Match Report
Nottingham Forest went into the game 16th in the table on 44 points; AFC Bournemouth sat 6th on 57 — a 13-point gap. Nottingham Forest had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall.
AFC Bournemouth carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Nottingham Forest, 5 draws and 8 for AFC Bournemouth, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
Goal scorers
Nottingham Forest: Morgan Gibbs-White (34') · AFC Bournemouth: Marcus Tavernier (54')
Key stats
Possession: Nottingham Forest 45% · AFC Bournemouth 55% · Total shots: 15-17 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 6-3


