[Getty Images]Adwaidh Rajan - BBC Sport journalistSun, November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC·1 min readNottingham Forest's five-game unbeaten run across all competitions was snapped by Brighton who ran out 2-0 winners in their Premier League meeting at the City Ground on Sunday.
Forest had pulled together an impressive run under Sean Dyche, who took charge when the side were in 18th place in October and had only suffered the lone defeat at Bournemouth which came in his second game.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut the home side were stunned by Brighton who began the game on the front foot and led through Maxim De Cuyper in the dying seconds of the first half.
Forest tried to respond after the break and produced enough chances - in fact, they ended the game with 19 shots - two more than Brighton - but could only get three of them on target.
A Morgan Gibbs-White volley was the closest they got to scoring in the first half while he also saw his effort blocked by his team-mate Ibrahim Sangare just past the hour mark.
Igor Jesus also went close to an equaliser only to be denied by Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen as Forest fell to their first home defeat under Dyche.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe result leaves them in 16th place and only one point behind 18th-placed Leeds United and the Forest boss will hope his players can regroup with games coming thick and fast over the festive period.
They will be back in action against bottom side Wolves at the Molineux on Wednesday before Dyche visits his former club Everton next weekend.
