It was a bizarre afternoon at St. Mary's Stadium as Nottingham Forest managed to secure a 0-1 win against Southampton. Despite having 23 shots with 8 of those efforts on target, Forest could only get the one, whilst the Saints would have 65% of possession over the 90 minutes.
Player Ratings
Southampton
The Saints had an underwhelming afternoon, although Kyle Walker-Peters and Jan Bednarek were able to secure ratings of 7.6 and 7.5 respectively.
Here are the player ratings for Southampton:
Nottingham Forest
Overall Forest looked far better, with seven players managing to get ratings of over a 7 during the afternoon kickoff, including Neco Williams (7.4), Nikola Milenković (7.4), Ola Aina (7.8), Elliot Anderson (7.3), Anthony Elanga (7.2), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.5) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (7.3).
Here are the player ratings for Notts Forest:
Best Player of the Match
Ola Aina
Ola Aina put in a shift for Forest today, managing to earn a 7.8 overall rating for his efforts including 44 completed passes with a 90% success rate, getting 3 clearances and recovering the ball 11 times from left back.
Worst Player on the Pitch
William Smallbone
William Smallbone had 84 minutes on the pitch and despite another player for the away side having a lower rating, Smallbone was the worst performer on the pitch over the 90.
Smallbone had a really quiet afternoon in midfield, managing just 12 final third passes from his haul of 28 passes completed over the course of his time in the game.
