Nottingham Forest vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Forest move out of bottom three after a narrow win over the Saints

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Follow live coverage as Nottingham Forest take on Southampton in the Premier League tonight.

This is a huge battle at the bottom of the table as 19th placed Nottingham Forest host bottom of the table Southampton. Should they win Forest would jump above Leeds and Leicester and move three points clear of the relegation zone.

Meanwhile, the Saints need to pick up three points against their relegation rivals to keep themselves in with a chance of getting out of the bottom three. If they lose, they will be eight points from safety and would need to win their final three fixtures to stay up.

We’ll bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:

Nottingham Forest vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League updates

• 90+6’ GOAL! - Ward-Prowse rolls in the penalty (NFFC 4-3 SOU)
• 90+4’ PENALTY! - Southampton win a late spot kick (NFFC 4-2 SOU)
• 73’ GOAL! - Danilo restores Forest’s two goal lead (NFFC 4-2 SOU)
• 50’ GOAL! - Lyanco meets Ward-Prowse’s corner and gives Southampton hope (NFFC 3-2 SOU)
• 44’ GOAL! - Gibbs-White slots home the penalty (NFFC 3-1 SOU)
• 42’ PENALTY! - Johnson is brought down by Maitland-Niles (NFFC 2-1 SOU)
• 25’ GOAL! - Alcaraz pulls one back for the Saints (NFFC 2-1 SOU)
• 21’ GOAL! - Awoniyi is in again and earns Forest a second (NFFC 2-0 SOU)
• 18’ GOAL! - Awoniyi finishes off a lovely move to give Fores the lead (NFFC 1-0 SOU)

Nottingham Forest vs Southampton

Substitution Carlos Jonas Alcaraz Adam James Armstrong

8 May 2023 21:35

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Substitution Ché Zach Everton Fred Adams Ebere Paul Onuachu

8 May 2023 21:34

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8 May 2023 21:33

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Assist Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White

8 May 2023 21:33

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8 May 2023 21:32

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8 May 2023 21:32

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Goal Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira

8 May 2023 21:32

Nottingham Forest vs Southampton

Saints continue to apply incessant pressure, as Navas punches away another inswinging Ward-Prowse corner. That's Southampton's seventh corner-kick; Forest have had just one.

8 May 2023 21:31

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Only recently returned from injury, Yates has to make way now. Kouyate comes on in midfield.

8 May 2023 21:30

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A driving run by substitute Sulemana ends with the winger firing a deflected shot into the side-netting. From Ward-Prowse's subsequent corner, Navas twice has to punch the ball clear under pressure - not convincingly, but effectively enough.

8 May 2023 21:29