BOURNEMOUTH. AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest draw 1-1. J. Anthony scored the first goal (28′) for AFC Bournemouth. S. Surridge equalized (84′). Nottingham Forest was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Vitality Stadium stadium in Bournemouth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 10,248 spectators.​ The referee was Andy Madley with the support of Harry Lennard and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.1 degrees Celsius or 39.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nottingham Forest was in firm control of the ball 58% while AFC Bournemouth was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nottingham Forest was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Nottingham Forest to win the contest​.

AFC Bournemouth shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nottingham Forest shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card (Lloyd Kelly). On the other side, Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (Joe Worrall and Gustavo Scarpa).

Standings

After this encounter, AFC Bournemouth will have 17 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Nottingham Forest will have 21 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, AFC Bournemouth will play away against Crystal Palace on the 13th of May with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Nottingham Forest will play away agasint Chelsea on the 13th of May with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (1 draw).

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Gary O\’Neil decided to play with the following team: Neto (7.2), Adam Smith (6.6), Jack Stephens (7.3), Lloyd Kelly (6.8), Jordan Zemura (7.1), Dango Ouattara (7.1), Joe Rothwell (7.8), Jefferson Lerma (7.1), Jaidon Anthony (7.0), Ryan Christie (6.5) and Kieffer Moore (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Mark Travers, Daniel Adu-Adjei, Siriki Dembélé, Marcos Senesi, Ben Pearson (6.5), Dominic Sadi, Chris Mepham, Euan Pollock and Jack Stacey.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 2 changes: Joe Rothwell for Ben Pearson (75′) and Ryan Christie for Siriki Dembélé (89′).

Best player: Joe Rothwell​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was Joe Rothwell.

His rating is (7.8) with 29 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Steve Cooper played with: Wayne Hennessey (6.8), Serge Aurier (7.3), Joe Worrall (7.6), Willy Boly (7.2), Renan Lodi (7.1), Ryan Yates (6.8), Remo Freuler (7.4), Orel Mangala (6.3), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.7), Brennan Johnson (7.5) and Chris Wood (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Jesse Lingard, Jack Colback, Sam Surridge (7.2), Scott McKenna (6.2), Danilo (7.1), Jordan Smith, Gustavo Scarpa (6.9), Steve Cook and Neco Williams (6.2).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Ryan Yates for Danilo (45′), Orel Mangala for Gustavo Scarpa (60′), C. Wood for Sam Surridge (75′), Serge Aurier for Neco Williams (75′) and Willy Boly for Scott McKenna (75′).

Best player: Morgan Gibbs-White​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Morgan Gibbs-White.

His rating is (7.7) with 34 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• West Ham United – Everton – 2-0
• Southampton – Aston Villa – 0-1
• Liverpool – Chelsea – 0-0
• Leicester City – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
• Crystal Palace – Newcastle United – 0-0
• AFC Bournemouth – Nottingham Forest – 1-1