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English Premier League - Nottingham Forest VS Southampton Prediction
English Premier League - Nottingham Forest VS Southampton
Match Time:19-01-2025 22:00 Sunday (GMT+8)
Football Livescore | Match Prediction & Tips
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Nottingham Forest
Ibrahim Sangare is ruled out due to a thigh injury. Nottingham Forest will shape up in a 4-2-3-1 formation vs Southampton, with Matz Sels in goal. Neco Williams and Ola Aina will start as the full-backs, and they will look to help out at both ends of the pitch. Nikola Milenkovic will start alongside Murillo at the heart of the defence.
As for the midfield unit, Ryan Yates will start alongside Elliot Anderson in the double pivot, and they will look to add defensive cover and control to the side. Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi will look to add pace, flair and goals to the side from the wide areas.
Morgan Gibbs-White will start as the attacking midfielder, and he will look to create goalscoring opportunities for his teammates. Finally, Chris Wood will lead the line for Nottingham Forest vs Southampton on Sunday.
Southampton
Southampton will be without Ross Stewart due to a calf injury, while Jack Stephens misses out with a knock. The away side will shape up in a 3-5-2 formation, with Aaron Ramsdale in goal.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis will start alongside Jan Bednarek and Nathan Wood in the back three. The central defensive trifecta are up against quality attackers this week, and they will need to step up their performance levels to notify the threat from Nottingham Forest.
Yukinari Sugawara and Kyle Walker-Peters will start as the wing-backs. They will look to keep things tight at the back and hit Nottingham on the break. Joe Aribo will start alongside Flynn Downes and Lesley Ugochukwu in the middle of the park. They will look to add physicality, defensive cover and drive to the side. Adam Armstrong will start alongside Ben Brereton Diaz in the attack.
Nottingham Forest possible starting lineup:
Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Southampton possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; Wood, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis; Sugawara, Downes, Ugochukwu, Walker-Peters; Fernandes; Onuachu, Sulemana
Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Nottingham Forest have a good historical record against Southampton and have won 53 out of the 119 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Southampton's 37 victories.
Nottingham Forest have lost only one of their last 12 matches against Southampton in the Premier League, with their only such defeat during this period coming by a 3-1 scoreline in 1997.
Southampton have lost each of their last three matches against Nottingham Forest in league competitions - their longest such run in the competition since a four-game run in the Championship in 1935.
Nottingham Forest have lost only two of their last 11 matches against teams starting the day at the bottom of the Premier League table and have won each of their last three such games.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-0 Southampton
Not since their days in the second tier in 1935 have Southampton been beaten in four straight matches against Nottingham Forest, but that sequence will surely be snapped at the City Ground. The hosts are working with two days' more rest, while their visitors have concerns over the fitness of their star name in attack, so another Tricky Trees success is the only outcome we can envisage.
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