English Premier League

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest, 2024-25 English Premier League

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  • 70': Morgan Gibbs-White

Gibbs-White goal gives Nottingham Forest first win of season

Newly-promoted Southampton's difficult start to life back in the Premier League continued when they slipped to a 1-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
  • 3': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
  • 3': Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
  • 5': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a through ball.
  • 7': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Alex McCarthy.
  • 9': Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
  • 9': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
  • 11': Foul by Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton).
  • 11': Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Adam Armstrong (Southampton).
  • 11': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Adam Armstrong (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
  • 12': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Elliot Anderson.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ola Aina.
  • 16': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
  • 16': Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 19': Foul by Ben Brereton (Southampton).
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
  • 23': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikola Milenkovic.
  • 25': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Alex McCarthy.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross.
  • 25': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Joe Aribo.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross following a corner.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 28': Foul by Will Smallbone (Southampton).
  • 28': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
  • 29': Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 33': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Murillo following a corner.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Chris Wood following a corner.
  • 35': Adam Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 35': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Joe Aribo.
  • 37': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
  • 38': Attempt saved. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Bednarek.
  • 38': Delay in match (Southampton).
  • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 39': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
  • 39': Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
  • 53': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest).
  • 54': Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  • 54': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ola Aina.
  • 57': Ben Brereton (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest).
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
  • 57': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Neco Williams.
  • 57': Foul by Ben Brereton (Southampton).
  • 57': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 61': Foul by Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest).
  • 61': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 63': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
  • 63': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
  • 64': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
  • 64': Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  • 67': Foul by Joe Aribo (Southampton).
  • 67': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 69': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton).
  • 69': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
  • 70': Goal! Southampton 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 71': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Adam Armstrong.
  • 72': Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces Yukinari Sugawara.
  • 73': Foul by Joe Aribo (Southampton).
  • 73': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Yates.
  • 75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Elliot Anderson.
  • 75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Chris Wood.
  • 76': Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Taylor replaces Joe Aribo.
  • 76': Substitution, Southampton. Mateus Fernandes replaces Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 80': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Nicolás Domínguez.
  • 82': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
  • 82': Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 84': Substitution, Southampton. Tyler Dibling replaces Will Smallbone.
  • 88': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
  • 88': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
  • 88': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy-Arnaud Boly replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+3': Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Tyler Dibling (Southampton).
  • 90'+4': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga is caught offside.
  • 90'+6': Hand ball by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Nottingham Forest 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Southampton 0, Nottingham Forest 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 14
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
10 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 7
35.4 Possession 64.6
23 SHOTS 5
8 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
294 Accurate Passes 596
352 Passes 656
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 2
19 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.1
48 Long Balls 24
25 Accurate Long Balls 11
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
7 Blocked Shots 3
15 Effective Tackles 12
24 Tackles 18
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 2
23 Effective Clearances 17
23 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 31,150

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 8 +12 21
2 Manchester City 8 +10 20
3 Arsenal 8 +7 17
4 Aston Villa 8 +5 17
Full Table

Line-Ups

SOU Southampton (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Alex McCarthy (GK)
35 Jan Bednarek Yellow Card
5 Jack Stephens
6 Taylor Harwood-Bellis
7 Joe Aribo
8 William Smallbone
4 Flynn Downes Yellow Card
2 Kyle Walker-Peters
16 Yukinari Sugawara
17 Ben Brereton Díaz
9 Adam Armstrong Yellow Card

NFO Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
26 Matz Sels (GK)
5 Murillo
31 Nikola Milenkovic
34 Ola Aina
7 Neco Williams
10 Morgan Gibbs-White
8 Elliot Anderson
6 Ibrahim Sangaré Yellow Card
11 Chris Wood Yellow Card
14 Callum Hudson-Odoi
21 Anthony Elanga

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