Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Prediction - Premier League

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Nottingham Forest

19/01/2025 09:00

Southampton

Prediction :

Nottingham Forest to win and over 2.5 goals

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Prediction published on 17/01/2025, 09:00 by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/01/2025 at 10:08 in Premier League Predictions

Third placed Nottingham Forest will be going all out to earn their 13th Premier League win of the season. After the midweek fixtures, the Reds are third in the table and host Southampton who are bottom of the table. Forest's winning streak of seven straight victories ended when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Liverpool. By the time this game begins, they may have dropped to fourth if Newcastle win on Saturday. Can they end the weekend in third? Read our match prediction below.

Southampton went ahead at Old Trafford on Thursday but ended up losing 3-1 to Manchester United. With just six points from their first 21 league games they already look destined to make an immediate return to the Championship. Conceding goals is their biggest problem with 47 conceded in this season's Premier League. Only Wolves with 48 have conceded more than the Saints. Can they get only their second league win of the season?

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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Form

Nottingham Forest and Southampton's standings in the Premier League

Teams	Pts	P	W	D	L	GD
7 Nottingham Forest	65	38	19	8	11	+12
20 Southampton	12	38	2	6	30	-60

Nottingham Forest and Southampton Last Matches

Nottingham Forest Last matches

All Home Away

W W W W W D

Wins

5/6 (83%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

0/6 (0%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2 Total goals

17% BTTS

1.83 Goals scored

0.17 Goals conceded

17% Over 2.5

83% Under 2.5

14 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 1

Liverpool

11 Jan 2025 - FA Cup

Nottingham Forest

2 : 0

Luton Town

6 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Wolves

0 : 3

Nottingham Forest

29 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Everton

0 : 2

Nottingham Forest

26 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 0

Tottenham

21 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Brentford

0 : 2

Nottingham Forest

L W W W W D

Wins

4/6 (67%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

1/6 (17%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.17 Total goals

50% BTTS

1.33 Goals scored

0.83 Goals conceded

33% Over 2.5

67% Under 2.5

14 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 1

Liverpool

11 Jan 2025 - FA Cup

Nottingham Forest

2 : 0

Luton Town

26 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 0

Tottenham

14 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

2 : 1

Aston Villa

30 Nov 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 0

Ipswich Town

10 Nov 2024 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

1 : 3

Newcastle

L L W W W W

Wins

4/6 (67%)

Draw

0/6 (0%)

Losses

2/6 (33%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

3 Total goals

17% BTTS

1.67 Goals scored

1.33 Goals conceded

67% Over 2.5

33% Under 2.5

6 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Wolves

0 : 3

Nottingham Forest

29 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Everton

0 : 2

Nottingham Forest

21 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Brentford

0 : 2

Nottingham Forest

7 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Manchester United

2 : 3

Nottingham Forest

4 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Manchester City

3 : 0

Nottingham Forest

23 Nov 2024 - Premier League

Arsenal

3 : 0

Nottingham Forest

Southampton Last matches

All Home Away

D L L L W L

Wins

1/6 (17%)

Draw

1/6 (17%)

Losses

4/6 (67%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2.67 Total goals

33% BTTS

0.83 Goals scored

1.83 Goals conceded

67% Over 2.5

33% Under 2.5

16 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Manchester United

3 : 1

Southampton

12 Jan 2025 - FA Cup

Southampton

3 : 0

Swansea

4 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 5

Brentford

29 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Crystal Palace

2 : 1

Southampton

26 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 1

West Ham

22 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Fulham

0 : 0

Southampton

L L L L L W

Wins

1/6 (17%)

Draw

0/6 (0%)

Losses

5/6 (83%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

3.83 Total goals

33% BTTS

0.83 Goals scored

3 Goals conceded

83% Over 2.5

17% Under 2.5

12 Jan 2025 - FA Cup

Southampton

3 : 0

Swansea

4 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 5

Brentford

26 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 1

West Ham

18 Dec 2024 - Carabao Cup

Southampton

1 : 2

Liverpool

15 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 5

Tottenham

4 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Southampton

1 : 5

Chelsea

L D L D L L

Wins

0/6 (0%)

Draw

2/6 (33%)

Losses

4/6 (67%)

Average stats (Last 6 matchs)

2 Total goals

50% BTTS

0.5 Goals scored

1.5 Goals conceded

33% Over 2.5

67% Under 2.5

16 Jan 2025 - Premier League

Manchester United

3 : 1

Southampton

29 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Crystal Palace

2 : 1

Southampton

22 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Fulham

0 : 0

Southampton

7 Dec 2024 - Premier League

Aston Villa

1 : 0

Southampton

29 Nov 2024 - Premier League

Brighton

1 : 1

Southampton

9 Nov 2024 - Premier League

Wolves

2 : 0

Southampton

Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Stats: Head to Head (H2H)

Nottingham Forest

100 %

Draw

0 %

Southampton

0 %

Average stats (last H2H results)

Total goals

33.33%

BTTS

Goals scored

Goals conceded

33.33%

Over 2.5

66.67%

Under 2.5

24 Aug 2024 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 1

Nottingham Forest

8 May 2023 - Premier League

Nottingham Forest

4 : 3

Southampton

4 Jan 2023 - Premier League

Southampton

0 : 1

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest - Southampton: Form Analysis

Nottingham Forest failed to make it eight successive wins on Tuesday. Despite taking an early lead, they were held to a 1-1 home draw by league leaders Liverpool. Forest have won five of their ten home league games this season with only two defeats.

The most recent loss was to Newcastle United but since then they’ve earned ten points from four league games at the City Ground. Three of their last four home league games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. All but two of the last five have seen both teams score.

Saints are still looking for their first away league win.

Southampton made a fight of it at Old Trafford on Thursday and led in their match against Manchester United. That was still the case until the 82nd minute but then Diallo scored a 12-minute hat-trick to condemn the Saints to their fourth successive league defeat.

Just two points have been earned from their 11 away league games this season with draws at Brighton and Fulham. The reverse fixture saw Forest win 1-0 at St Mary’s.

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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Prediction

Players list

Nottingham Forest

Goalkeeper

M. Sels

Defender

O. Aina

N. Milenkovic

N. Williams

Midfielder

Murillo

N. Dominguez

E. Anderson

M. Gibbs-White

Forward

A. Elanga

C. Hudson Odoi

C. Wood

Southampton

Goalkeeper

A. Ramsdale

Defender

J. Bree

J. Bednarek

T. Harwood-Bellis

Y. Sugawara

K. Walker-Peters

Midfielder

F. Downes

J. Aribo

M. Fernandes

Forward

A. Armstrong

C. Archer

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest

Goalkeeper

C. Miguel

Defender

Morato

A. Elanga 74'

W. Boly

Midfielder

R. Yates

N. Dominguez 82'

R. Sosa

M. Gibbs-White 83'

J. Ward-Prowse

Forward

T. Awoniyi

C. Wood 82'

J. Silva

C. Hudson Odoi 38'

A. Moreno

Southampton

Goalkeeper

A. McCarthy

Defender

A. Bella-Kotchap

N. Wood

Midfielder

L. Ugochukwu

F. Downes 46'

W. Smallbone

J. Bree 86'

R. Manning

Y. Sugawara 58'

Forward

K. Sulemana

C. Archer 58'

P. Onuachu

A. Armstrong 58'

R. Fraser

Nottingham Forest & Southampton Squad Analysis

Nottingham Forest have few injury concerns ahead of this Premier League game against Southampton. There is still a question mark over Danilo who has been out with an ankle injury. He did play in the FA Cup last week but wasn't in the squad for the Liverpool game in midweek.

Ibrahim Sangare will definitely miss this game and he's not expected to be available again until next month. Forest are unlikely to make many changes to his team after the excellent performance against Liverpool. Former Saints midfielder James Ward-Prowse may start on the subs bench.

Wonderkid Tyler Dibling is likely to miss this game.

Southampton have a major doubt over the fitness of Tyler Dibling. He only played an hour against Manchester United on Thursday before going off with an ankle injury. He may be replaced by either Adam Armstrong, Cameron Archer or Paul Onuachu. The Saints will be witout Jack Stephens and Ross Stewart.

Most goals and assists

Nottingham Forest

Southampton

Top Goalscorer

C. Wood (20 Goals)

Top Goalscorer

P. Onuachu (4 Goals)

Best assists

A. Elanga (11 Assists)

Best assists

M. Fernandes (4 Assists)

Nottingham Forest - Southampton Key Points

Southampton have lost their last four league games.
Forest have won seven of their last eight matches.
Forest won the reverse fixture 1-0.
Southampton have only earned two away points this season.
Forest have earned ten points from their last four home league matches.
Five of Southampton's last six losses saw over 2.5 goals scored in the game.

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Our Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Prediction

Nottingham Forest will see this home game as a great chance to get back into winning ways. Forest did well to earn a point against Liverpool in midweek and begin the weekend only six points behind the league leaders. Home league form has been strong this season with five wins out of ten and only a couple of defeats.

Southampton had their hearts broken by United's late comeback on Thursday. They just can't stop conceding goals and are already ten points from safety, virtually 11 because of an appalling -34 goal difference. Our main Nottingham Forest v Southampton prediction is Nottingham Forest to win and over 2.5 goals.

Prediction :

Nottingham Forest to win and over 2.5 goals

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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Alternative Predictions

Chris Wood to score

Odds 2.2

Chris Wood scored again in Forest's 1-1 draw with Liverpool im midweek. The New Zealand striker has scored in each of Forest's last three league games. He's also their penalty-taker so another good reason to bet on Wood scoring in this match.

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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton - FAQs

This Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Southampton is being played on Sunday January 19. It's scheduled kick-off is 14:00 UK time.

This is a home league game for Nottingham Forest against Southampton. Therefore, it will be played at the City Ground where they have earned ten points from their last four home league games.

This match between Nottingham Forest and Southampton is not being shown live on television. To keep in touch with all that's happening in the game, head over to our Premier League livescore where you will find updated statistics and live text commentary.

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