In-form duo Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest lock horns within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Each side enter the encounter in assured temper after spectacular begins to the brand new yr, with Forest realizing they might end the weekend in second place ought to they higher Arsenal’s end result. Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet have been the shock success story of the present marketing campaign and at the moment sit high of the shape desk throughout the final 5 video games with 4 wins and a draw.
A visit to the south coast might be no cakewalk, although. Bournemouth are contemporary from hammering Newcastle United 4-1 at St James’ Park final weekend and have climbed to seventh within the desk following a ten-match unbeaten run within the Premier League. Victory on Saturday would transfer them inside simply 4 factors of Forest.
Right here is 90min’s information to an intriguing conflict on the south coast.
Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head report (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Bournemouth | Nottingham Forest |
|---|---|
Newcastle 1-4 Bournemouth – 18/01/25 | Nottingham Forest 3-2 Southampton – 19/01/25 |
Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth – 14/01/25 | Nottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool – 14/01/25 |
Bournemouth 5-1 West Brom – 11/01/25 | Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton – 11/01/25 |
Bournemouth 1-0 Everton – 04/01/25 | Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest – 06/01/25 |
Fulham 2-2 Bournemouth – 29/12/24 | Everton 0-2 Nottingham Forest – 29/12/24 |
Nation | TV channel/reside stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Not televised – reside radio commentary on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Radio Nottingham |
United States | fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports activities App, UNIVERSO NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Community, UNIVERSO |
Canada | fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 7 Canada |
Bournemouth’s latest type is all of the extra spectacular when making an allowance for their in depth harm checklist. Remarkably, they are going to be with out ten first-team gamers in opposition to Forest as Andoni Iraola’s high-energy method takes its toll.
In defence, the Cherries might be with out all three senior right-backs – James Hill, Adam Smith and Julian Araujo – and Marcos Senesi is absent within the centre. January recruit Julio Soler is at the moment unavailable as a result of worldwide commitments with Argentina’s Beneath-20s.
Alex Scott is the one absentee within the midfield however Bournemouth’s ahead line is ravaged by health points. Evanilson and Enes Unal are sidelined, the latter out for the remainder of the season, whereas Luis Sinisterra can be unavailable. Marcus Tavernier is again in coaching however Iraola has confirmed that he stays a doubt this weekend.
Bournemouth predicted lineup vs Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Cook dinner, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams; Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.
Ibrahim Sangare is a long-term absentee for Forest within the engine room and Callum Hudson-Odoi is their solely different doubt to characteristic in opposition to Bournemouth. The winger was withdrawn as a result of tightness in his groin final weekend in victory over Southampton.
Chris Wooden and Murillo have been two of Forest’s star performers this season and each will begin for the primary time since signing new contracts.
Nottingham Forest predicted lineup vs Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Jota; Wooden.
These sides clashed on the opening day of the season and shared the spoils from a hard-fought tactical battle. Saturday might produce an analogous story on the Vitality Stadium.
Forest are prone to take a backseat method on the south coast as they sit deep and try to frustrate their injury-stricken hosts. Bournemouth’s depth proved an excessive amount of for Newcastle to deal with final weekend however they might discover life tougher in opposition to a cussed and well-organised backline.
With each groups in wonderful type, it is troublesome to select a winner between these two overperformers, with neither possible too involved by sharing the factors once more this weekend.
