental to spell successful beforehand aboriginal but Brennan Johnson's punishment was good saved by Jason Steele.

Danilo burst done to enactment Steve Cooper's broadside up connected 69 minutes and erstwhile the video adjunct referee spotted a handball by Brighton skipper Lewis Dunk, Morgan Gibbs-White converted the 2nd spot footwear of the crippled to seal a precious win.

Forest determination supra Everton and Leicester into 17th, a constituent supra the driblet portion portion Brighton enactment eighth.

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Nottingham Forest

Squad number12Player nameNavas
Squad number24Player nameAurier
Squad number38Player nameFelipe
Squad number19Player nameNiakhaté
Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Squad number5Player nameMangala
Squad number28Player nameDanilo
Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi
Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi

Squad number4Player nameWorrall
Squad number15Player nameToffolo
Squad number21Player nameKouyaté
Squad number34Player nameA Ayew

Brighton & Hove Albion

Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number6Player nameColwill
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number20Player nameEnciso

Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number21Player nameUndav
Squad number42Player nameOffiah

Line-ups

Nottm Forest

Formation 3-4-2-1

12NavasBooked astatine 90mins
24Aurier
38FelipeBooked astatine 4mins
19NiakhatéSubstituted forWorrallat 14'minutes
7N WilliamsSubstituted forKouyatéat 65'minutes
5Mangala
28dos Santos de Oliveira
32Lodi
20JohnsonSubstituted forToffoloat 86'minutes
10Gibbs-White
9AwoniyiSubstituted forA Ayewat 80'minutes

Substitutes

4Worrall
11Lingard
13Hennessey
15Toffolo
16Surridge
21Kouyaté
23Freuler
25Dennis
34A Ayew

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1

23Steele
13Groß
5Dunk
6Colwill
30EstupiñánSubstituted forWelbeckat 73'minutes
25Caicedo
10Mac Allister
7March
40BuonanotteSubstituted forOffiahat 88'minutes
22Mitoma
20EncisoSubstituted forUndavat 75'minutes

Substitutes

1Sánchez
4Webster
18Welbeck
21Undav
26Ayari
27Gilmour
29van Hecke
34Veltman
42Offiah

Referee:Jarred Gillett

Attendance:28,808

Live Text

Match ends, Nottingham Forest 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Keylor Navas (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellowish card.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alexis Mac Allister tries a done ball, but Deniz Undav is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the close broadside of the six gait container misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Keylor Navas (Nottingham Forest).
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joe Worrall.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Solly March.
Attempt blocked. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Deniz Undav.
Foul by Deniz Undav (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Levi Colwill (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the six gait container misses to the left. Assisted by Solly March with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joe Worrall.
Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) converts the punishment with a close footed changeable to the bottommost close corner.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
VAR Decision: Penalty Nottingham Forest.
Penalty conceded by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) with a manus shot successful the punishment area.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Odeluga Offiah replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Levi Colwill.

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