Nottingham Forest vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Forest move out of bottom three after a narrow win over the Saints
Follow live coverage as Nottingham Forest take on Southampton in the Premier League tonight.
This is a huge battle at the bottom of the table as 19th placed Nottingham Forest host bottom of the table Southampton. Should they win Forest would jump above Leeds and Leicester and move three points clear of the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, the Saints need to pick up three points against their relegation rivals to keep themselves in with a chance of getting out of the bottom three. If they lose, they will be eight points from safety and would need to win their final three fixtures to stay up.
We’ll bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Heads are in hands as no-one can react in time to reach Walcott's headed flick-on from a corner by Ward-Prowse. There was a distinct lack of Saints players near the back post.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
A driving run from out to in by Gibbs-White opens up the Southampton defence, but Forest's counter-attack ends without a first shot on target, as Johnson drags a low strike across goal and past the left-hand post by some margin.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
McCarthy reacts quickly to beat Awoniyi to the ball with a dive low down at his near post, following a brilliant whipped cross by Lodi from the left.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
MISS! Having turned the ball over midway through Forest's half, Saints flood forward again, and after Walcott's run through the centre, Adams shapes to shoot from inside the box but sees his effort deflected wide by a last-ditch block by Felipe! That's a great chance spurned!
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Amid a bright start from Southampton, Walcott wriggles clear of three challenges on the right before playing a quick one-two, but his attempts to burst inside the area are blocked and the move breaks down.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
After a neat spell of possession for the visitors, Adams receives the ball on the left edge of the Forest area, rolls his man and then curls a wayward shot high over the crossbar.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Southampton kick off, and we are under way in Nottingham!
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