Nottingham Forest 4-1 Burnley: Gibbs-White's hat-trick thrashes the guest

Nottingham Forest boosted their Premier League survival hopes as they rallied from a goal down to beat Championship-bound Burnley 4-1 at the City Ground.

Match Report

Morgan Gibbs-White’s stunning second-half hat-trick gave Nottingham Forest a crucial 4-1 home win over Burnley to boost their survival hopes.

Forest had been trailing 1-0 before Gibbs-White's heroics sparked a dramatic turnaround to move Vitor Pereira's side five points clear of 18th-placed Tottenham, who occupy the final relegation spot with five games left.

Gibbs-White's 15-minute hat-trick heaps further pain on Spurs after they had tried to sign him last summer.

Forest's comeback win at the City Ground leaves second-bottom Burnley on the brink of an immediate return to the Championship, with the Clarets remaining 12 points from safety.

Scott Parker's side had led through Zian Flemming's first-half stoppage-time opener before Gibbs-White turned the game on its head.

He equalised with their first shot on target in the 62nd minute before putting Forest ahead just seven minutes later with a superb first-time volleyed back-post finish.

The England international then bagged his hat-trick in the 77th minute with a wonderful header to become only the third player to score a Premier League hat-trick for Nottingham Forest after Kevin Campbell and Chris Wood.

Substitute Igor Jesus added a stoppage-time fourth to maintain the feel-good factor at the City Ground following the midweek win over Porto to reach the Europa League semi-finals.

Match Events

25' Match Event for Nottingham Forest vs Burnley

34' Match Event for Nottingham Forest vs Burnley

42' Match Event for Nottingham Forest vs Burnley

47' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley (Zian Flemming)

53' Highlight from Nottingham Forest vs Burnley

63' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Burnley (Morgan Gibbs-White)

69' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 2-1 Burnley (Morgan Gibbs-White)

77' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 3-1 Burnley (Morgan Gibbs-White)

Line-ups

Nottingham Forest XI: Wood, Sels, Aina, Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Milenkovic, Gibbs-White, Neco Williams, Dilane Bakwa, Omari Hutchinson, Murillo

Subs: Ortega, Taiwo Awoniyi, Ryan Yates, Dominguez, Luca Netz, Igor Jesus, Morato, McAtee, Jair Cunha

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ward-Prowse, Edwards, Florentino, Hjalmar Ekdal, Zian Flemming, Maxime Estève, Jaidon Anthony, L. Ugochukwu, Quilindschy Hartman

Subs: Josh Laurent, Larsen, Mike Tresor, Joe Worrall, Lyle Foster, Armando Broja, Bashir Humphreys, Loum Tchaouna, Max Weiß