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
Southampton are seeing more of the ball in the early stages. Bella Kotchap looks for a crossfield ball towards Perraurd but Aurier contests the ball and heads it back to Henderson. He goes down but the Ivorian is okay to continue.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
It is the early stages but it looks as if Gibbs-White will be dropping deeper away from the front line with Awoniyi and Johnson forming a more traditional front two.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
This will be the first meeting between Southampton and Nottingham Forest in any competition since the 2011-12 Championship campaign when Saints won home and away against them.
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