Nottm Forest vs Southampton 2022-23 English Premier League

Nottingham Forest

18': Taiwo Awoniyi
21': Taiwo Awoniyi
44': Morgan Gibbs-White (P)
73': Danilo

FT
4 - 3

Southampton

25': Carlos Alcaraz
51': Lyanco
90'+6': James Ward-Prowse (P)

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.

Match Commentary

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.
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.
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.
38': Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Armel Bella-Kotchap because of an injury.
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.
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.
61': Substitution, Southampton. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Theo Walcott.
64': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Joe Worrall replaces Sèrge Aurier because of an injury.
70': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Ryan Yates.
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.
76': Substitution, Southampton. Paul Onuachu replaces Ché Adams.
76': Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Carlos Alcaraz.
76': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Stuart Armstrong.
78': Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sam Surridge replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy Boly replaces Brennan Johnson.
81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Harry Toffolo replaces Renan Lodi because of an injury.
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.
90'+11': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 4, Southampton 3.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 29,154

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	35	64	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

SOU		NFO
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

Line-Ups

Nottingham Forest (4-3-3)

No.	Name
12	Keylor Navas (GK)
19	Moussa Niakhaté
38	Felipe
32	Renan Lodi
24	Sèrge Aurier
5	Orel Mangala
28	Danilo
22	Ryan Yates
9	Taiwo Awoniyi
10	Morgan Gibbs-White
20	Brennan Johnson

Substitutes:

Willy Boly, Joe Worrall, Remo Freuler, Sam Surridge, Harry Toffolo, Jesse Lingard, Wayne Hennessey, Cheikhou Kouyaté, André Ayew.

Southampton (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alex McCarthy (GK)
37	Armel Bella-Kotchap
35	Jan Bednarek
3	Ainsley Maitland-Niles
2	Kyle Walker-Peters
26	Carlos Alcaraz
45	Romeo Lavia
8	James Ward-Prowse
10	Ché Adams
17	Stuart Armstrong
32	Theo Walcott