Nottingham Forest v Southampton

Start date: Sun May 3, 2009
League: Football League Championship
Sport: Soccer

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Southampton

Garner 73
Chambers 87
Earnshaw 92

Wright-Phillips 16

Game summary

The game was played in Football League Championship on Sunday May 3.
Southampton FC took the lead when Wright-Phillips scored the first goal after 16 minutes.
Garner scored an equalizer 73 minutes into the game.
Chambers scored a goal for Nottingham Forest, making it 2-1, in the 87th minute.
Earnshaw scored a goal for Nottingham Forest, making it 3-1, in the 92nd minute.
The game ended in a 3-1 victory for the home team Nottingham Forest.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 38 played games for Nottingham Forest (15 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses) and the last 38 games for Southampton FC (9 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 1.61 for Nottingham Forest and 0.92 for Southampton FC. The average for all teams combined within the Football League Championship was 1.28 goals scored per game. This means that Nottingham Forest is better than its peers and Southampton is worse than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Nottingham Forest, is strong as a home team, winning 47.4% of their home games. The away team, Southampton, usually wins just 21.1% of its away games which is particularly weak compared to the rest of the league.