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1 \u00a0 FEBRUARY \u00a0 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0 \u00a0 NOTTINGHAM \u00a0 FOREST \u00a07 \u00a0 BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PREMIER \u00a0 LEAGUE<\/strong> \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n at \u00a0 THE \u00a0 CITY GROUND, \u00a0 NOTTINGHAM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After \u00a0their disappointing display against Everton the previous week, the Albion travelled to Sherwood Forest territory to meet Nottingham Forest in the Premier at The City Ground, the match being\u00a0covered \"live\" by TNT Sports and being broadcast by Talksport and BBC Radio Sussex Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last time out in the Premier the Albion had lost 0-1 at home to Everton on the 25 January and for their visit to Forest the Albion made three changes to their starting line-up from that game, with Jack\u00a0Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh and Georginio Rutter replacing Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari and Brajan\u00a0Gruda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In their previous outing, Forest had crashed to a 0-5 Premier League defeat at AFC Bournemouth on the 25 January and for Albion's visit Head Coach Nuno Espirito Santo made two changes to his starting line-up from the Bournemouth game, with Morato and Danilo coming in for Ryan Yates and Jota Silva. \u00a0Playing up front for Forest was former Albion loanee Chris Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In their meetings last season, the Albion did the double over Forest, winning 3-2 at The City Ground on the 25 November 2023. \u00a0In the return game at the Amex on the 10 March 2024 the Albion ran out 1-0 winners, with the deciding goal being scored by Andrew Omobamdele (29m, own goal). \u00a0Previously this season\u00a0on the 22 September 2024, the teams drew 2-2 at the Amex with Albion's goals being scored by\u00a0Jack Hinshelwood (42m) and Danny Welbeck (45m) and Forest's goals coming from Chris Wood (13m, penalty) and Ramon Sosa (70m). \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seagulls made the worst possible start to the game when on 12 minutes they granted\u00a0Morgan Gibbs-White acres of space on his right wing whereupon the midfielder crossed the\u00a0ball into the mix where Lewis Dunk prodded the ball into the Albion net for the hosts opener. 0-1<\/strong>. \u00a0 Prior to the break Danny\u00a0Welbeck came close to reducing the deficit when his piledriver of a shot was deflected on\u00a0to the bar and away by Forest keeper Matz Sels. \u00a0A truly shocking first-half display by the Albion. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Half-time 0-3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albion made a triple substitution at the start of the second-half, with Matt O'Riley, Diego\u00a0Gomez and Simon Adingra replacing Hinshelwood, Pedro and Mitoma. \u00a0These changes\u00a0did not change the pattern of the game, as on 64 minutes Elanga raced down his right\u00a0before crossing to Wood to notch his second and Forest's fourth. \u00a00-4<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n On 69 minutes Tariq Lamptey brought down Gibbs-White in the box and Wood rifled home the resultant penalty-kick for his hat-trick and Forest's fifth. \u00a00-5.<\/strong> \u00a0At the other end keeper Sels tipped\u00a0over O'Riley's free-kick but Forest were not finished and on 89 minutes Neco Williams fired home Forest's sixth. \u00a00-6.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n In time added on Verbruggen negligently passed the\u00a0ball out straight to substitute Jota Silva who ran on before planting the ball in the Albion net. \u00a00-7<\/strong>. \u00a0A day of humiliation for the Albion at The City Ground. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final-score 0-7.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Match stats:<\/strong> TO \u00a0SUM \u00a0UP \u00a0- \u00a0The score-line speaks for itself. \u00a0It was the Albion's heaviest league defeat for 67 years, which was the 0-9 defeat at Middlesbrough on the opening-day\u00a0of the 1958-59 season. \u00a0Head Coach Hurzeler and the players need to sort\u00a0themselves out in time for the visit of Chelsea in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on the 8 February in front of the ITV cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albion line-up (4-1-4-1):- \u00a0Bart VERBRUGGEN; \u00a0Joel VELTMAN, Jan Paul VAN\u00a0 HECKE, Lewis DUNK (Capt), Tariq LAMPTEY; \u00a0Jack HINSHELWOOD (Matt O'RILEY46); \u00a0Yankuba MINTEH, Georginio RUTTER, Joao PEDRO (Diego GOMEZ 46),\u00a0Kaoru MITOMA (Simon ADINGRA 46); \u00a0Danny WELBECK (Evan FERGUSON 73). Nottingham Forest line-up (3-5-2):- \u00a0Matz SELS; \u00a0MORATO, Nikola MILENKOVIC, MURILLO (Willy BOLY 72); \u00a0Ola ALNA, Morgan GIBBS-WHITE (Capt) (Jota SILVA 72), DANILO (Nicolas DOMINGUEZ 63), Elliot ANDERSON (Ibrahim SANGARE 82), Neco WILLIAMS; \u00a0Chris WOOD (Taiwo AWONIYI 82), Anthony ELANGA. Referee<\/strong>: \u00a0Simon Hooper (Wiltshire). \u00a0 Yellow Cards:<\/strong> \u00a0Albion: \u00a03 \u00a0- \u00a0Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Danny Welbeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forest: \u00a01<\/strong> \u00a0- \u00a0Murillo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Possession:<\/strong> \u00a0Albion \u00a0- \u00a063%. \u00a0Forest \u00a0- \u00a037%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BBC Sport Player of the Match: Chris Wood (Forest).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendance: 30164.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEXT GAME:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 FEBRUARY 2025 - CHELSEA - Home - FA Cup, Fourth Round -<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1 \u00a0 FEBRUARY \u00a0 2025 \u00a0 \u00a0 NOTTINGHAM \u00a0 FOREST \u00a07 \u00a0 BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PREMIER \u00a0 LEAGUE \u00a0 at \u00a0 THE \u00a0 CITY GROUND, \u00a0 NOTTINGHAM. 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Forest doubled their lead on 25 minutes when Anthony Elanga's corner was headed by Gibbs-White past Albion keeper Bart Verbruggen for Forest's second. \u00a00-2<\/strong>. \u00a0Worse was to\u00a0follow on 32 minutes when Elanga, in yards of space on the right-wing, crossed to the far post where the lurking Chris Wood headed the ball down and into the Albion net. \u00a0The\u00a0Seagulls were being run ragged by a rampant Forest outfit. \u00a00-3<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albion had 10 attempts at goal, with 5 on target and won 6 corners,\u00a0free-kicks conceded - 13. \u00a0
Forest had 14 attempts at goal, with 9 on target and won 4 corners, free-kicks conceded - 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subs not used: \u00a0Carl RUSHWORTH (G\/K), Adam WEBSTER, Joe KNIGHT, Ruairi McCONVILLE, Brajan GRUDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Subs not\u00a0used: \u00a0Carlos MIGUEL (G\/K), Alex MORENO, Ramon SOSA, Ryan YATES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth Official:<\/strong> \u00a0Tony Harrington.
VAR Official<\/strong>:Paul Tierney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n