Another adrenaline-pumping match as AFC Bournemouth entertain Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 03.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

This should be quite a match, with AFC Bournemouth at 2nd and Nottingham Forest at 3rd. Here's news and statistics!

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals (38) in Championship

Bournemouth are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Nottingham Forest are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

11 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what AFC Bournemouth have to build on here at Vitality Stadium in the Championship. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Bournemouth are returning here after visiting Blackburn Rovers and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Billing (2) and Solanke scored the goal(s). Solanke has scored in four games in a row. Badass! Midfield player Billing got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Billing scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 3-3 draw away before that, with Swansea City the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how AFC Bournemouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AFC Bournemouth, as the Championship home game vs Millwall is only four days away.

AFC Bournemouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vitality Stadium with 39 goals in 21 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 10 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. The fact that Nottingham have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Nottingham Forest had fun at their own home (Vitality Stadium) last time out, beating Swansea City 5-1. Surridge (3) and Mighten scored. As mentioned above, Nottingham was the only team on the pitch versus Swansea City in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Surridge's lethal finishing against Swansea City. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Garner got a match rating of 9.33 in that game, top player of the team. Garner signed up for two assists, hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Fulham.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nottingham Forest, five draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nottingham Forest manager Cooper as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hull City.

Nottingham Forest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 29 away goals from 21 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest - Bournemouth 1-2 was the end result in these teams' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: AFC Bournemouth won four, Nottingham Forest triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
29 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
15 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 21 5 Played P 6 21 44
23 11 3 Won W 3 10 23
13 7 2 Drew D 1 6 10
8 3 0 Lost L 2 5 11
72 39 8 Scored S 5 29 72
39 21 3 Conceded C 4 16 38
91% 95% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 93%
77% 90% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 80%
52% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 48%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
48% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 17% 48% 48%
43% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 39%
18% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 20%
 
5.2 5.4 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.1 5.6
4.9 4.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 4.3
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.3 13 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.3 12.4
4.5 4.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 4.2
37% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 39%
 
9.5 8.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.5 10.6
3.3 3.1 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals (38) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (23) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.