Performance boffins Understat.com say Forest have out-earned their expectations by nearly 10 points, by far the biggest upside in the Prem. Doing better than ‘expected’ IS a defining characteristic of top-six sides but this is off the scale.

Nottingham Forest continue to defy expectations this season and can extend their eight-game unbeaten run when they welcome struggling Southampton to The City Ground. Nuno Espirito Santo's side had won seven on the spin before Tuesday's 1-1 draw with table toppers Liverpool,

Premier League leaders Liverpool got everything they wanted (and a bit more) from top-4 hopefuls Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, as the Reds erased an early deficit en route to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground.