{"id":645009,"date":"2024-08-24T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=645009"},"modified":"2024-08-21T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:05:29","slug":"nottingham-forest-predicted-lineup-vs-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/24\/nottingham-forest-predicted-lineup-vs-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Wood to Continue Scoring Start: Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup vs Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second weekend of the Premier League is almost upon us, so here is the Nottingham Forest predicted lineup for their match vs Southampton at St. Mary&#8217;s Stadium.<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup vs Southampton as Both Sides Look for First Win<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new week \ud83d\udc4a <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UnvDwQO0Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UnvDwQO0Em<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\/status\/1825454348249206861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How Nottingham Forest Have Lined-up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Forest began their third consecutive season in the top flight with a visit from Bournemouth, lining up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, the same set-up they employed for their final preseason match against Olympiacos which they won 4-3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/19\/arsenal-eddie-nketiah-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Reject Opening Bid for \u2018Reliable\u2019 Forward Chased by Premier League Duo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Against the Cherries, they began with Matz Sels in goal with a back four of Ola Aina, Murillo, Willy Boly and Nico Williams. Forest fans would have been eager to see summer signing Nikola Milenkovic start at the heart of defence but the Serbian did not feature, with match fitness the presumed reason.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahima Sangare and Danilo made up the deep midfield two, while the attack consisted of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga and Chris Wood, arguably Forest&#8217;s strongest possible front four.<\/p>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Forest and Bournemouth ended their opening match with a share of the spoils, the match ending 1-1. Wood opened the scoring for Nuno Espirito&#8217;s side midway through the first half, as they held out until four minutes from time when Antoine Semenyo bundled in Bournemouth&#8217;s equaliser from close range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/20\/manchester-city-ilkay-gundogan-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Pep Guardiola \u2018Approves\u2019 Manchester City Shock Transfer for Barcelona \u2018Star\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an open, fast-paced match, Forest looked impressive on the counter-attack with their pace out wide and created plenty of chances. As expected, with the opening day of the season comes that lack of a clinical edge as players look to get back into the flow of competitive football.<\/p>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>After having an injury-free squad for last weekend&#8217;s match, Forest suffered their first wound of the season 15 minutes into the game against the Cherries. Midfielder Danilo jumped for a header with an opposition player, landing awkwardly before being taken off on a stretcher after a lengthy stoppage. After the game, it was revealed he had broken his ankle which will now leave him out of action for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/sport\/football\/football-news\/danilo-return-timescale-surgery-details-9492242\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six to eight weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>GK &#8211; Matz Sels<\/p>\n<p>RB &#8211; Ola Aina<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Murillo<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Willy Boly<\/p>\n<p>LB &#8211; Nico Williams<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Ibrahima Sangare<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Ryan Yates (C)<\/p>\n<p>RW &#8211; Anthony Elanga<\/p>\n<p>CAM &#8211; Morgan Gibbs-White<\/p>\n<p>LW &#8211; Callum Hudson-Odoi<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; Chris Wood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second weekend of the Premier League is almost upon us, so here is the Nottingham Forest predicted lineup for their match vs Southampton at St. Mary&#8217;s Stadium. Nottingham Forest Predicted Lineup vs Southampton as Both Sides Look for First Win A new week \ud83d\udc4a pic.twitter.com\/UnvDwQO0Em &mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 19, 2024 How Nottingham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5190,"featured_media":636462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4475],"tags":[891],"class_list":["post-645009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-nottingham-forest","tag-nottingham-forest"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}