Bournemouth vs Nottingham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-01-24 15:00.
[p]Even Bournemouth’s lengthy injury list isn’t holding them back as their 4-1 dismantling of Newcastle last weekend was their tenth Premier League match in a row without defeat (W6, D4). Manager Andoni Iraola has led them towards the European qualification places, with only top two Liverpool and Arsenal possessing longer ongoing unbeaten runs in the top-flight than the Cherries.[/p]
[p]Not far behind those two are Nottingham Forest, against whom Bournemouth have an unbeaten H2H record since February 2015 (W5, D4) having also not lost a home meeting since 2014 (W2, D2). Bournemouth are on an identical run in home league matches this season (W2, D2), albeit they’ve not been particularly great for the neutral as they’ve averaged just one goal per game across that stretch.[/p]
[p]If there are to be goals in this fixture then it might be the visitors doing most of the scoring as they’ve conceded just nine across their last ten league matches (W8, D1, L1), with no Premier League side bettering their 25 points across their last ten games. That return has helped Forest into third place and fans will now be dreaming of gracing the European stage next season for the first time since 1995/96.[/p]
[p]The Tricky Trees will put those ambitions on the backburner for now as they try to improve their poor record in away H2Hs after winning four league away games in a row this season. Not since 1988/1989 have the East Midlanders won five consecutive top-flight fixtures on the road – a season in which they finished third behind Arsenal and Liverpool![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Justin Kluivert netted his second hat-trick of the season against Newcastle, becoming the fourth Bournemouth player to net at least ten Premier League goals in a season, but only one of them has come at home! Chris Wood has scored in each of Forest’s last four league games, with all four coming before half-time.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: No side has conceded fewer goals before half-time in the league this term than Nottingham Forest (eight).[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]