Nottingham Forest and AFC Bournemouth are going to clash on Saturday the 23rd of December at 3:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Nottingham at the The City Ground. The encounter will be officiated by Robert Jones.
Nottingham Forest sits in the 17th place in the table with 14 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
AFC Bournemouth is in the 14th place in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 41.18%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against AFC Bournemouth with the following players: Matt Turner, Felipe, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Orel Mangala, Danilo, Ryan Yates, Neco Williams, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Nottingham Forest would be 25.27.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Serge Aurier because of injury.
Ethan Horvath, Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Taiwo Awoniyi will definitely miss the match.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Andoni Iraola Sagarna is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Neto, Milos Kerkez, Ilya Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier and Dominic Solanke.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of AFC Bournemouth would be 25.82.
Andoni Iraola Sagarna will probably not be able to employ Max Aarons and Hamed Junior Traorè because of injury.
Ryan Fredericks and Lloyd Kelly will definitely miss the match.