West Ham United suffered another defeat when they were defeated 2-1 by Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. Morgan Gibbs White (£7.3 million) scored the decisive penalty.
Here are our scout notes from the London Stadium.
GIBBS WHITE PEN
Gibbs-White’s penalty in the final phase gave Forest three points Alfonso Areola (£4.3m) had bumped into him as he tried to knock away a free-kick.
The 3.0% owned midfielder has now scored in consecutive Gameweeks, having previously netted at Villa Park on Saturday.
Gibbs-White, who missed his last penalty in Europe in November, stepped up from the spot to convert Elliot Anderson (£5.3 million) and Igor Jesus (£5.8m) on the pitch.
Notably, Anderson had scored Forest’s last penalty against Leeds United in Gameweek 11, although Gibbs-White was not on the pitch at the time.
“To be honest, I got punched in the face and had no idea what was going on. I came to my senses when he said it was a penalty.”
“There’s no doubt about it, I was practicing with it yesterday. It was a safety issue, but in the end we got the three points.” – Morgan Gibbs-White
ANDERSON ASSIST + DEFCON
Anderson recorded his first assist since Gameweek 12 when his corner was found Nicholas Dominguez (£5.0m), who fired his header into the far corner.
He also reached the defensive contribution threshold (DefCon) for the fifth consecutive game, narrowly missing out on the bonus.
Anderson’s overall performances haven’t been great of late, but it’s hard to argue with his consistency in Fantasy as he has scored four or more points in nine of his last twelve appearances.
In fact, as of Gameweek 10, there isn’t a midfielder under £6.0m in sight Harry Wilson (£5.8m) has plundered more points than the England international.
Above: No player at any position has made more defensive contributions (Tot) than Elliot Anderson in 2025-26
As for Dominguez, he was one of Forest’s standout players, scoring five shots.
“I thought Dominguez was fantastic. His team play was out of this world. He is good-natured in dealing with it and dealing with the press. A very good team player.” – Sean Dyche on Nicolas Dominguez
Elsewhere, Matz Sels (£4.6m) then started in goal for Forest John Victor (£4.0m) suffered an injury this weekend.
And Sels showed why he is likely to continue as Sean Dyche’s No.1 with an impressive double save to deny Kyle Walker Peters (£4.2 million) and Taty Castellanos (£5.5m) in the second half.
Neco Williams (£4.7m) meanwhile impressed the left-back with two shots, the first of those efforts forcing a fine fingertip save from Areola.
NUNO ON THE EDGE
Forest’s second-half turnaround leaves West Ham seven points adrift of safety having failed to win any of their last 10 games.
They too have not kept a clean sheet since August.
It puts Nuno Espirito Santo in a precarious position, although they were the better team for a long time on Tuesday.
Lucas Paqueta (£5.9m) missed out in Gameweek 20 but recovered to start here, which took just over an hour, as did £25.2m centre-forward Castellanos, who only joined the Hammers from Lazio earlier this week.
The Argentina international worked hard up front, but lacked the necessary composure in front of goal, wasting two big chances.
Another new arrival, Pablo Felipe (£5.5m), looked brighter when introduced off the bench.
As for Jarrod Bowen (£7.7m), he scored five shots and had quite a few chances, but most were blocked by Forest’s backline.
Above: Jarrod Bowen’s shooting card against Nott’m Forest
Elsewhere, Crysencio Summerville (£5.5m) looked lively, and it was his corner that Touba (£5.7 million) previously helped Murillo (£5.2m) it nodded into its own net.
Summerville also barely had a goal disallowed for offside.
“I think we did enough good things to win the match today. The boys really worked hard. We got the advantage, we scored a goal that was disallowed due to small offside margins. That was the moment of the match and a lot of incidents happened, but I have nothing to say about the hard work.”
“That was the idea [score early] and the boys did it. We had good combinations and control, we had a good threat in attack. It was a good first half. We started the second half well. There was a foul on the edge of the penalty area on Summerville which led to Forest breaking out. This takes the spirit out of the players and makes it difficult to explain how things happen.” – Nuno Espirito Santo
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