Delightful dogfight as daring Southampton duel with determined Nottingham Forest

It's no vacation for neither Southampton nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Southampton form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Southampton are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Southampton with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Arsenal game, 73 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Southampton lost their last game at Fulham (placed 8th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Elyounoussi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Elyounoussi hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southampton handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Southampton as they are travelling to their away game against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Southampton has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Southampton defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Nottingham Forest form and stats

There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Nottingham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Nottingham Forest's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Chelsea (placed 7th). Aurier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Aurier scored one goal and won 4 of 10 duels.

We have checked recent matches where Nottingham Forest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Blackpool.

Nottingham are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 8 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Nottingham Forest concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Southampton wins - draws - Nottingham Forest wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Adams 4 goals

J. Ward-Prowse 3 goals

T. Awoniyi 3 goals

Southampton missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players