Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest

Bournemouth will look to bounce back to winning ways when they welcome Nottingham Forest to the Vitality Stadium for their Matchday 21 tie on Saturday evening. Bournemouth picked up a 2-0 defeat at Brentford last time out, making it their sixth defeat across all competitions, with four coming in the Premier League. The run has seen the Cherries drop to 17^th place in the standings with just a point outside the relegation zone. Another defeat will leave them in the drop zone something they will want to avoid. They beat Forest in the reserve fixture and will look to draw confidence from that. Nottingham had a difficult start to life back in the Premier League, but they seem to have gotten the hang of it recently with 13 points from their last six games lifting them from the relegation zone to 13^th place in the standings. They are coming off back-to-back league wins over Southampton (0-1) and Leicester City (2-0) and they will be looking to extend the run on Saturday. They should be buzzing with confidence.

Bournemouth vs Nottingham head to head

Both sides have met in 16 encounters since 2005 with Bournemouth claiming seven wins, while Nottingham have claimed four wins and there have been five draws.

• Nottingham 2-3 Bournemouth
• Bournemouth 1-0 Nottingham
• Nottingham 1- Bournemouth
• Nottingham 0-0 Bournemouth
• Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham

Home

• Brentford 2-0 Bournemouth
• Bournemouth 2-4 Burnley
• Man United 3-0 Bournemouth
• Bournemouth 0-2 Crystal Palace
• Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth

Away

• Nottingham 2-0 Leicester
• Nottingham 4-3 Wolves (AP)
• Blackpool 4-1 Nottingham
• Southampton 0-1 Nottingham
• Nottingham 1-1 Chelsea

Bournemouth team news

Bournemouth will be without David Brooks, Marcus Tavernier, Junior Stanislas, Dominic Solanke and Lewis Cook due to injuries.

Nottingham team news

Nottingham will be without Omar Richards, Giulian Biancone, Cheikhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate, Jesse Lingard, Willy Boly and Dean Henderson due to injuries, while Taiwo Awoniyi and Ryan Yates are doubts.

Prediction and odds

• Nottingham win
• BTTS: Yes
• Over 2.5: Yes