The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with AFC Bournemouth leading Nottingham Forest by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither AFC Bournemouth nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth, who have the the best goal difference (+8) in Championship, have performed here at Vitality Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
Bournemouth's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Reading (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Birmingham City with a 3-1 scoreline.
The game against Reading had lots of late drama as AFC Bournemouth came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Dominic Solanke's goal in the 89th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for AFC Bournemouth, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Reading. Fun stuff to watch!
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bournemouth's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.
Bournemouth are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Rotherham United awaits in four days.
AFC Bournemouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vitality Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Bournemouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vitality Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Nottingham Forest, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Nottingham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Nottingham are travelling again after losing away to Barnsley in their previous match (0-2). Before that, Nottingham secured a home win against Wycombe Wanderers with the score 2-0.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Nottingham playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, two draws and zero home wins.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nottingham's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. Nottingham have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
AFC Bournemouth-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bournemouth three wins, Nottingham Forest four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |  D. Solanke 4 goals |   L. Taylor 4 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 148 | 61 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 56 | 144 |
| 58 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| 33% | 43% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 22% |
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+8) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game at home.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
- Nottingham Forest has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Championship
- Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Watford | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Brentford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 21 | Coventry City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 9 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 24 | Derby County | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -12 | 6 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Nottingham Forest
- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)