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Nottingham Forest End Nine-Game Skid With 3-1 Comeback Over Leeds to Give Dyche First League Win

Proactive substitutions plus a resurgent Gibbs-White signaled a mentality shift under Sean Dyche.

Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Leeds United - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - November 9, 2025  Leeds United's Sean Longstaff in action with Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson REUTERS/Chris Radburn
Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Leeds United - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - November 9, 2025  Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White in action with Leeds United's Anton Stach as Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche looks on Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Leeds United - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - November 9, 2025  Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White in action with Leeds United's Gabriel Gudmundsson Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Leeds United - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - November 9, 2025  Leeds United's Lukas Nmecha celebrates scoring their first goal with Jayden Bogle Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

Overview

  • Lukas Nmecha put Leeds ahead on 13 minutes, but Ibrahim Sangare equalised within three minutes before Morgan Gibbs-White’s 68th-minute header and Elliot Anderson’s stoppage-time penalty completed the turnaround.
  • Sean Dyche’s triple change on the hour—introducing Omari Hutchinson, Taiwo Awoniyi and Ryan Yates—tilted the match, with Hutchinson assisting the second goal and winning the late spot-kick.
  • The result delivered Dyche’s first Premier League victory with Forest and snapped a nine-match league winless run, leaving Forest a point from safety according to post-match assessments.
  • Gibbs-White has three goals in five matches under Dyche, and the manager publicly backed his case for an England return after the captain’s influential display.
  • Leeds have lost four of their last five league games and remain narrowly above the drop zone, with Daniel Farke acknowledging costly lapses in key moments.