Southampton 0-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Southampton 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 20 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton 0-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Southampton lost to Nottingham Forest 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Wes Morgan opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Southampton did not score. Nottingham Forest scored through Wes Morgan (42') and Joe Garner (75').

Discipline: Southampton received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 21st on 22 points from 23 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 18 points from 23. Southampton went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Nottingham Forest 19th with 53.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-L-D-D-D and Nottingham Forest's D-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Adam LallanaSouthampton
  • 26'Yellow card · Chris CohenNottingham Forest
  • 35'Yellow card · Brendan MoloneyNottingham Forest
  • 42'Goal · Wes MorganNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · J. CorkSouthampton
  • 61'Yellow card · Rudolf SkacelSouthampton
  • 75'Goal · Joe GarnerNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Chris PerrySouthampton

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap