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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Joe Cole
Ex-Chelsea and England midfielder on TNT Sports
Sels looks unbeatable at times.
That is a well-struck shot and he does well to save it.
Summary
FT: Matheus Cunha and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde score as Wolves beat Aston Villa to end winless run
FT: Liverpool 2-0 Bournemouth - leaders go nine points clear
FT: Everton 4-0 Leicester - Three successive wins for Toffees as Abdoulaye Doucoure scores after 10 seconds
FT: Ipswich 1-2 Southampton - Bottom club Saints get only second win of season
FT: Newcastle 1-2 Fulham- Rodrigo Muniz & Raul Jimenez score in comeback win for visitors
FT: Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton Chris Wood scores hat-trick
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GREAT SAVE!published at 87 mins
Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Brighton have a free-kick about 25 yards out.
In it comes from Matt O'Riley and it looks to be going in before Matz Sels makes a great save.
Sels has had another fine game.
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Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Goodison ParkAnyone else put hat-trick hero Chris Wood on your Fantasy bench? 😢😢
Hit the thumbs.
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Sho: Brighton have bought so well in the midfield and attacking positions but their goalkeeping and defensive recruitment is woeful. They get too many of these kind of results.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Two wins in 12 Premier League games now for Brighton.
Their season is fizzling out.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
A day to remember for Forest. They've scored five goals in a Premier League game for the first time since 1995.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
That noise you can hear?
That's a roar for Chris Wood as he makes his way off after scoring a hat-trick. What a shift.
Taiwo Awoniyi is on along with Ibrahim Sangare.
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Come on, if you love football, you’re a Forest fan this season. What a story.
Rachel T
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Forest are now getting ready to send on two more players - Taiwo Awoniyi and Ibrahim Sangare.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Where does Brighton's season go from here?
This has been an utterly miserable afternoon for their fans who have travelled in numbers.
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Transferred Chris Wood into my FPL this week, over the moon with his hat-trick! Hopefully I can get away from 2nd bottom in our league!
Max, Wolverhampton
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Forest have back-to-back home games against Arsenal (26 February) and Manchester City (8 March). Neither of those teams will fancy coming to the City Ground while Forest are in this mood.
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I’m not a Forest fan at all, but you have to stand and salute this reaction to the 5-0 loss last weekend!
Cliff J
'It is rampant at the City Ground'published at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time
Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Joe Cole
Ex-Chelsea and England midfielder on TNT SportsIt is rampant. If I am the owner of this club and I am looking at this with two days left of the window, you can dream.
If they go and get a couple of players between now and the window closing, they have a real chance (of getting Champions League).
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
This has been such an impressive performance by Forest.
Chris Wood with three goals, Anthony Elanga with three assists.
Brighton have been destroyed.
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And just like that Forest have regained the goal difference they lost last week. If I wasn’t a LFC fan I’d be enjoying seeing them challenging near the top.
Chris
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
A double change for Forest, who are coasting.
Willy Boly is on for Murillo while Morgan Gibbs-White has been replaced by Jota Silva.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Marc Albrighton
Former Leicester midfielder on BBC Radio 5 LiveTariq Lamptey does not let Morgan Gibbs-White go. Lamptey is not looking at the ball and his sole focus is to stop Gibbs-White.
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Nottingham Forest 5-0 Brighton
Lucy Ward
Former Leeds striker on TNT SportsHow better to react to a 5-0 drubbing?
Chris Wood's finishing today has been simple. He knows he has the experience in the penalty area and his penalty was clinical too.
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How ridiculously good must Bournemouth be to beat this lot 5-0 ?!?
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Premier League Scores & Fixtures
Saturday 1st February
Premier League Table
On Saturday 1st February
Skip to table keyMatch Participants:
- Aston Villa, Position 8, Points 37
- Wolverhampton Wanderers, Position 17, Points 19
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 21 | 35 | 56 |
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| 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 47 |
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| 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 47 |
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| 4 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 41 |
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| 5 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 41 |
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| 6 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 40 |
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| 7 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 40 |
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| 8 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 37 |
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| 9 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 36 |
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| 10 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 34 |
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| 11 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 31 |
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| 12 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 29 |
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| 13 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 27 |
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| 14 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 27 |
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| 15 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 26 |
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| 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 24 |
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| 17 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 52 | -18 | 19 |
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| 18 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 17 |
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| 19 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 16 |
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| 20 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 54 | -36 | 9 |
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Key
- Position 1 - 4 : UEFA Champions League
- Position 5 : UEFA Europa League
- Position 18 - 20 : Relegation
Team Lineups
home team, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manager: Vítor Pereira
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
1, José Sá, Goalkeeper
2, Doherty, Defender
12, Agbadou, Defender
24, Toti Gomes, Defender
22, Nélson Semedo, Midfielder
7, André, Midfielder
27, Bellegarde, Midfielder
3, Aït-Nouri, Midfielder
21, Sarabia, Attacking Midfielder
10, Matheus Cunha, Attacking Midfielder
29, Gonçalo Guedes, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, José Sá
- Number 24, Toti Gomes
- Number 12, E. Agbadou
- Number 2, M. Doherty
- Number 3, R. Aït-Nouri , substituted for Rodrigo Gomes at 73 minutes
- Number 27, J. Bellegarde , substituted for S. Bueno at 88 minutes
- Number 7, André
- Number 22, Nélson Semedo , Captain
- Number 10, Matheus Cunha , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 7
- Number 21, Pablo Sarabia , Yellow Card at 34 minutes, substituted for Hwang Hee-Chan at 79 minutes
- Number 29, Gonçalo Guedes , substituted for T. Doyle at 73 minutes
Substitutes
home team, Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Number 4, S. Bueno
- Number 37, Pedro Lima
- Number 28, T. Chirewa
- Number 15, C. Dawson
- Number 20, T. Doyle
- Number 26, Carlos Forbs
- Number 19, Rodrigo Gomes
- Number 11, Hwang Hee-Chan
- Number 31, S. Johnstone
away team, Aston Villa
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
23, Martínez, Goalkeeper
16, García, Defender
4, Konsa, Defender
44, Kamara, Defender
12, Digne, Defender
26, Bogarde, Defensive Midfielder
8, Tielemans, Defensive Midfielder
27, Rogers, Attacking Midfielder
7, McGinn, Attacking Midfielder
41, Ramsey, Attacking Midfielder
11, Watkins, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 23, E. Martínez
- Number 12, L. Digne , substituted for I. Maatsen at 46 minutes
- Number 44, B. Kamara
- Number 4, E. Konsa
- Number 16, Andrés García , substituted for D. Malen at 46 minutes
- Number 8, Y. Tielemans
- Number 26, L. Bogarde , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 2, substituted for K. Nedeljković at 83 minutes
- Number 41, J. Ramsey , substituted for A. Onana at 46 minutes
- Number 7, J. McGinn , Captain, Yellow Card at 16 minutes
- Number 27, M. Rogers , Yellow Card at 30 minutes
- Number 11, O. Watkins , substituted for L. Bailey at 46 minutes
away team, Aston Villa
- Number 31, L. Bailey
- Number 56, J. Jimoh-Aloba
- Number 22, I. Maatsen
- Number 17, D. Malen
- Number 24, A. Onana
- Number 20, K. Nedeljković
- Number 25, R. Olsen
- Number 50, S. Swinkels
- Number 48, O. Zych
home team, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manager: Vítor Pereira
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Pitch Formation
1, José Sá, Goalkeeper
2, Doherty, Defender
12, Agbadou, Defender
24, Toti Gomes, Defender
22, Nélson Semedo, Midfielder
7, André, Midfielder
27, Bellegarde, Midfielder
3, Aït-Nouri, Midfielder
21, Sarabia, Attacking Midfielder
10, Matheus Cunha, Attacking Midfielder
29, Gonçalo Guedes, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, José Sá
- Number 24, Toti Gomes
- Number 12, E. Agbadou
- Number 2, M. Doherty
- Number 3, R. Aït-Nouri , substituted for Rodrigo Gomes at 73 minutes
- Number 27, J. Bellegarde , substituted for S. Bueno at 88 minutes
- Number 7, André
- Number 22, Nélson Semedo , Captain
- Number 10, Matheus Cunha , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 7
- Number 21, Pablo Sarabia , Yellow Card at 34 minutes, substituted for Hwang Hee-Chan at 79 minutes
- Number 29, Gonçalo Guedes , substituted for T. Doyle at 73 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 4, S. Bueno
- Number 37, Pedro Lima
- Number 28, T. Chirewa
- Number 15, C. Dawson
- Number 20, T. Doyle
- Number 26, Carlos Forbs
- Number 19, Rodrigo Gomes
- Number 11, Hwang Hee-Chan
- Number 31, S. Johnstone
away team, Aston Villa
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
23, Martínez, Goalkeeper
16, García, Defender
4, Konsa, Defender
44, Kamara, Defender
12, Digne, Defender
26, Bogarde, Defensive Midfielder
8, Tielemans, Defensive Midfielder
27, Rogers, Attacking Midfielder
7, McGinn, Attacking Midfielder
41, Ramsey, Attacking Midfielder
11, Watkins, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 23, E. Martínez
- Number 12, L. Digne , substituted for I. Maatsen at 46 minutes
- Number 44, B. Kamara
- Number 4, E. Konsa
- Number 16, Andrés García , substituted for D. Malen at 46 minutes
- Number 8, Y. Tielemans
- Number 26, L. Bogarde , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 2, substituted for K. Nedeljković at 83 minutes
- Number 41, J. Ramsey , substituted for A. Onana at 46 minutes
- Number 7, J. McGinn , Captain, Yellow Card at 16 minutes
- Number 27, M. Rogers , Yellow Card at 30 minutes
- Number 11, O. Watkins , substituted for L. Bailey at 46 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 31, L. Bailey
- Number 56, J. Jimoh-Aloba
- Number 22, I. Maatsen
- Number 17, D. Malen
- Number 24, A. Onana
- Number 20, K. Nedeljković
- Number 25, R. Olsen
- Number 50, S. Swinkels
- Number 48, O. Zych
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Matt Donohue
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Nicholas Hopton
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Craig Taylor
- Fourth Official:
- Tim Robinson
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Wade Smith
Match Officials
Match Stats
Key, Wolves v Aston VillaOverall possession
Shots
Wolverhampton Wanderers 8Aston Villa 10Shots on target
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5Aston Villa 3Total touches in the box
Wolverhampton Wanderers 12Aston Villa 19Goalkeeper saves
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3Aston Villa 3Fouls
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20Aston Villa 13Corners
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5Aston Villa 8
Season so far
Premier League
Key, Wolves v Aston Villa
League position, Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th, Aston Villa 8thTotal points, Wolverhampton Wanderers 19, Aston Villa 37
Goals scored
Wolverhampton Wanderers 34Aston Villa 34Form guide
All competitions
Wolverhampton Wanderers lose
v Arsenal
0
1
Premier League
Aston Villa won
v Celtic
4
2
UEFA Champions League
Wolverhampton Wanderers lose
v Chelsea
3
1
Premier League
Aston Villa draw
v West Ham United
1
1
Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers lose
v Newcastle United
3
0
Premier League
Aston Villa lose
v Monaco
1
0
UEFA Champions League
Wolverhampton Wanderers won
v Bristol City
1
2
FA Cup
Aston Villa draw
v Arsenal
2
2
Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers lose
v Nottingham Forest
0
3
Premier League
Aston Villa won
v Everton
0
1
Premier League
Previous meetings
All competitions
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston VillaWolverhampton Wanderers Won 34Aston Villa Won 40Draw 21
Played
95
Previous scores
All competitions
Premier League
Aston Villa 3 , Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 on the 21st of September 2024
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
21st of September 2024
Aston Villa 2 , Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 on the 30th of March 2024
Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers
30th of March 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 , Aston Villa 1 on the 8th of October 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa
8th of October 2023
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Match Facts
Having lost three of their first four Premier League home games against Aston Villa (D1), Wolves have now lost just one of their last five against them at Molineux (W3 D1).
Aston Villa won the reverse fixture 3-1 at Villa Park – they’ve not done the league double over Wolves since the 2003-04 campaign.
Wolves picked up seven points in their first three Premier League games under Vitor Pereira (W2 D1) but have since lost four in a row. They’ve already lost five consecutively once this season, under previous manager Gary O’Neil – the only team to have separate runs of 5+ defeats in a row under different managers in a season and survive relegation was West Ham in 2006-07 (Alan Pardew & Alan Curbishley).
Aston Villa are yet to lose a Premier League match under Unai Emery against a side starting the day in the drop zone (W13 D5), while overall Emery has lost just one out of 29 games against sides in 18th, 19th or 20th, losing 3-2 to Southampton with Arsenal in December 2018.
Wolves have shipped 19 set piece goals (excl. pens) this season, the most of any Premier League side. The earliest a side has conceded 20 set piece goals in a single campaign is 25 games (Tottenham in 2007-08).
In 23 Premier League games this season, Wolves have conceded 52 goals. At 2.26 goals against per game, this is their worst average in a league season since 1932-33 (96 in 42 games, 2.29).
Aston Villa won 22 of the first 25 Premier League games in which they led at half-time under Unai Emery (D1 L2) but have gone on to win just four of their last nine (D4 L1), including a 1-1 draw last time out against West Ham.
Wolves have conceded 303 fouls in the Premier League this season, with only Bournemouth committing more (309). The 20 fouls they conceded against Arsenal was their most in a top-flight game since May 2023 against Aston Villa (also 20).
Only Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke (237) has made more runs into the opposition penalty area in the Premier League this season than Wolves’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (210), with 80 of Strand Larsen’s runs targeted by a pass, the most of any player.
Ollie Watkins has been involved in 15+ Premier League goals in each of his last three seasons (21 in 2022-23, 32 in 2023-24, 15 in 2024-25), with 10 goals and five assists in the current campaign. He’s one of three Aston Villa players to achieve that in three consecutive seasons, after Dwight Yorke (1995-96 to 1997-98) and Gabriel Agbonlahor (2007-08 to 2009-10).