Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2025

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 January 2025. The half-time score was 3-0.

Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Elliot Anderson (11'), Callum Hudson-Odoi (28') and Chris Wood (41'). Southampton scored through Jan Bednarek (60') and Paul Onuachu (90+1').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Southampton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 3rd on 41 points from 21 and Southampton 20th on 6 points from 21. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 65 points, and Southampton 20th with 12.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest (8.4), ahead of Mateus Fernandes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 0 draws and 0 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Callum Hudson-OdoiNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Flynn DownesSouthampton
  • 41'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 3-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Kyle Walker-PetersSouthampton
  • 60'Goal · Jan BednarekSouthampton · 3-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Paul OnuachuSouthampton · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Joe AriboSouthampton
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Lesley UgochukwuSouthampton

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 3, draws 0, Southampton 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • WelingtonSouthampton · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolás Domínguez, Elliot Anderson, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood

Southampton line-up (3-4-1-2)

Aaron Ramsdale, James Bree, Jan Bednarek, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Yukinari Sugawara, Flynn Downes, Joe Aribo, Kyle Walker-Peters, Mateus Fernandes, Cameron Archer, Adam Armstrong