Premier League football returns to St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday afternoon, when Southampton welcome Nottingham Forest in the second gameweek of the 2024-25 campaign.
Premier League football returns to St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday afternoon, when Southampton welcome Nottingham Forest in the second gameweek of the 2024-25 campaign.
Southampton has an odd of 3.88(bet ₹100 and wins ₹388 if Southampton wins).Bet Now
If this match ends with a draw then the odd is 4.86(bet ₹100 and win ₹486 if the match draws).Bet Now
Nottingham Forest has an odd of 3.31(bet ₹100 and wins ₹331 if Nottingham Forest wins).Bet Now
Match: Southampton vs Nottingham Forest
Date: August 24, 2024
Time: 07:30 PM (IST)
Venue: St Mary’s Stadium
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Those of a Newcastle persuasion would have felt that justice was done at St James’ Park last weekend, when Fabian Schar received a 28th-minute red card for leaning his head into Southampton’s Ben Brereton Diaz, who made the worst of the contact to say the least.
However, Eddie Howe’s ten men outscored the 11 Southampton shirts on the field, thanks in part to wasteful finishing from Martin’s side, and a single Joelinton strike off an Alex McCarthy error ensured that the Saints went home empty-handed.
McCarthy; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Edozie, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters; Armstrong, Brereton Diaz
While Southampton’s defeat to Newcastle was made worse by the red card controversy, Forest’s match against Bournemouth was derailed by a sickening leg injury to Danilo just a few minutes in, rendering the on-field action meaningless for the rest of the afternoon.
The last 3pm kickoff ended on August 17 as a result of this lengthy stoppage, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men responded well to losing Danilo, with Chris Wood firing the Garibaldi ahead prior to the break, but Antoine Semenyo emerged up to restore Bournemouth parity with four minutes of regular time remaining.
Sels; Williams, Boly, Murillo, Aina; Yates, Sangare; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
With a little more killer instinct, Southampton could have returned from Newcastle with one or three points, but their ruthlessness issues will not be resolved in a week. The Saints also have a terrible home record against Forest, who have developed a habit of beating promoted groups away from home in recent months, but we believe this game will end in a low-scoring draw.
Southampton 2-1 Nottingham Forest, predicted by us.