Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd December 2023

Nottingham Forest come up against visiting side Bournemouth in a Premier League fixture this coming Saturday at City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest are placed 17th with 14 points after 17 matches. Bournemouth occupy a position as 14th in the league on 19 points.

With five defeats in the last six games, the mood around the Nottingham Forest camp could probably be a lot better. They need to up their game or prepare for more disappointment, when facing Bournemouth on their home ground.

To that end, they have gone and let go of manager Steve Cooper. Having been rumoured out for the most part of the year, patience finally wore thin with the Greek owner at Forest. What is a new manager going to bring to the table? Time will tell, but few could have done a better job at City Ground than Cooper.

Nottingham Forest scored nine goals, conceded 20 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Bournemouth scored 16 goals, conceded 19 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

It finished all square on when Nottingham Forest last faced Bournemouth. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

A draw is the best Nottingham Forest can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 5-0 defeat against Fulham. A1-1 draw with Wolverhampton followed before they were defeated 0-2 by Tottenham. In their last six Premier League matches at home, Nottingham Forest have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa. A 0-2 win against Crystal Palace followed, before they beat Manchester United by 0-3. Bournemouth won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored ten goals whilst conceding 13.

Nottingham Forest look a little out of sorts and confidence could be vital to which way this encounter turns out. With the home side short on confidence, Bournemouth is the value bet.

Nottingham Forest won six points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored five and let in five goals. Bournemouth earned nine points from their last four games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored seven goals in those matches, but also allowed five goals against on their way to three wins. Nottingham Forest show off a record of three wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Bournemouth enjoy a record of five wins, four draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Cooper will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bournemouth from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Ethan Horvath (0/0), Matt Turner (0/12), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/5), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/0), Felipe (0/3), Gonzalo Montiel (0/4), Harry Toffolo (1/11), Joe Worrall (0/6), Moussa Niakhate (0/11), Murillo (0/11), Neco Williams (0/8), Nuno Tavares (0/0), Ola Aina (1/11), Scott McKenna (0/5), Serge Aurier (0/12), Willy Boly (1/13), Andrey Santos (0/0), Brandon Aguilera (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/9), Danilo (0/10), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/10), Morgan Gibbs-White (1/17), Nicolas Dominguez (1/9), Orel Mangala (1/16), Ryan Yates (0/14), Anthony Elanga (3/17), Callum Hudson-Odoi (1/8), Chris Wood (3/15), Divock Origi (0/8), Taiwo Awoniyi (4/10).

Bournemouth Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bournemouth. The 41 year-old Andoni Iraola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Darren Randolph (0/0), Ionut Andrei Radu (0/2), Mark Travers (0/0), Neto (0/14), Adam Smith (0/8), Chris Mepham (0/5), Illia Zabarnyi (0/16), Lloyd Kelly (0/9), Marcos Senesi (2/14), Max Aarons (0/12), Milos Kerkez (0/15), Ryan Fredericks (0/0), Alex Scott (0/3), Dango Ouattara (0/10), David Brooks (1/9), Emiliano Marcondes (0/0), Gavin Kilkenny (0/0), Hamed Traore (0/3), Joe Rothwell (0/10), Justin Kluivert (1/13), Lewis Cook (0/12), Marcus Tavernier (2/13), Philip Billing (2/15), Ryan Christie (0/16), Tyler Adams (0/0), Antoine Semenyo (3/13), Dominic Solanke (8/16), Kieffer Moore (1/6), Luis Sinisterra (1/9).

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Team News

At the time of writing, Nottingham Forest have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bournemouth on Saturday. Nottingham Forest have to alter their line-up, as both Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Joe Worrall get a day in the shade.

Serge Aurier and Taiwo Awoniyi are missing from the squad, Nottingham Forest will field against Bournemouththis coming Saturday.

Bournemouth could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as eight players are nursing various problems.

Names like Hamed Traore, Darren Randolph, Lloyd Kelly, Max Aarons, Tyler Adams, Emiliano Marcondes, Ryan Fredericks and Tyler Adams most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth H2H

It finished all square on when Nottingham Forest last faced Bournemouth. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5. Nottingham Forest have a 0% win rate in the against Bournemouth, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 0-1-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Results

In the previous two matches between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, both teams found the back of the net two times.

Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

While Dominic Solanke added four strikes to his account in his last six games in the Premier League, Anthony Elanga scored twice in his last six.

Nottingham Forest claimed two wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing five. Bournemouth won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew one and lost four of these matches. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Nottingham Forest managed a clean sheet in one of their games at home, Bournemouth kept a clean sheet in two of their last 10.

In the past two encounters between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth over 2.5 goals came out one time, with Nottingham Forest scoring an average of 1.5 goals per game. Bournemouth averaged two goals, while both teams scored two times. Nottingham Forest witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 0.9 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Bournemouth played across all tournaments. They scored 1.7 times on average in the process.