Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Match Analysis & Prediction
08/05/2023 10:00 pm
Southampton travel to the City Ground to face fellow basement battlers Nottingham Forest on Monday night in a make-or-break game for their Premier League survival chances.
Both sides failed to hang onto one-goal leads in their most recent defeats, as the Tricky Trees were beaten 2-1 by Brentford while the Saints were seen off 3-1 by Newcastle United.
The result last time out left Nottingham down in 18th place, but still only below Leeds United on goal difference due to the Whites’ defeat to Manchester City.
However, having beaten a high-flying Brighton while also handing Liverpool a few scares in their five-goal Anfield defeat, there is clearly no shortage of belief in this expensively-assembled Forest squad, although there is most certainly a shortage of defensive acumen – Steve Cooper’s side are now without a clean sheet in 13 successive matches.
However, the City Ground turf has often been kind to Forest, as only Newcastle United and Manchester United have beaten the Tricky Trees in Nottinghamshire since the start of October, and s seventh home win of the season could more or less seal their visitors’ fate.
Ruben Selles is not waving the white flag, but defeat to Nottingham would leave Southampton nine points adrift of the Tricky Trees with just three matches remaining, while a win for Leicester City – who are also on 30 points alongside Forest – over Fulham earlier on Monday would also put the Saints on the brink of relegation.
Still needing to face three top-half teams in Fulham, Brighton and Liverpool, even the glass-half-full Saints supporters will slowly lose hope without a satisfactory result on Monday, when their side could extend their miserable winless run to 10 matches since beating Leicester at the beginning of March.
Taiwo Awoniyi’s goal was all it took for Forest to win 1-0 over Southampton at St Mary’s back in January, which incredibly represents the Tricky Trees’ only Premier League victory on the road this season, and the Saints may live to fight another day with a successful revenge mission on Monday.
Nottingham Forest vs. Southampton Head to head
In the 55 previous meetings between these two teams, Forest have claimed 25 victories while Southampton have won 18, and they have drawn in 12. Southampton have scored 74 goals and conceded 80 in the process.
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20/12/2008Southampton0Nottingham Forest2Championship
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03/05/2009Nottingham Forest3Southampton1Championship
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10/09/2011Southampton3Nottingham Forest2Championship
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14/01/2012Nottingham Forest0Southampton3Championship
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04/01/2023Southampton0Nottingham Forest1Premier League
Nottingham Forest Team News
All of Giulian Biancone, Dean Henderson, Chris Wood, Scott McKenna, Willy Boly, Neco Williams, Omar Richards and Gustavo Scarpa are sidelined for Forest with respective injuries.
Either Remo Freuler or Ryan Yates will expect to be given the nod in place of Danilo, while Jesse Lingard and Emmanuel Dennis should battle it out to take the place of Brennan Johnson if need be.
Nottingham Forest's Last 5 Matches
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08/04/2023Aston Villa2Nottingham Forest0Premier League
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16/04/2023Nottingham Forest0Manchester United2Premier League
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22/04/2023Liverpool3Nottingham Forest2Premier League
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26/04/2023Nottingham Forest3Brighton & Hove Albion1Premier League
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29/04/2023Brentford2Nottingham Forest1Premier League
Southampton Team News
Southampton’s left-back Romain Perraud has undergone surgery on an ankle problem and will miss the remainder of the season, joining Juan Larios, Mohammed Salisu and Valentino Livramento on the sidelines.
Selles dropped Gavin Bazunu in favour of the more experienced Alex McCarthy against Newcastle, and the latter may retain possession of the gloves.
Southampton's Last 5 Matches
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08/04/2023Southampton1Manchester City4Premier League
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15/04/2023Southampton0Crystal Palace2Premier League
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21/04/2023Arsenal3Southampton3Premier League
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27/04/2023Southampton0AFC Bournemouth1Premier League
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30/04/2023Newcastle United3Southampton1Premier League
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