Morgan Gibbs-White scored the only goal of the game to give Nottingham Forest their first win of the new Premier League season at Southampton.

His initial header was cleared by Yukinari Sugawara on the goalline but the Forest captain reacted quickly to tap in the rebound in the 70th minute.

Forest could have taken the lead in the first half but debutant Nikola Milenkovic shinned an effort wide from four yards.

Cameron Archer came within inches of equalising on his home debut for the Saints but he could not make contact on Charlie Taylor's ball across the face of goal.

Like in their opening day defeat by Newcastle, Southampton controlled the majority of the ball but failed to create many meaningful openings on goal.

Left wing-back Kyle Walker-Peters was a constant threat in the second half and forced a save from Forest keeper Matz Sels after cutting inside on to his right foot.

Russell Martin's Saints remain winless in their previous 15 Premier League matches and without a goal in their past two.