Southampton 0-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 4 January 2023
Result
Southampton 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Wednesday 4 January 2023, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Southampton 0-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Southampton were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 January 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Taiwo Awoniyi of Nottingham Forest in the 27th minute.
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 20th on 12 points from 17 and Nottingham Forest 18th on 14 points from 17. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.
Southampton lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Serge Aurier of Nottingham Forest (7.7), ahead of James Ward-Prowse (7.4).
Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Nottingham Forest's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Taiwo Awoniyi
- 42'Yellow card · Remo Freuler
- 45'Yellow card · Brennan Johnson
- 45'Yellow card · Romain Perraud
- 89'Yellow card · Stuart Armstrong
Team news
Southampton line-up (3-1-4-2)
Gavin Bazunu, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Lyanco, Mohammed Salisu, Roméo Lavia, Kyle Walker-Peters, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Romain Perraud, Sékou Mara, Ché Adams
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-1-2)
Dean Henderson, Serge Aurier, Joe Worrall, Willy Boly, Renan Lodi, Ryan Yates, Remo Freuler, Orel Mangala, Morgan Gibbs-White, Brennan Johnson, Taiwo Awoniyi