He triumphed in the great away derby with Southampton and… Nottingham took a deep breath!

He responded to Everton’s victory with a triumph of his own Nottingham Foresttaking a deep breath in the battle of the eve!

With Vangelis Marinakis in attendance at the packed and pulsating City Ground, Nottingham triumphed with 4-3 in the showdown with the bottom of the standings Southampton, escaped to +3 from the relegation zone and was filled with optimism in view of the difficult schedule ahead of it in the last three matches of this year’s Premier League (with Chelsea away, Arsenal in and Crystal Palace away). On the other hand, Southampton are now with… a leg and a half in the Championship, since they are -8 from salvation.

The match started with the visitors missing the first good chance to score, when Che Adams’ shot collided with a defender’s body and resulted in a corner, while Avonigi opened the scoring for the hosts in the 18th minute. He also “wrote” the 2-0, just three minutes later, with a wonderful turn with his back to the opponent’s goal, before Alcaraz reduce for the visitors in the 25′, after a quick counter-attack.

In the 42nd minute, Maitland-Niles took a penalty which was converted into a goal by Gibbs-White in the 44th minute, however, at the start of the second half, Southampton reduced the deficit again, with a header from Lianko following a corner by Ward Prowse.

In the 73rd Danilo he scored for 4-2 and appeared to “clean up” the match for Nottingham, in the 90′ ​​Felipe made it 5-2, but his goal was canceled as offside after a VAR recommendation, while Ward Prowse reduced with a well-timed penalty kick at 90’+5′. In the rest of the match, the guests suffocated the defense of the “reds”, but they endured and finally celebrated a golden victory in the battle of the eve!

The program of the 35th matchday in detail:



Saturday 6/5

Wolves-Aston Villa 1-0

(9′ Totti)

Manchester City-Leeds 2-1

(19′, 27′ Guidogan – 85′ Rodrigo)

Bournemouth-Chelsea 1-3

(21′ Vigna – 9′ Gallagher, 82′ Badiasil, 86′ Felix)

Tottenham-Crystal Palace 1-0

(45’+1′ Kane)

Liverpool-Bradford 1-0

(13′ Salah)

Sunday 7/5

Newcastle-Arsenal 0-2

(14′ Edgard, 71′ aut. Sarr)

West Ham-Manchester United 1-0

(27′ Benrahma)

Monday 8/5

Fulham-Leicester 5-3

(10′, 70′ Willian, 18′ Vinicius, 44′, 51′ Kearney – 59′, 89′ Barnes, 81′ pen. Maddison)

Brighton-Everton 1-5

(79′ McAllister – 1′, 29′ Ducouret, 35′ aut. Steele, 76′, 90’+6′ McNeil

Nottingham Forest-Southampton 4-3

(18′, 21′ Avonigi, 44′ pen. Gibbs White, 73′ Danilo – 25′ Alcaraz, 51′ Lianco, 90’+5′ pen Ward Prowse)

The schedule for the next (36th) matchday:



Saturday 13/5

Leeds-Newcastle (14:30)

Aston Villa-Tottenham (17:00)

Crystal Palace-Bournemouth (17:00)

Manchester United-Wolves (17:00)

Southampton-Fulham (17:00)

Chelsea-Nottingham Forest (17:00)

Sunday 14/5

Everton-Manchester City (16:00)

Brentford-West Ham (16:00)

Arsenal-Brighton (18:30)

Monday 15/5

Leicester-Liverpool (22:00)