English Premier League

FT Monday, May 8, 2023
Southampton LLDLL 3
–
Nottingham Forest LLLWL 4
1st2ndT
SOU123
NFO314
The City Ground · 29,154 att.

Match Report

Nottingham Forest edge Southampton to escape drop zone

Nottingham Forest's Premier League survival hopes got a massive boost as Taiwo Awoniyi's brace helped them to a 4-3 home win over Southampton.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
11
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
2
64.1
Possession
35.9
19
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
448
Accurate Passes
213
537
Passes
306
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
1
25
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
47
18
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
8
6
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
12
14
Effective Clearances
23
14
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NFO leads series 3-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-3-3

  1. 12Keylor NavasG
  2. 19Moussa NiakhatéCD-L
  3. 38FelipeCD-R
  4. 32Renan LodiLB
  5. 24Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 5Orel MangalaCM
  7. 28Danilo SantosLM
  8. 22Ryan YatesRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteLF
  11. 20Brennan JohnsonRF

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 37Armel Bella-KotchapCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 3Ainsley Maitland-NilesLB
  5. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  6. 26Charly AlcarazAM
  7. 45Romeo LaviaLM
  8. 8James Ward-ProwseRM
  9. 10Ché AdamsF
  10. 17Stuart ArmstrongAM-L
  11. 32Theo WalcottAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Southampton 0. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
  2. 21' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Southampton 0. Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo.
  3. 25' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Southampton 1. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong following a fast break.
  4. 38' Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Armel Bella-Kotchap because of an injury.
  5. 44' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Southampton 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  6. 51' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Southampton 2. Lyanco (Southampton) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
  7. 61' Substitution, Southampton. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Theo Walcott.
  8. 64' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Joe Worrall replaces Sèrge Aurier because of an injury.
  9. 70' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Ryan Yates.
  10. 73' Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Southampton 2. Danilo (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  11. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Paul Onuachu replaces Ché Adams.
  12. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Carlos Alcaraz.
  13. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  14. 78' Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  16. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy Boly replaces Brennan Johnson.
  17. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Harry Toffolo replaces Renan Lodi because of an injury.
  18. 90'+6' Goal! Nottingham Forest 4, Southampton 3. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

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