Football tips: Nottingham Forest vs AFC Bournemouth - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: The City Ground (30603 seats)

The visiting AFC Bournemouth side should be favourites in this visit to Nottingham Forest, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship

AFC Bournemouth could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Burnley. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

4-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Nottingham Forest so far this season.

Happy days for Nottingham in their previous game, a Championship match away at Wycombe Wanderers (placed 24th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Coventry City.

There will be little rest for Nottingham after this match as they are travelling to Swansea City for a Championship game in only four days.

Nottingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. Nottingham Forest have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

4-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AFC Bournemouth in their Championship matches away. Bournemouth has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It's the second away game in a row for AFC Bournemouth, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Burnley in the FA Cup last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Birmingham City in the Championship.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just four days.

The visiting AFC Bournemouth have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bournemouth have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: AFC Bournemouth - Nottingham 2-0. Nottingham-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nottingham Forest four wins, AFC Bournemouth four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
10 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Stanislas
J. Stanislas
9 goals
AFC BournemouthA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
6 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
8 4 0 Won W 2 4 12
8 5 1 Drew D 1 6 9
12 5 3 Lost L 2 4 7
25 14 2 Scored S 8 18 43
30 14 6 Conceded C 6 14 28
89% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
71% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 64%
29% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 43% 43%
7% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 54%
29% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
39% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
4 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 12.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.6 13.4 12.5
3 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 4.2
29% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 28 12 9 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 11 7 10 31 28 14 7 2 5 16 13 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 27 11 6 10 41 29 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 2 7 21 16 12 39
9 Stoke City 28 9 12 7 32 29 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 39
10 Bristol City 28 12 3 13 29 33 14 7 2 5 14 13 14 5 1 8 15 20 -4 39
11 Cardiff City 28 10 7 11 37 32 14 4 3 7 20 18 14 6 4 4 17 14 5 37
12 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
13 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
14 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
15 Luton Town 27 9 7 11 22 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 34
16 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
17 Huddersfield Town 28 9 6 13 31 39 14 7 2 5 18 13 14 2 4 8 13 26 -8 33
18 Nottingham Forest 28 8 8 12 25 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
19 Coventry City 28 7 10 11 26 37 14 5 6 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 31
20 Rotherham United 27 8 5 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 29
21 Sheffield Wednesday 28 9 7 12 21 30 14 6 5 3 12 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -9 28
22 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
23 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 27 3 7 17 18 47 14 2 5 7 8 17 13 1 2 10 10 30 -29 16

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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 Norwich City 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 28 12 9 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 11 7 10 31 28 14 7 2 5 16 13 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 27 11 6 10 41 29 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 2 7 21 16 12 39
9 Stoke City 28 9 12 7 32 29 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 39
10 Bristol City 28 12 3 13 29 33 14 7 2 5 14 13 14 5 1 8 15 20 -4 39
11 Cardiff City 28 10 7 11 37 32 14 4 3 7 20 18 14 6 4 4 17 14 5 37
12 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
13 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
14 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
15 Luton Town 27 9 7 11 22 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 34
16 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
17 Huddersfield Town 28 9 6 13 31 39 14 7 2 5 18 13 14 2 4 8 13 26 -8 33
18 Nottingham Forest 28 8 8 12 25 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
19 Coventry City 28 7 10 11 26 37 14 5 6 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 31
20 Rotherham United 27 8 5 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 29
21 Sheffield Wednesday 28 9 7 12 21 30 14 6 5 3 12 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -9 28
22 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
23 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 27 3 7 17 18 47 14 2 5 7 8 17 13 1 2 10 10 30 -29 16

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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.