A highly important fixture in Championship as both squads are battling for the top spots. With AFC Bournemouth in 2nd place and Nottingham Forest placed 7th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling duel. Read on to learn more!
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for AFC Bournemouth so far this season.
Happy days for AFC Bournemouth in their previous game, a fixture away at Blackpool (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, AFC Bournemouth won a home game hosting Birmingham City (3-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bournemouth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost one.
There will be little rest for AFC Bournemouth after this match as they are travelling to Swansea City for a Championship game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and AFC Bournemouth are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Bournemouth have conceded 15 goals.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
There were no winners in Nottingham Forest's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Stoke City (placed 13th). The attacker Zinckernagel got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Zinckernagel hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Blackburn Rovers.We have checked recent matches where Nottingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Preston North End.
Nottingham Forest have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 22 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the squads played each other earlier this season; Nottingham Forest - Bournemouth 1-2. AFC Bournemouth-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AFC Bournemouth four wins, Nottingham Forest three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Solanke 19 goals |   L. Grabban 12 goals |  B. Johnson 9 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 49 | 29 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 26 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 73% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 84% |
| 53% | 86% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 52% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 53% | 55% |
| 43% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 12.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 39% |
| 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 52 | 64 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 58 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 53 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 50 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 47 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 45 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 45 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 45 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 44 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 43 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Millwall | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 40 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 37 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 36 |
| 18 | Swansea City | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -9 | 35 |
| 19 | Hull City | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 32 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 21 | Reading | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -24 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 42 | -37 | 20 |
| 23 | Derby County | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 18 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 17 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
