Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th October 2025

Bournemouth enjoy home advantage, when visitors Nottingham Forest swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed threeth in the table Bournemouth have amassed 15 points after eight matches. On five points, Nottingham Forest rank 18th with eight matches played this season.

The last time Bournemouth played Nottingham Forest, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Sunday.

Bournemouth scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing 14 goals against. This is an average of 1.4 goals against per match with four clean sheets along the way.

Nottingham Forest scored seven goals, conceded 17 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 5-0 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Sunday?

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 2-2 draw against Leeds. They went on to beat Fulham 3-1, before sharing the spoils with Crystal Palace in a 3-3 draw. Bournemouth won four of their last six Premier League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded three and scored eight goals.

Standards are high at a club like Bournemouth and as such the season is so far going according to plan.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three matches, Nottingham Forest lost against Newcastle and Chelsea by 2-0 and 0-3, respectively, and beat FC Porto by 2-0. Nottingham Forest managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring nine time and letting in five.

Nottingham Forest entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

We are a little surprise to see the prices on offer at the bookies for a home win, as we think the form of Bournemouth is better than odds suggest. We back them to claim a home win against Nottingham Forest.

Bournemouth took eight points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to two wins after scoring six times and conceding three. Nottingham Forest claimed zero wins and zero points in their last two games against teams from the top six. They scored zero times in these matches, but also conceded six goals. Bournemouth lost just once so far this season in the Premier League and after eight games played they recorded four wins and three draws Nottingham Forest are looking at one win, two draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Bournemouth Squad

Andoni Iraola will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Nottingham Forest from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Djordje Petrovic (0/8), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/3), Adrien Truffert (0/8), Alex Jimenez (0/5), Bafode Diakite (0/7), James Hill (0/7), Julian Araujo (0/0), Julio Soler (0/1), Marcos Senesi (0/8), Matai Akinmboni (0/0), Owen Bevan (0/0), Alex Scott (1/8), David Brooks (0/7), Lewis Cook (0/2), Marcus Tavernier (1/8), Ryan Christie (1/6), Tyler Adams (0/8), Veljko Milosavljevic (0/2), Amine Adli (0/6), Antoine Semenyo (6/8), Ben Gannon Doak (0/3), Eli Junior Kroupi (3/5), Enes Unal (0/0), Evanilson (1/7), Justin Kluivert (1/7), Remy Rees-Dottin (0/0).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Below is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The manager Dyche will pick his starting XI against Bournemouth from these players:

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/0), Matz Sels (0/8), Jair Cunha (0/1), Morato (0/5), Murillo (0/5), Neco Williams (1/8), Nicolo Savona (0/3), Nikola Milenkovic (0/8), Ola Aina (0/3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/3), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/0), Douglas Luiz (0/2), Elliot Anderson (0/8), Ibrahim Sangare (0/6), James McAtee (0/4), Morgan Gibbs-White (0/8), Nicolas Dominguez (0/1), Omari Hutchinson (0/4), Ryan Yates (0/4), Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (0/5), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/8), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/7), Dilane Bakwa (0/4), Igor Jesus (0/7), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/1).

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Nottingham Forest have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 5-0 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday. Bournemouth enjoyed a field day, when they last squared up to Nottingham Forest. A 5-0 win left the former in a jubilant mood, with the latter licking their wounds. The bookies have Bournemouth to win this match at best price odds of 4/5.

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Results

In the past six matches between home side Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest both teams found the back of the net five times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 4/5.

Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Antoine Semenyo is showing good form for Bournemouth, scoring four goals in their last six matches. Neco Williams scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Bournemouth won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Vitality Stadium. They drew three and lost two as well, while Nottingham Forest won one of their last 10 games away. They drew five and lost four. Bournemouth have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Vitality Stadium. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just one wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Bournemouth managed an average of 2.34 goals, with Nottingham Forest averaging 1.17 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Bournemouth’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Nottingham Forest, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 0.9 times goals per game.