Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest: Championship predictions & betting preview

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest in the Championship on Tuesday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Main Event & Football, 8pm Tuesday

Best bet

Bournemouth
1pt 5-6 Coral

Team news

Bournemouth
Joshua King misses out for the home side after a positive Covid test.

Nottingham Forest
Fouad Bachirou (hamstring) and Joe Worrall (foot) remain sidelined and Lewis Grabban (hip) is a doubt.

Match preview

Bournemouth showed their powers of recovery at home to Reading on Saturday – coming from 2-0 down at half-time to win 4-2 – and should be full of confidence as they prepare to take on struggling Nottingham Forest at the Vitality Stadium.

Earlier in the season it seemed that the Cherries were still finding their feet after the intense disappointment of relegation.

But Bournemouth had an excellent transfer window, keeping the majority of their key players, and are starting to show their class.

Offensively they look immensely strong with Arnaut Danjuma, Dominic Solanke and David Brooks all capable of making a massive impact.

Nottingham Forest will have their hands full and could struggle to keep a clean sheet.

Chris Hughton is an excellent, tactically astute manager, who should steer Forest away from the danger zone but it is early days in his tenure and the trip to Bournemouth is as tough as anything his team will face this season.

Key stat

Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last seven home matches

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