Nottingham Forest vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier League match on January 19th, 2025

A Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Southampton will hold on January 19th, 2025, Sunday at 14:00h (UTC), in England, check the Nottingham Forest vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Nottingham Forest vs Southampton will occur

The game is set to be played in the The City Ground stadium, in the city of Nottingham, with a capacity for 30445 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Nottingham Forest vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025

The Premier League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.28 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.98 goals per match played.

Nottingham Forest last match

Nottingham Forest come from a draw in the last match. The game against Liverpool, valid for the Premier League, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by N. Simões Espírito Santo lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The draw (odd 4.10) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

A game that ends in a draw sometimes has excellent individual performances, and this one is, without a doubt, from Anthony Elanga. He was the squad's maestro, leading almost all the plays, and it was close that he did not lead Nottingham Forest to victory.

Southampton last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Southampton, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Swansea City team with a final score of 3-0.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.62.

Nottingham Forest vs Southampton h2h

The last time Nottingham Forest went up against Southampton, it was in Premier League. Nottingham Forest, ranked 12th place, started with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Southampton, then in 16th place, was charged with a 3-5-2 formation.

The last time these teams met was for a Premier League match, on 24-08-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, which ended with a 0-1 win for Nottingham Forest.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

The Nottingham Forest team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Southampton has been more irregular.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Southampton thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Swansea City, Nottingham Forest drew in a match against Liverpool. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

In this football match, A. Taylor will be the referee while G. Beswick and A. Nunn will assist him.

Nottingham Forest

Premier League leaderboard now

The Nottingham Forest team with 41 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League, with a campaign of 12 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.

In the 22nd round, the team has a small disadvantage of 2 points compared to Arsenal which is just above, in 2nd place.

Nottingham Forest analysis

At the end of round 21 of Premier League, Nottingham Forest collected 30 goals scored and 20 goals conceded.

Nottingham Forest has a ball possession average of 39.05% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Nottingham Forest vs Southampton 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Best goalscorer from Nottingham Forest

Chris Wood has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 13 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Nottingham Forest to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Southampton

Premier League leaderboard now

With 6 points won, Southampton is in 20th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 16 losses, plus 3 draws.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 8 points over Leicester City who holds the 19th place in the 22nd round.

Southampton analysis

Southampton shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 12 made and 44 conceded after 21 rounds of the league.

Southampton has been going through a rough patch in their recent matches, losing their last 4 matches and drawing the other. They will need to regroup and find a way to bounce back from this dip in form if they want to salvage their season.

Recent games have demonstrated that Southampton is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.6 scored per game.

Best goalscorer from Southampton

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Adam Armstrong. The Attacker has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Southampton come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.32 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Nottingham Forest has an average of 2.3 yellow cards per game over the 21 rounds, while Southampton has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.19 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Southampton side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Nottingham Forest who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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