Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth are hoping to win again following a 4-2 Championship victory versus Reading.

In that match, Bournemouth had 60% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Bournemouth, the goals were scored by Dominic Solanke (56', 89'), Arnaut Danjuma (59') and Lewis Cook (77'). Reading had 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Lucas João (4') and Sone Aluko (43') scored for Reading.

It has been seldom in recent times that Bournemouth have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that The Cherries have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals on the way. That aside, time will tell whether such a trend will be maintained in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that Bournemouth:

• haven't won against Nottingham Forest in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Nottingham Forest

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Barnsley in Championship competition, Nottingham Forest and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Nottingham Forest managed 59% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Barnsley had 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Callum Styles (86') and Cauley Woodrow (88') scored for Barnsley.

For 5 of the past six clashes involving Nottingham Forest, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is a paltry 2, with the average goals for The Reds being 1.

Heading into this contest, Nottingham Forest are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 11/08/2007, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Bournemouth winning 2 of those games, Nottingham Forest 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from The Cherries and 6 belonging to The Reds. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league clash between the two was Championship match day 33 on 25/02/2015 when it finished Nottingham Forest 2-1 Bournemouth.

On that day, Nottingham Forest managed 22% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Jamaal Lascelles (21') and Henri Lansbury (44').

Bournemouth got 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Surman (3') was the scorer.

The referee was Nigel Miller.

📋 Team News: Bournemouth

Bournemouth boss Jason Tindall will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all coming into this game with a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

📰 Team News: Nottingham Forest

Forest manager Chris Hughton has multiple availability issues to deal with. Fouad Bachirou (Hamstring Injury) and Joe Worrall (Fractured Foot) are not ready for selection. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Michael Hefele and Zach Clough.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Bournemouth have it within them to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

Conversely, Nottingham Forest won’t find it easy to score themselves but we can see them being dangerous for periods.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 margin for Bournemouth after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 00:12 20/11/2020