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
SUBS: Wayne Hennessey, Joe Worrall, Sam Surridge, Andre Ayew, Cheikhou Kouyate, Remo Freuler, Willy Boly, Jesse Lingard, Harry Toffolo.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-4-2-1): Keylor Navas; Serge Aurier, Felipe, Moussa Niakhate; Ryan Yates, Danilo, Orel Mangala, Renan Lodi; Morgan Gibbs-White, Brennan Johnson; Taiwo Awoniyi.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
With their Premier League survival chances hanging by the thinnest of threads, Southampton are six points adrift of safety heading into their final four fixtures of the season. Saints were seen off 3-1 by Newcastle United last time out, and today their winless streak would be extended to 10 matches if they fail to win their first top-flight game at the City Ground since 1998. Indeed, defeat would leave the south coast club nine points adrift of their hosts and staring relegation straight in the face.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
Following their late implosion against Brentford last week and subsequent results elsewhere, Nottingham Forest sit above only today's opponents in the Premier League table, but below both Leicester City and Leeds United only on goal difference. Steve Cooper's men have gone without a clean sheet in 13 games, but they now return to the City Ground, where only Newcastle United and Manchester United have beaten them since October. By contrast, they have won just once away since returning to the top flight - Forest ran out 1-0 winners over Southampton at St Mary's in January.
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
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Nottingham Forest vs Southampton
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