Post Match report for the Notts Forest game - Sunday, 1st March 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Forest - 1/3/26 P28
* * * * * FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Gomez Welbeck . . (h-t 2-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fourteenth home match of 28 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: on a Sunday lunchtime at beginning of March Brighton fans rocked up for the first of two home matches in four days.
Our short Prem record against Reds was without defeat, although tenuous with goals scored - F3 A2
WEATHER: cloudy . GATE: 31,427 . ATMOSPHERE: great as the party started, nervous as it petered out.
FABIAN HURZELER risked loss of face a week ago but an impressive if rare success on the road relieved cranial pressure.
FH went with those he selected for kickoff from the away victory in west London last weekend.
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk) 3 Julio 26 Ayari 33 ORiley 51 Tasker 53 Howell 54 Simmonds 58 Oriola
INJURED: 0 . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas
OOL: 8 Gruda 14 Watson 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte 42 Coppola
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1 variant
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 25 Gomez 20 Milner 30 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 34 Veltman (71), 7 March (86), 17 Baleba (86), 29 de Cuyper (91)
BENCH: 23 Steele 10 Rutter 11 Minteh 19 Kostoulas 21 Boscagli
GOALS:
1-0 - 6 . GOMEZ belts a pass from Gross past the keeper with power on the bounce at an angle.
1-1 - 13 . visitors equalise with a quality strike from distance that evades Verbruggen.
2-1 - 15 . WELBECK turns and beats the keeper after being set up by Hinshelwood.
YELLOWS: Wieffer 55, Mitoma 84, Dunk 93
CHANGES: 71 Veltman for Wieffer
86 March & Baleba for Gomez & Milner . 91 de Cuyper for Mitoma
FIRST HALF: three goals scored in the first fifteen minutes was measure of attacking intentions by both teams.
Momentum resumed for hosts until a late rally by visitors prior to the break.
SECOND HALF: past the hour mark locals piled on pressure while travellers made positional changes.
Hurzeler inserted a single sub with a quarter of the match left.
Then two more added with a few moments to go.
IN THE END: edged out opposition in an even contest where opening energy gradually faded.
NUMBERS: poss 53%-47%, on target 7-4, off target 7-9, corners 4-4,
fouls 12-13, yellows 3-1, subs 4-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd3 pt37 po11
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