Nottingham Forest vs Southampton Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: The City Ground Date: 8th May 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
It’s a Premier League relegation battle this Monday as bottom-placed Southampton will travel to the City Ground to face fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest. The hosts come into this tie with a better chance of survival than their visitors having taken 30 points from their 34 games this season, six more than Southampton. They have the opportunity to close the gap to safety by completing the first top-flight league double over their visitors since 1995/96 after winning 1-0 at St Mary’s earlier in the campaign. However, achieving that might require them to end a 13-game run of league games without a clean sheet (W1, D3, L9). Doing that seems more likely to come at home, where the Tricky Trees have picked up 80% of their points. That makes them the team that has won more points at home than away in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile, further confidence comes from the fact that Forest have kept clean sheets in three of their four home games against sides ranked 15th or worse ahead of the weekend (W3, D1). Southampton will travel to Nottingham looking to end a run of nine games without a win (D3, L6). The latest in that sequence was a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle last time out that made them one of the four PL sides conceding 60+ goals in the league this season. While they will look to salvage a point here, the Saints’ away form across their last eight trips doesn’t make for very pleasant reading (W1, D2, L5). Another case of jitteriness is their record on Mondays, with Southampton losing each of their last three PL games played on this weekday. Meanwhile, Forest are also winless in their last 12 PL games played on Mondays (D7, L5), despite getting on the scoresheet in seven of the last eight. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa
20:00
Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur
20:00
Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
19:45
Chelsea
Manchester United
20:00
Newcastle United
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
36
26
5
5
88
28
+60
83
2
Manchester City
35
25
7
3
87
33
+54
82
3
Liverpool
36
23
9
4
81
38
+43
78
4
Aston Villa
36
20
7
9
73
53
+20
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
35
18
6
11
69
58
+11
60
6
Newcastle United
35
17
5
13
78
56
+22
56
7
Chelsea
35
15
9
11
70
59
+11
54
8
Manchester United
35
16
6
13
52
55
-3
54
9
West Ham United
36
13
10
13
56
70
-14
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
36
13
9
14
52
63
-11
48
11
Brighton & Hov…
35
12
11
12
53
57
-4
47
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
36
13
7
16
49
60
-11
46
13
Fulham
36
12
8
16
51
55
-4
44
14
Crystal Palace
36
11
10
15
49
57
-8
43
15
Everton
36
12
9
15
38
49
-11
37
16
Brentford
36
9
9
18
52
60
-8
36
17
Nottingham Forest
36
8
9
19
45
63
-18
29
18
Luton Town
36
6
8
22
49
78
-29
26
19
Burnley
36
5
9
22
39
74
-35
24
20
Sheffield United
36
3
7
26
35
100
-65
16
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