On 26 April, one of the matches in the 33rd round of the English football championship took place. Nottingham Forest (England) and Brighton (England) met.
English Championship, round 33
Nottingham Forest (England ) - Brighton (England) - 3:1 (1-1)
Goals: Gross (45+3), Gibbs-White (90+1) - F. Buonanotte (38)
Warnings: Felipe (4), K. Navas (90+14)
Football fans witnessed a thrilling match between Nottingham Forest and Brighton at the City Ground in the Premier League. It was 1-1 at half-time but Nottingham Forest took a 3-1 lead. The game got off to a very tumultuous start with Nottingham Forest receiving a yellow card just four minutes into the match. Felipe, a Nottingham Forest player, was cautioned by the referee for misconduct. The action continued after a missed penalty by Nottingham Forest player B. Johnson after just seven minutes, leaving the fans in suspense. On 14 minutes, Nottingham Forest made the first substitution of the game: M. Niakhate was replaced by D. Worrall. The substitution seemed to have served the team well as Brighton's F Buonanotte scored the first goal of the match on 38 minutes. However, just before the break Nottingham Forest responded with an own goal from P. Gross to level the score at 1-1. In the second half, Nottingham Forest made one more substitution: on 65 minutes, N. Williams was replaced by K. Kouyat.
This time, Nottingham Forest got their goal: Danilo scored on 69 minutes. Soon after, Brighton made their first substitution: P. Estupinan replaced D. Welbeck in the 72nd minute. Brighton quickly made two more substitutions: H. Ensiso replaced D. Undava in the 75th minute and F. Buonanotte replaced O. Offia in the 88th minute. In between these substitutions, Nottingham Forest made a third substitution: in the 80th minute, T. Awoniy was replaced by A. Ayew. With the game drawing to a close, Nottingham Forest made one last substitution: on 86 minutes B. Johnson was replaced by H. Toffolo. The match became exciting in the final minutes: on 90 minutes, a penalty kick was awarded to Nottingham Forest. M. Gibbs-White, coming on target, scored the third and final goal of the match. However, there were still events in the game and Brighton scored in the last minute, which was eventually cancelled out due to offside. Nottingham Forest's K Navas also received a yellow card in the 90th minute for misconduct. The supporters left the stadium excited by the thrilling match and Nottingham Forest's hard-fought victory.
The next round of fixtures will see Brentford v Nottingham Forest and Brighton v Wolverhampton.
| Nottingham Forest | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 12 | Shots | 17 |
| 2 | Blocked kicks | 4 |
| 10 | Kicks from the penalty area | 11 |
| 2 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 6 |
| 7 | Offences | 8 |
| 2 | Corner | 7 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 25% | Possession of the ball | 75% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 6 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 227 | Total assists | 688 |
| 155 | Accurate passes | 596 |
| 68% | Accuracy of transmissions | 87% |