It was not quite as emphatic as their 14-0 FA Cup demolition of Clapton FC in 1891, but Nottingham Forest’s 7-0 thrashing of Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday was their biggest Premier League win, somehow allowing them to come away from the past two games with a positive goal difference, despite the previous weekend’s 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth.

Chris Wood scores a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest deliver an emphatic response to last weekend's 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth by thrashing Brighton at the City Ground.

High-flying Nottingham Forest hammered Brighton 7-0 at the City Ground on Saturday to respond brilliantly to their 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth last weekend. It is Forest's biggest-ever Premier League win in their history.

Nottingham Forest take on Brighton on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the City Ground, with kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. GMT local time. That makes it a 7:30 a.m. ET or 4:30 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 11:30 p.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia.

This was Brighton's heaviest league defeat since a 9-0 loss at Middlesbrough on the opening day of the 1958-59 season. Lewis Dunk has scored seven own goals in the Premier League, with only Richard Dunne (10) putting through his own net on more occasions in the competition's history.

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