On Jan 21st, AFC Bournemouth will host Nottingham Forest in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, AFC Bournemouth recorded a 0-2 loss against Brentford. Ivan Toney scored the first goal for Brentford in the 39th minute on a penalty kick, then Mathias Jensen added another in the 75th minute In the end, AFC Bournemouth was frustrated by Brentford’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brentford ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while nottingham Forest sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Leicester City. Brennan Johnson scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 56th minute, then Brennan Johnson added another in the 84th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leicester City couldn’t manage to score, and Nottingham Forest took the shutout win. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest last played eachother at the The City Ground on the 3rd of September. AFC Bournemouth took the match by a score of 3 to 2 in front of almost 29000 dissapointed fans. Cheikhou Kouyaté struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 33rd minute, then Brennan Johnson added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick But luckily in the 87th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Jaidon Anthony.
Nottingham Forest’s most prolific scorer has been Brennan Johnson. The Welsh midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches. AFC Bournemouth is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dominic Solanke and Ryan Christie each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Jefferson Lerma, Adam Smith, Junior Stanislas, David Brooks, Neto, Ryan Fredericks and Marcus Tavernier are unavailable to play for AFC Bournemouth, while Nottingham Forest will be without Jesse Lingard, Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyaté and Willy Boly.