Nottingham Forest vs Southampton

Nottingham Forest have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Southampton (W8 D3), going down 3-1 at home in April 1997.

Southampton have lost their last three Premier League games against Nottingham Forest – they last lost four consecutive league games against them between 1934 and 1935 in the second tier.

Nottingham Forest have lost just two of their 11 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (W8 D1), winning each of the last three in a row. Just one of these defeats came at the City Ground, though that was against Southampton (1-3 in April 1997).

Southampton are winless in their last 23 Premier League games against sides starting the day in the top four of the table (D8 L15), since a 1-0 win against Liverpool in January 2021. Saints have lost all four such games this season by an aggregate score of 12-4.

Since the start of December, no team has earned more Premier League points than Nottingham Forest (19 – W6 D1 L1), despite the Tricky Trees losing their first match at the start of this run.