Post Match report for the Notts Forest game - Saturday, 1st February 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Nottingham Forest V Brighton - 1/2/25 P24
* * * * * BRIGHTON & HOVE AL-BI-WRONG * * * * *
RESULT: 7-0 . (h-t 3-0)
VENUE: City Ground, Nottingham - thirteenth away match of 24 fixtures to date . Sat 12:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we were now into February following a heart-warming then heart-breaking January and today was further test of ambitions for reaching a position to qualify for Europe by end of May.
Travelling support got to banks of the river Trent by lunchtime hoping a sink or swim attitude would keep us afloat for longer.
WEATHER: dry . GATE: 30,164 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: drowning from early on
FABIAN HURZELER was disappointed; not with where we were but because where we are now is not where he wants to be.
FH had new additions to the injury list so reflected upon previous selections in recent contests and decided to only alter central midfield.
INJURED: 7 March 20 Baleba 24 Kadioglu 26 Ayari 27 Wieffer
SQUAD: 30 Estupinan
REHAB: 3 Julio 6 Milner 23 Steele . OOL: 10 Enciso . LEFT: 15 Moder 32 Peupion 47 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-1-4-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 2 Lamptey
. 17 Minteh 41 Hinshelwood 14 Rutter 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . . 9 Pedro . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 11 Adingra (46), 25 Gomez (46), 33 ORiley (46), 28 Ferguson (73)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 4 Webster 8 Gruda 44 McConville 57 Knight
GOALS:
1-0 - 12 . hosts open scoring when Seagulls flap due to poor defensive positioning and a deflection off Dunk
2-0 - 25 . a quick second score via a home corner as travellers fail to defend a routine set piece
3-0 - 32 . the third goal goes in from a header by Reds striker when yellow shirts crumble
4-0 - 64 . a fourth goal by the aforementioned striker
5-0 - 69 . Reds hero striker gets a hat-trick from the spot
6-0 - 89 . sixth conceded
7-0 - 91 . seventh conceded
YELLOWS: Welbeck 11, Hinshelwood 20, Verbruggen 90
CHANGES: 46 Adingra, Gomez & ORiley for Mitoma, Pedro & Hinshelwood
73 Ferguson for Welbeck
FIRST HALF: conceding very early and then again a little later saw visitors already chasing the game.
A third goal meant that game was up for the hapless away outfit.
SECOND HALF: not long after the hour mark Reds put the game to bed.
Later travellers concede a penalty.
Next a sixth and then a seventh in stoppage.
IN THE END: a second successive loss as Albion fold very easily to opportunist opponents who wanted it more.
NUMBERS: poss 38%-62%, on target 9-5, off target 5-5, corners 4-6,
fouls 8-13, yellows 1-3, subs 5-4, shape 3412-4141 . . . . . gd-3 pt34 po9
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