Southampton vs Nottingham Forest - Saints set to rain on McClaren's parade Visit Save For Later Posted by Luke Williams 7 Sep 2011 Tweet The majority inside St. Mary's on Saturday will be expecting a home win (credit: Dankerins) Related Articles See all All news Share it Pin It East Midlands strugglers Nottingham Forest face Southampton at Saint Mary’s on Saturday knowing that they could finish the day in the relegation zone should they fail to win.The Saints on the other hand will be expecting to win, with the possibility of overtaking Brighton at the top of the Championship should the Seagulls draw or lose.Forest have had an uneasy opening month to the season, with rumours of new manager Steve McClaren considering quitting already surfacing.The south-coast club go into the match odds-on favourites, with the best price available on a home win the 10/11 William Hill are offering.Nottingham Forest are definite outsiders in this one, and this is highlighted by Boylesport’s 10/3 price on them heading back up the M40 with all three points.The draw is 13/5 with Victor Chandler – something Nigel Adkins’ side haven’t done all season.As always when Southampton play at home, Rickie Lambert is favourite to open the scoring. Averaging more than a goal every other League game, it’s no wonder that the 29-year-old is a lowly 11/2 with StanJames to grab the first.Forest new boy Ishmael Miller is the pick of Forest’s frontline, at 17/2 with bet365.If you fancy Southampton to be leading after the 45 and 90 minute mark, then Bwin will give you odds of 11/5 on this happening. A draw at half time resulting in the hosts winning is good value at 5/1 with Unibet.A Forest win seems most unlikely to me, given their recent performances and the negative press surrounding boss McClaren. While I wouldn’t be shocked to see them grab a point, I will personally have a Saints win in my accumulator this weekend.William Hill price 1-0 and 2-0 home wins at 6/1 and 8/1 respectively, and Forest only registering four times this campaign I think they will struggle to score at St. Mary’s too. Like Like Post to wall 172 Reads All All News Recent All News Articles Stanley Cup Finals preview - Vancouver Canucks looking to take 3-1 series lead07 Jun 2011The Canucks are the team expected to win this series and while they still lead 2-1, game four promi The best free bet offers at the 2012 Grand National14 Apr 2012We take a look at the best free bet offers available on 2012 Aintree Grand National Saturday. Raymond van Barneveld v Kevin Painter Live Stream Premier League Darts Preview05 Apr 2012Popular five-time champion of the world Raymond van Barneveld looks to return to winning ways again Finnish Open Badminton Live Streaming - Friday, March 3030 Mar 2012The Finnish Open Badminton continues on Friday and you can catch all the action live online for fre Miami Masters live scores - Miami Masters 2012 Women's Singles Day 7 results26 Mar 2012Victoria Azarenka extended her unbeaten streak in 2012 to 25 when she crushed Heather Watson in rou Stoke City avoid relegation thanks to Tony Pulis' driving ban getting overturned22 Mar 2012Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has avoided a driving ban…after claiming that losing his licence coul More Stories Recent Articles Crowne Plaza Invitational tips - 28/1 Bo Van Pelt the best bet at Colonial22 May 2012Bo Van Pelt can give his regular backers their first return of the year in the Crowne Plaza Invitat BMW PGA Championship tips - 33/1 Ernie Els set for overdue Wentworth win22 May 2012Ernie Els can finally gain the big victory his form this year deserves by winning the BMW PGA Champ BMW Championship Betting – Big names headed to Wentworth22 May 2012Fourteen Major winners feature in a strong line-up for this week’s BMW Championship. Crowne Plaza Invitational Betting – Furyk aiming to end PGA Tour title drought22 May 2012The 2012 PGA Tour continues this week with the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao – Copa Del Rey Final Preview22 May 2012The Pep Guardiola era at Barcelona will come to an end with the Copa Del Rey Final against Athletic State Of Origin Betting – Carney fancied for Man of the Match22 May 2012Punters with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au are tipping Origin debutant Todd Carney to have a bl More Stories Tags
