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 is going to take place in Nottingham at the The City Ground. The referee will be Robert Jones.
Nottingham Forest is in the 17th place in the standings with 14 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
AFC Bournemouth sits in the 14th position in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, 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, Murillo, Moussa Niakhaté, Harry Toffolo, Orel Mangala, Danilo, Ryan Yates, Neco Williams, Anthony Elanga and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate 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, Chris Mepham, Marcos Senesi, Ilya Zabarnyi, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier, Luis Sinisterra and Dominic Solanke.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of AFC Bournemouth would be 26.45.
Andoni Iraola Sagarna will probably not be able to employ Milos Kerkez, Antoine Semenyo and Hamed Junior Traorè because of injury.
Max Aarons, Ryan Fredericks and Lloyd Kelly will definitely miss the match.
