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
Just one minute remaining and Southampton, despite committing many players forward, have still failed to carve out any chances of note in this added time. Surridge goes down with a head injury and there is a stoppage in play.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Two minutes into added time and Forest are keeping the ball well in the Southampton half and frustrating the home side.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Southampton are committing plenty of men forward and Elyounoussi and Adams nearly combine around the edge of the box but the Forest defence clears again.
Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Stuart Armstrong misjudges the bounce of the breaking ball from the corner and takes out Scarpa as he looks to break. It's a yellow card for the midfielder.
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