Southampton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th January 2023

An unconvincing Nottingham Forest side visit Southampton this coming Wednesday for a tense match between two apparent candidates for the drop. Southampton are rock bottom in the table, but will try to take advantage of playing at home in their quest to improve their position in the Premier League. The match kicks off this coming Wednesday.

Sitting bottom of the table, Southampton have claimed 12 points after 17 rounds, while Nottingham Forest have amassed 14 points. This places the latter as number 18 in the Premier League at the moment.

Going into their upcoming encounter on Wednesday, Southampton are looking to finish the day ahead of Nottingham Forest in the Premier League standings.

Southampton have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 21 goals, or 2.1 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to one clean sheet in this run.

Nottingham Forest are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net six times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.6 goals a game in which they conceded 17 times, an average of 1.7 per game. They managed three clean sheets in of these.

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Southampton Form

Southampton managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 2-1 victory against Lincoln City. They went on to lose 1-3 against Brighton, before getting dumped in a 2-1 defeat against Fulham. In their last six Premier League matches at home, Southampton have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest added four points to their account in their previous three matches, starting off beating Blackburn 1-4. A 3-0 defeat against Manchester United followed, before sharing the points with Chelsea in a 1-1 draw. Nottingham Forest are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 19 goals while scoring zero themselves.

Southampton find it just as tough as Nottingham Forest to get on the scoreboard these days, and a match short on goal looks highly likely, when they clash at St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton won four points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored three and let in four goals. Nottingham Forest earned four points from their last four games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored four goals in those matches, but also allowed five goals against on their way to one wins. Southampton so far pulled off a record of three wins, three draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest put three wins, five draws and nine defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Southampton are looking at up to six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Kyle Walker-Peters and Mohammed Salisu can't be called up by the Southampton-manager, with both serving a ban.

Alex McCarthy, Juan Larios and Valentino Livramento are missing from the squad, Southampton will field against Nottingham Forestthis coming Wednesday.

Nottingham Forest are looking at six players missing out on their match this coming Wednesday at St. Mary's Stadium.

Tyrese Fornah, Jesse Lingard, Cheikhou Kouyate, Giulian Biancone, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards all face a spell on the sidelines for Nottingham Forest due to various injuries.

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Having never played each other in the Premier League in the 21st century, this is the first time Southampton comes up against Nottingham Forest in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Southampton go into their upcoming match against Nottingham Forest with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-0-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest Results

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

James Ward-Prowse managed to hit the target twice recently for Southampton, while Morgan Gibbs-White, added two strikes in Premier League for Nottingham Forest in his last six outings.

Southampton won three of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing four as well. Nottingham Forest won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost seven in this run. Southampton might win at St. Mary's Stadium on Wednesday, but don't expect them to keep a clean sheet as well. They won just zero games to nil in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Southampton performed an average of 1.6 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, who scored 1.5 times on average in those matches.