Premier League: Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 38 match between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

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

Team form: Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth

Nottingham Forest Form

Only a single draw prevents Nottingham Forest from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 4-0 defeat against Aston Villa, before drawing 1-1 with Newcastle. They came up empty-handed once again when Manchester United ran out as 3-2 winners. Nottingham Forest only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at City Ground, Nottingham in the Premier League. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded four goals.

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 3-0 and 0-1 against Crystal Palace and Fulham, respectively. Last time out, Manchester City ended their streak as the match finished even 1-1. Bournemouth claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, going undefeated as they also drew twice. They also banged in seven goals, whilst conceding three.

Betting stats for Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Eli Junior Kroupi has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Sunday, it is because Bournemouth bank on him to build on these numbers against Nottingham Forest. The latter relies on Morgan Gibbs-White, who found the target five times in six games.

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Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at City Ground, Nottingham across all tournaments Nottingham Forest won three times, drew four and lost three times. Bournemouth claimed five wins, five draw and zero defeats in their last 10 games away. Bournemouth struck a rich vein of form some weeks ago, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 17 matches in a row. Bournemouth have hit a nice vein of form, not losing any of their last 9 away games. Bournemouth have not lost to Nottingham Forest in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Nottingham Forest scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Bournemouth scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Nottingham Forest managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Bournemouth were first on target in six of their last 10 outings. Both Team have scored in 4 last consecutive meetings between Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth when playing at City Ground, Nottingham.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Bournemouth played across all tournaments. They scored 1.4 times on average in the process.