Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA

Emirates FA Cup

29 Mar 2025
0 – 0
Nottingham Forest win 4-3 on penalties.
American Express Stadium
Nottingham Forest
NFO

Timeline

120'
YELLOW CARD
M. Gibbs-White
120'
on
off
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F. Silva
M. Gibbs-White
114'
YELLOW CARD
B. Gruda
111'
YELLOW CARD
N. Williams
97'
YELLOW CARD
R. Yates
96'
on
off
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J. Silva
N. Domínguez
90'
on
off
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L. Dunk
A. Webster
88'
YELLOW CARD
N. Domínguez
80'
on
off
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D. Gómez
Y. Ayari
75'
on
off
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B. Gruda
G. Rutter
72'
on
off
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J. Pedro
D. Welbeck
72'
on
off
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S. Adingra
K. Mitoma
62'
YELLOW CARD
P. Estupiñán
61'
on
off
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A. Elanga
T. Awoniyi
61'
on
off
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C. Hudson-Odoi
D. Oliveira

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119:59

LEWIS DUNK WINS THE COIN TOSS

The penalties will be taken in front of the North Stand.
120'
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Extra Time Ends

TO PENALTIES.
118'
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Offside

Albion have it in the back of the Forest net as Joao Pedro scrambles home Estupinan's header down, but the flag goes up against the Ecuadorian.
114'
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Yellow Card

Brajan Gruda trips Gibbs-White on halfway. Yellow card.
113'

VAN HECKE GETS IN THE WAY

Jota Silva benefits from Albion not clearing a ball into their box and Jota Silva looks as if he's got the chance to stab the ball at goal, but van Hecke gets his boot in the way.
110'
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Yellow Card

Williams goes into the book as he dives in on Adingra just outside the Forest box. A good delivery here and you never know. Estupinan to take.
109'

HUGE SAVE FROM SELS

Gruda loops in a cross from the by-line, Gomez generates incredible power as it looks bound for the top right corner, but somehow the keeper gets a touch on it to put it over the crossbar!
107'

GOMEZ CAN'T QUITE GET THERE

Lewis Dunk sprays a lovely pass out to the right for Adingra to bring down. The Ivorian's cross is brilliant and Gomez is running onto it, but it's just beyond the Paraguayan and Forest get it away!
106'
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KICK-OFF

15 more minutes.
105'+1'
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Extra Time

105'

ONE MINUTE ADDED ON

97'
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Yellow Card

Forest skipper Ryan Yates goes into the book for dragging down Brajan Gruda who was attempting to counter.
90'
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KICK-OFF

Forest get extra time started.
90'
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Substitution

Lewis Dunk replaces Adam Webster at the beginning of extra time. Welcome back, skipper.
90'+10'
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Full Time

That's it for the normal 90 minutes. We go to extra time.
90'+4'

VAN HECKE CLEARS IN FRONT OF GOAL

It looks as if Verbruggen would have probably saved it, but van Hecke reads the danger as he clears Elanga's first time effort from close after Aina got a cross in from the right. Adam Webster is down and needs treatment. Difficult to know if it's cramp or something more serious.
90'+2'

MURILLO GETS IT WRONG

Morgan Gibbs-White sends it into the box from the left, Murillo meets it at the back post, but he scuffs it into the ground and bounces up into the hands of Verbruggen.
90'

EIGHT MINUTES ADDED TIME

88'
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Yellow Card

Dominguez runs into Estupinan as they challenge for a header and the referee gives a free-kick to Albion. Dominguez gesticulates to the referee to show his disproval of the decision, which earns him a yellow card.
80'
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Substitution

Yasin Ayari is replaced by Diego Gomez.
75'
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Substitution

Georginio has to go off after hurting himself chasing the ball down. He needs support from the physio as he limps off. Brajan Gruda replaces him.
72'
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Substitution

Double Albion change. Danny Welbeck and Kaoru Mitoma are replaced by Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra.
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65'

VAR

VAR sends the referee to the screen and after watching a couple of replays he overturns his initial decision. No penalty.
64'

Penalty

A penalty is given to Forest as Mitoma slides in on Anderson in the box, but the replay shows that the Forest man has taken a big old dive. VAR will surely overturn this.
60'
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Yellow Card

Pervis Estupinan slips as he goes in for a tackle. It's not even a particularly bad one to be honest, but it earns him a booking.
60'

STOPPAGE IN PLAY

Players who are taking part in Ramadan have an opportunity to take on some food and drink. For Albion, Yasin Ayari and Yankuba Minteh scoff down some high energy food like dates and banana, as well as a load of Lucozade.
56'

HINSHELWOOD WITH A BIG CHANCE

The England Under-21 international can't quite believe he's missed that. On initial viewing it looks as if he's missed a sitter, but watching it back it's not as easy. Estupinan's corner finds the head of Jack, who runs backwards to then get his head on it, but sends it wide.
49'

TERRIFIC SAVE BY BART

Morgan Gibbs-White has space 25 yards out to get a shot away and it takes the fingertips of Verbruggen to flick it just over the crossbar. Great effort, brilliant save.
47'

GEORGINIO BLAZES OVER

That's a lovely idea from the Frenchman. He has it with back to goal on the left of the Forest box, he swivels and smashes the ball looking to beat Sels with power, but sends it well over.
46'

BACK AT IT

Albion get the second half started.
45'+1'
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Half-Time

Nothing to separate the sides after 45 minutes.
45'

INCHES WIDE FROM BALEBA

Mitoma's cross is cut out by Anderson. He clears it only as far as Baleba who wellies it from 20 yards an inch the wrong side of the post. It bullseyes a photographer's camera just behind the goal. It looks quite broken.
35'

ALBION GET AWAY WITH IT

Albion have about six chances to get it clear, but every opportunity is fluffed before Forest win possession. Gibbs-White crosses in low from the right and Awoniyi can't reach it on the stretch in the middle.
32'

ESTUPINAN'S LONG RANGER NEARLY DECEIVES SELS

Watching him line up the shot, you're wondering what on earth Estupinan is thinking. But his strike from 35 yards nearly gets the better of Sels as it bounces right in front of him and the Forest keeper awkward fumbles it away. The follow up is cleared by a Forest player. Fair play Pervis.
27'

AYARI'S DRIVE DEFLECTED JUST WIDE

That's a brilliant effort from Ayari. Murillo clears the ball out of his box, but only to about the edge of the D for Yasin to meet. His first time strike looks as if it's heading towards the bottom right corner, but it takes a nick off a Forest defender and goes out for a corner.
25'

A SLOW BURNER

This hasn't quite kicked into life yet. Verbruggen has had one save to make, while Sels is untested.
16'

VERBRUGGEN DENIES AWONIYI

It's a great strike from the Forest forward from a bit of an angle on the right of the Albion box. Verbruggen gets his leg in the way of it and Neco Williams has the opportunity to follow up, but takes a touch on his chest and Minteh gets in there to take it away. First real shot of the game, well dealt with by the Bart.
6'

GIBBS-WHITE BLOCKS VERBRUGGEN'S CLEARANCE

Slightly nervy moment there for the Albion keeper as Gibbs-White gets a touch on Verbruggen's clearance, but it spins out harmlessly for an Albion throw. Awoniyi is proving to be a real handful for van Hecke and Webster in these early exchanges.
1'

FOREST GET US UNDERWAY

Anticipation is in there. A place at Wembley awaits the winners.

THE TEAMS ARE OUT

A terrific welcome for both sets of players from the supporters. Fireworks, fire. Here we go.
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Here's how we start against Forest.
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The Terrace has officially opened today. What a day for it too.
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The gaffer.

WELCOME TO THE MATCH CENTRE

Good afternoon and welcome to the match centre for this afternoon's FA Cup quarter-final clash with Nottingham Forest.

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