Southampton vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Taiwo Awoniyi lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone with their first away win of the Premier League season on Wednesday as Southampton sank to a 1-0 defeat at St Mary’s and remained rooted to the bottom of the table.
Forest’s goal, only their second away this season, was a 27th minute close range tap-in after Brennan Johnson pounced on an error by Brazilian defender Lyanco and squared to the Nigeria international.
Southampton, with the Premier League’s worst home record, squandered early chances and were booed off after a first half with no shots on target.
They have now lost their first four league games under new manager Nathan Jones and six in a row.
Steve Cooper’s Forest, the side with the league’s worst away record, had not scored on the road in the top flight since a 1-1 draw at Everton last August but could have had more with Johnson rattling the crossbar after 12 minutes.
Forest moved up to 15th with 17 points while Southampton are on 12.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Gibbs-White's corner is cleared away to the edge of the box but Mangala's effort is sliced and comfortably retrieved by Bazunu.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
The wide forwards of Awoniyi and Johnson are causing Saints plenty of problems down the flanks. Johnson steals the ball and wins a corner for the away side.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
CROSSBAR!! So close to an opener for Forest. Magala feeds Awoniyi down the right-hand side and it's great work from the forward to cut a ball back to the edge of the box. Yates' effort falls into the path of Johnson. The Welshman's effort is hit sweetly but it cannons back off the crossbar.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest have failed to score in each of their last six away Premier League games, attempting 44 shots with an xG of 4.6 without success in this run. They’ve only gone seven away league games without a goal once before, between September and November 1970.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Southampton win a foul on the right-hand side but Southampton give away a foul from the cross with Bella Kotchap's high boot catching Yates.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
CHANCE! It's an early chance for Southampton and Adams should have done better. It's a ball over the top and Adams finds himself in all kinds of space on the right side of the box. The ball is bouncing but the striker rushes his effort and it flashes across the goal and wide.
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