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Nottingham Forest v Southampton : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 19th Jan, 14:00 BST, The City Ground, Nottingham

Russell Martin is aiming for a vital away win in the English Premier League on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his Southampton side to The City Ground to visit Nottingham Forest and Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you go through them. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall records can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history later on in the preview.


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Best Tip: Nottm Forest to win

A Premier League win on home turf for Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo's Nottm Forest team win in the win / draw / win market is what we're predicting. Statistics suggest they're in strong form across a number of key metrics, and they should be too strong for the opposition. The odds from the bookmakers are pointing in the same direction, and when that happens you've got reason to feel confident. A Nottm Forest win is our recommendation, even if a tight match is possible.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nottm Forest are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nottm Forest
61%
21/50
3%
4/9
4%
Draw
24%
7/2
4%
18/5
6%
Southampton
15%
6/1
17%
13/2
15%
Nottm Forest 1-0
16%
13/2
6%
5/1
14%
Nottm Forest 2-0
13%
6/1
13%
11/2
7%
Draw 1-1
11%
17/2
6%
7/1
7%
Draw 0-0
9%
11/1
8%
9/1
9%
Nottm Forest 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
13/2
Nottm Forest 3-0
7%
9/1
17%
15/2
11%
Southampton 1-0
6%
18/112/1
13%
Nottm Forest 3-1
5%
12/19/1
Southampton 2-1
4%
22/1
10%
16/1
13%
Draw 2-2
3%
22/1
21%
16/1
13%
Nottm Forest 4-0
3%
18/1
10%
12/1
13%
Southampton 2-0
2%
40/125/1
Nottm Forest 4-1
2%
22/116/1
Nottm Forest 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Nottm Forest 5-0
1%
40/122/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
4/5
7%
3/4
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
1/1
2%
19/20
7%
Home 1st Goal
58%
3/10-
Away 1st Goal
35%
11/4
10%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
11/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
40%
1/1
13%
1/1
9%
BTTS - No
60%
3/4
9%
8/11
9%
BTTS - Home Win
20%
9/4
2%
9/4
8%
BTTS - Draw
14%
5/1
9%
19/4
10%
BTTS - Away Win
6%
12/1
18%
11/1
20%
Home/draw
85%
1/10
1%
1/11
2%
Away/draw
39%
7/4
10%
7/4
6%
Home/away
76%
2/11
1%
1/5
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
1/4
5%
1/4
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
3/1
8%
13/5
8%
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
2/1
11%
15/8
10%
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
2/5
1%
4/11
6%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
9/2
10%
17/4
14%
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/7
1%
1/7
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
10/1
10%
9/1
18%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/20
1%
1/25
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/25
2%
1/25
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
12/19/1
9%
Home DNB
78%
1/7
1%
1/8
3%
Away DNB
32%
9/2
22%
17/4
9%
Nottm Forest win to nil
41%
5/4
10%
-
Southampton win to nil
9%
10/1-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
38%
6/5
7%
11/10
5%
Nottm Forest / Southampton
2%
40/133/1
Nottm Forest / Draw
5%
16/114/1
Draw / Nottm Forest
21%
3/1
8%
29/10
3%
Draw / Southampton
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Draw / Draw
13%
6/15/1
4%
Southampton / Nottm Forest
4%
20/116/1
Southampton / Southampton
7%
12/1
18%
9/1
5%
Southampton / Draw
5%
20/1
11%
14/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Nottm Forest have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Nottm Forest have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 12 goals.

Home League Performance

Nottm Forest have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 11 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Southampton are in 20th position in the Premier League on 6 points having played 20 matches so far this season. Southampton are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 5 of those games.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Southampton have conceded 44 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nottm Forest
Southampton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool1914412846 
Jan 14
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-3A
Mar 8
2
Arsenal2011722140 
Feb 25
l
 
3-0A
May 25
l
 
3-1F
3
Nottm Forest H2012441040 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Jan 19
4
Chelsea2010641536 
May 25
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-5A
Feb 26
5
Newcastle2010551235 
l
 
1-3F
Feb 23
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
6
Man City201046934 
Mar 8
l
 
3-0A
May 10
l
 
1-0A
7
Bournemouth20965733 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
8
A Villa20956-232 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 5
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
9
Fulham20794330 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
10
Brighton206104128 
Feb 1
d
 
2-2F
Feb 22
d
 
1-1A
11
Brentford20839327 
Apr 26
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-5A
l
 
3-1A
12
Spurs2073101224 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 19
l
 
0-5A
Apr 5
13
Man Utd20659-523 
Apr 1
w
 
2-3F
l
 
0-3A
Jan 16
14
West Ham20659-1523 
w
 
3-0F
May 18
l
 
0-1A
Apr 19
15
C Palace20497-721 
w
 
1-0F
May 3
Apr 2
l
 
2-1F
16
Everton19388-1017 
Apr 12
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
May 18
17
Wolves204412-1416 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
18
Ipswich203710-1516 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
d
 
1-1F
Feb 1
19
Leicester203512-2114 
May 10
w
 
1-3F
l
 
2-3F
May 3
20
Southampton A201316-326 
Jan 19
w
 
0-1F
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Nottm Forest 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nottm Forest1 - 0Spurs
Nottm Forest2 - 1A Villa
Nottm Forest1 - 0Ipswich
Nottm Forest1 - 3Newcastle
Nottm Forest3 - 0West Ham
Nottm Forest1 - 0C Palace
Nottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
Nottm Forest1 - 1Wolves
Nottm Forest1 - 1Bournemouth
Nottm Forest2 - 3Chelsea
Nottm Forest0 - 2Man City
Nottm Forest2 - 2Wolves
Nottm Forest3 - 1Fulham
Nottm Forest1 - 1C Palace
Nottm Forest0 - 1Liverpool
Nottm Forest2 - 0West Ham
Nottm Forest2 - 3Newcastle
Nottm Forest1 - 2Arsenal
Nottm Forest2 - 1Man Utd
Nottm Forest2 - 3Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANottm Forest3 - 0Wolves
ANottm Forest2 - 0Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 0Spurs
ANottm Forest2 - 0Brentford
HNottm Forest2 - 1A Villa
ANottm Forest3 - 2Man Utd
ANottm Forest0 - 3Man City
HNottm Forest1 - 0Ipswich
ANottm Forest0 - 3Arsenal
HNottm Forest1 - 3Newcastle
HNottm Forest3 - 0West Ham
ANottm Forest3 - 1Leicester
HNottm Forest1 - 0C Palace
ANottm Forest1 - 1Chelsea
HNottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
ANottm Forest2 - 2Brighton
ANottm Forest1 - 0Liverpool
HNottm Forest1 - 1Wolves
ANottm Forest1 - 0Southampton
HNottm Forest1 - 1Bournemouth
Southampton 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
C Palace2 - 1Southampton
Fulham0 - 0Southampton
A Villa1 - 0Southampton
Brighton1 - 1Southampton
Wolves2 - 0Southampton
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Arsenal3 - 1Southampton
Bournemouth3 - 1Southampton
Brentford3 - 1Southampton
Newcastle1 - 0Southampton
Leeds0 - 1Southampton
West Brom0 - 0Southampton
Leeds1 - 2Southampton
Leicester5 - 0Southampton
Cardiff2 - 1Southampton
Blackburn0 - 0Southampton
Ipswich3 - 2Southampton
Birmingham3 - 4Southampton
West Brom0 - 2Southampton
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
44
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
1
D
3
Lost
16
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSouthampton0 - 5Brentford
ASouthampton1 - 2C Palace
HSouthampton0 - 1West Ham
ASouthampton0 - 0Fulham
HSouthampton0 - 5Spurs
ASouthampton0 - 1A Villa
HSouthampton1 - 5Chelsea
ASouthampton1 - 1Brighton
HSouthampton2 - 3Liverpool
ASouthampton0 - 2Wolves
HSouthampton1 - 0Everton
ASouthampton0 - 1Man City
HSouthampton2 - 3Leicester
ASouthampton1 - 3Arsenal
ASouthampton1 - 3Bournemouth
HSouthampton1 - 1Ipswich
HSouthampton0 - 3Man Utd
ASouthampton1 - 3Brentford
HSouthampton0 - 1Nottm Forest
ASouthampton0 - 1Newcastle
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Nottm Forest have beaten Southampton in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Nottm Forest since 1992
Nottm Forest
Southampton
Goals: Scored
14
13
Games: Scored
7 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
1 / 8
NFO
4
D
1
SOU
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
Nottm Forest4 - 3
0 - 3Southampton
Nottm Forest3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Southampton
Nottm Forest1 - 0
Nottm Forest3 - 0
1 - 2Southampton
League games at Southampton since 1993
Southampton
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
11
17
Games: Scored
6 / 9
9 / 9
Clean sheets
0 / 9
3 / 9
NFO
6
D
2
SOU
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
0 - 1Nottm Forest
0 - 1Nottm Forest
Southampton3 - 2
0 - 2Nottm Forest
1 - 2Nottm Forest
Draw2 - 2Draw
3 - 4Nottm Forest
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Nottm Forest
Goal Statistics

Nottingham Forest have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Southampton on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

With a PG of just 0.7, Southampton look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that Nottingham Forest haven't conceded a goal in 4 consecutive English Premier League matches, and it could be a long afternoon for Russell Martin's men.

Nottm Forest 3rd Southampton 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
There is a 81% probability that Nottm Forest will score 1 or more goals
0
50%
1
35%
2
12%
3
4+
There is a 50% probability that Southampton will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-3
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-28
Southampton have scored 28% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2024/2025 season
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Nottm Forest
PG (predicted goals)
Southampton
1.7
0.7
Attack rating
50%
better
NFO
SOU
view stats
Games scored17
10
Failed to score3
10
Scored first16
5
Goals scored29
12
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.6
Avg. shots per game9
6
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for15
9
Avg. XG for1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+50%
Defence rating
51%
better
NFO
SOU
view stats
Games conceded11
18
Clean sheets9
2
Conceded first4
14
Goals conceded19
44
Avg. goals conceded1
2.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
6
Conversion rate against10%
17%
Avg. XG against1.3
2.4
KickOff rating
+51%

Nottm Forest v Southampton Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
201256
M SelsC WoodE AndersonN Domínguez
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sels GLK20
2
-
O Aina  DEF202
2
-
A Elanga FWD2034
1
-
C Wood FWD20121
1
-
N Milenković DEF1921
2
-
Murillo DEF191
4
-
R Yates MID191
5
-
E Anderson MID195
5
-
J Silva FWD191
3
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD1822
1
-
N Williams DEF171
4
-
N Domínguez MID17
6
-
M Gibbs-White MID1643
5
1
T Awoniyi FWD151
-
Morato DEF13
-
R Sosa FWD121
-
Álex Moreno DEF111
2
-
J Ward-Prowse MID91
1
1
W Boly DEF4
1
-
H Toffolo DEF3
-
I Sangaré MID3
2
-
E. da Silva Moreira FWD2
-
Danilo MID1
-
Southampton Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18227
T Harwood-BellisJ AriboK Walker-PetersT Harwood-Bellis
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Harwood-Bellis DEF191
7
-
J Aribo MID192
-
T Obling FWD192
5
-
C Archer FWD192
-
K Walker-Peters DEF182
4
-
M Fernandes MID1811
5
-
Y Sugawara DEF1711
3
-
A Armstrong FWD1722
4
-
J Bednarek DEF16
4
-
F Downes MID161
7
-
A Ramsdale GLK13
1
-
R Manning DEF11
1
-
A Lallana MID112
4
-
J Stephens DEF10
2
2
L Ugochukwu MID10
2
-
B Díaz FWD10
1
-
P Onuachu FWD9
1
-
K Sulemana FWD9
-
N Wood DEF7
2
-
C Taylor DEF7
1
-
J Bree DEF7
-
R Fraser FWD7
1
A McCarthy GLK4
-
W Smallbone MID4
-
R Stewart FWD4
1
-
J Lumley GLK3
-
S Edozie FWD2
1
-
S. Amo-Ameyaw FWD2
1
-
M Cornet FWD2
1
-
R Edwards DEF1
-