Premier League duel: Close contest expected between AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

AFC Bournemouth want to sell many tickets for this fixture despite that the season has been difficult so far with 16 points and a 17th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Nottingham Forest own 13th place with 20 pts.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for AFC Bournemouth so far this season. It's trouble wherever Bournemouth are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

AFC Bournemouth haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 381 minutes ago. Anthony scored that one.

AFC Bournemouth are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Brentford. The striker Billing won the honour of being "man of the match" for Bournemouth with the rating of 7.32/10. Billing hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that match, a home defeat in the FA Cup against Burnley.

A betting fact: This club have finished 5 league matches in a row with only one (or none) side finding the net.

AFC Bournemouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-6 (9 played).

Nottingham have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dean Henderson. It's been 254 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

Impressive finishing from Johnson (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Leicester City in their previous game. Attacker Gibbs-White got a player rating of 8.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Gibbs-White signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

One game before, 1-1 at home hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup.

Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league matches involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

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

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nottingham Forest's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Nottingham Forest manager Cooper has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Bournemouth have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Nottingham Forest.

The newest reported history featuring both these contenders is the Nottingham Forest - AFC Bournemouth 2-3 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
4 goals
AFC BournemouthK. Moore
K. Moore
4 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
4 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

AFC Bournemouth Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 19
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
11 4 1 Lost L 2 6 9
18 9 2 Scored S 2 2 15
41 10 2 Conceded C 6 22 34
89% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
84% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
53% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 37%
32% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 32%
21% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
32% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 11% 32%
21% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 32%
58% 56% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 78% 42%
 
3.8 4.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.4 3.2
6.8 6.4 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 7.8 6.5
1.7 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8.1 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8 9.9
3.3 3.2 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 1.9 3
29% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 12% 26%
 
15.6 14 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16.9 14.1
4.9 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 6.7 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 17 14 2 1 40 14 8 7 1 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 44
2 Manchester City 18 12 3 3 46 18 9 7 1 1 31 10 9 5 2 2 15 8 28 39
3 Manchester United 18 12 2 4 29 21 9 7 1 1 17 5 9 5 1 3 12 16 8 38
4 Newcastle United 18 9 8 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 4 4 1 15 6 21 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 37 25 9 6 0 3 21 13 9 4 3 2 16 12 12 33
6 Fulham 19 9 4 6 32 28 10 5 3 2 18 15 9 4 1 4 14 13 4 31
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 9 3 6 35 25 9 4 2 3 16 10 9 5 1 3 19 15 10 30
8 Brentford 19 7 8 4 32 28 10 5 4 1 20 10 9 2 4 3 12 18 4 29
9 Liverpool 18 8 4 6 34 25 9 6 2 1 23 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 28
10 Chelsea 18 7 4 7 21 21 8 4 2 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 9 14 0 25
11 Aston Villa 19 7 4 8 22 27 10 5 2 3 15 11 9 2 2 5 7 16 -5 25
12 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 17 25 9 4 1 4 10 15 8 2 3 3 7 10 -8 22
13 Nottingham Forest 19 5 5 9 15 34 10 4 3 3 13 12 9 1 2 6 2 22 -19 20
14 Leeds United 18 4 5 9 26 33 9 3 3 3 15 14 9 1 2 6 11 19 -7 17
15 Leicester City 19 5 2 12 26 33 9 2 2 5 9 10 10 3 0 7 17 23 -7 17
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 4 5 10 12 27 10 3 2 5 6 14 9 1 3 5 6 13 -15 17
17 AFC Bournemouth 19 4 4 11 18 41 9 3 2 4 9 10 10 1 2 7 9 31 -23 16
18 West Ham United 19 4 3 12 15 25 9 3 1 5 9 12 10 1 2 7 6 13 -10 15
19 Everton 19 3 6 10 15 26 10 2 2 6 9 14 9 1 4 4 6 12 -11 15
20 Southampton 19 4 3 12 17 34 9 1 3 5 9 16 10 3 0 7 8 18 -17 15

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.