Nottingham Forest v Southampton

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Nottingham Forest gained another positive result in the Premier League in midweek when the Tricky Trees held league leaders Liverpool to a 1-1 draw on home soil at the City Ground which also extended the east midlands club's unbeaten run in the English top flight to an impressive seven games overall, picking up six wins in the process.

No such luck for Sunday's visitors Southampton though in midweek, despite going 1-0 up away from home at Manchester United, the south coast club eventually capitulated in the latter stages of the tussle at Old Trafford and ended up losing 3-1 which would have been another serious blow to an already fragile morale.

Nottingham Forest currently occupy third place in the Premier League standings and Sunday afternoon's hosts will be eyeing off another three points and a golden opportunity to return to winning ways against the basement dwellers.

In addition, Nottingham Forest look in good shape to keep another clean sheet here at the City Ground as each of their previous four wins saw the Tricky Trees achieve shut-outs and having lost just twice at home in 10 games, Nuno Espírito Santo's side look set for further success.

The heavy 3-1 loss in midweek at Old Trafford against Manchester United became Southampton's ninth loss in 11 games and although Saints went a goal ahead and were dreaming of ending their horrific winless run, the visitors eventually succumbed yet again.

Four out of Southampton's nine losses were dealt out to Ivan Juric's side on their travels with defeats at Wolves, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Manchester United while the bigger picture shows The Saints have managed to muster just a single win from their 21 matches played to date this term.

With just six points under their belts at just past the halfway stage of this season's top flight campaign, Southampton are in danger of emulating Derby County for the lowest points tally in a Premier League season which currently stands at 11 points.

To make matters worse, Southampton have still failed to collect a win away from home so far this season as the south coast club have drawn twice but have also slipped to nine defeats as well within their 11 outings on the road so far.

In addition, Southampton have also failed to score in five of their 11 away games to date and the visitors have picked up just two points from a possible 33 on offer on their travels, so this upcoming trip to face high-flying Nottingham Forest does not bode well.

Nottingham Forest v Southampton Verdict

Nottingham Forest have won each of the last three meetings on the trot against Southampton, two of which also saw the Tricky Trees keep clean sheets as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.80

Other side bets worth considering:

Nottm Forest win & BTTS No @ 2.20

Correct Score: Nottm Forest 2-0 @ 7.00