Nottingham Forest vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture

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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:

1683575316Nottingham Forest vs Southampton1683575174Nottingham Forest vs Southampton1683575150Nottingham Forest vs SouthamptonPENALTY FOR FOREST! Seizing his opportunity to earn a spot-kick, Johnson places his leg in front of Maitland-Niles’ attempt to clear the ball inside the Southampton box and is brought tumbling to the turf. The referee barely hesitates – he points to the spot!

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1683575016Nottingham Forest vs SouthamptonCLOSE! The ball slips just wide of the left-hand post! Walker-Peters drives to the right byline then chops the ball back for Walcott, who contrives a low effort from a tight angle.

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