Nottingham Forest won the reverse fixture against Southampton 1-0 in January – only twice have they done the double over Saints as a top-flight side, doing so in 1969-70 and 1995-96.
Southampton won 3-0 on their last league visit to Nottingham Forest in the Championship in January 2012, while this is their first Premier League game at the City Ground since a 1-1 draw in December 1998.
Nottingham Forest's only Premier League away win so far this season has come against Southampton –they've only done the double against a team in one of their last three top-flight campaigns (including this one), doing so against Spurs in 1996-97.
Nottingham Forest are winless in their last 12 Premier League games played on Mondays (D7 L5), since a 3-1 win at Leeds United in April 1996.
Southampton have lost their last three Premier League games played on Monday, last losing more such games consecutively between April 2000 and April 2002 (6).
Nottingham Forest won 3-1 against Brighton in their last Premier League home game, scoring 3+ goals for the first time in 55 top-flight matches at the City Ground (3-0 v QPR in May 1996).
Southampton have lost their last five Premier League games in May, since beating Fulham 3-1 in 2021. Only in April (6 between 2000-2001) have Saints lost more consecutively in a single month.
Nottingham Forest are without a clean sheet in any of their last 13 Premier League games, since beating Leeds 1-0 in February. They've won just one of these 13 matches (D3 L9), though that victory was in their last home game against Brighton.
Having won two of their first three Premier League games under Ruben Selles, Southampton are now winless in their last nine (D3 L6). They last went longer without a win between September and December 2018 (12 games), with 10 of those coming under Mark Hughes.
Seven of Brennan Johnson's eight Premier League goals for Nottingham Forest this season have come in home games. Since the start of last season, he's scored 17 league goals at the City Ground (including play offs), 10 more than any other Forest player in that time