Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest prediction

Premier League · Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00 GMT · Vitality Stadium

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest, Premier League on Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Bournemouth host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday 21 November (kick-off 15:00 UK).

The key numbers

Bournemouth have scored in seven consecutive matches in all competitions. Bournemouth have won their last six matches in all competitions. Nottingham Forest are winless in their last five matches in all competitions. Bournemouth have kept a clean sheet in their last six matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

10 of Bournemouth’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in seven of Bournemouth’s last 15 results in all competitions (47%). At home, Bournemouth have six wins, two draws and one defeat in their last 9 home matches in all competitions — 2.22 points per game, scoring 2.22 and conceding 0.44. Bournemouth have scored 14 goals, the fifth-most (shared) of the 20 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 9 games). Bournemouth have conceded 13 goals, the ninth-most (shared) of the 20 clubs.

Six of Nottingham Forest’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (40%). Both teams scored in eight of Nottingham Forest’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). Away from home, Nottingham Forest have two wins, two draws and four defeats in their last 8 away matches in all competitions — 1.00 points per game, scoring 1.38 and conceding 2.13. Nottingham Forest have scored six goals, the fewest of the 20 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 9 games). Nottingham Forest have conceded 12 goals, the 10th-most of the 20 clubs.

Bournemouth (eighth) and Nottingham Forest (19th) are six points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Bournemouth the stronger side, 305 rating points above Nottingham Forest (Bournemouth 1761, Nottingham Forest 1456, after at least 161 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

Bournemouth are unbeaten in the last six meetings with Nottingham Forest, every meeting checked. The most recent meeting, on 24 May 2026, finished Nottingham Forest 1–1 Bournemouth.

Team news

Predicted Bournemouth XI (4-2-3-1): Đ. Petrović, A. Silva, J. Hill, A. Truffert, A. Smith, M. Tavernier, T. Adams, R. Christie, Rayan, L. Cook, Evanilson — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Alex Scott (5.4 per match over six appearances, one goal and one assist) and Evanilson (4.9 per match over 12 appearances, five goals and four assists) have been Bournemouth’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Bournemouth (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Alex Scott averages 2.0 key passes per 90 over 626 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last eight appearances. Evanilson averages 2.3 shots per 90 over 963 minutes, with a shot in nine of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Nottingham Forest XI (3-4-2-1): M. Sels, Murillo, Jair, N. Milenković, N. Williams, J. McAtee, X. Schlager, D. Muñoz, O. Aina, R. Yates, L. Delap — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Morgan Gibbs-White (4.2 per match over eight appearances, one goal and two assists) and Xaver Schlager (3.5 per match over 10 appearances) have been Nottingham Forest’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Nottingham Forest (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Morgan Gibbs-White averages 1.6 shots per 90 over 771 minutes, with a shot in five of the last 10 appearances. Xaver Schlager averages 1.0 key passes per 90 over 1496 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00 GMT · Premier League · Vitality Stadium
Head-to-head (last 6): Bournemouth 3 · draws 3 · Nottingham Forest 0 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: Bournemouth 5W 0D 0L · Nottingham Forest 0W 1D 4L

Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest (Premier League): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.13 / 0.75

Goals

against 0.75 / 1.38 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.25 / 4.88

Corners

against 3.13 / 4.38 · 1 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.25 / 3.63

Shots on target

against 2.63 / 3 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2.38 / 2.25

Cards

against 2.63 / 1.63 · 5 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 31 October 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 31 October 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Bournemouth for / against	Line	Nottingham Forest for / against
Goals scored	2.13 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.75 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.25 for · 3.13 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.88 for · 4.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	16.25 for · 9.75 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	17.5 for · 9.63 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.25 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	3.63 for · 3 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	14.13 for · 12.88 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	14 for · 10.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.38 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.25 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5

Bournemouth

Bournemouth Goalkeeper

Bournemouth — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Đ. Petrović	11	90990 min	211.9 /90	131.2 /90	00 /90
M. Di Gregorio	3	90270 min	62 /90	00 /90	00 /90

Bournemouth — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bournemouth before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Đ. Petrović n 8	90	1.5 3/2
M. Di Gregorio n 3	90	2 1/1

Bournemouth Defensive

Bournemouth — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
António Silva	14	891252 min	231.7 /90	130.9 /90	60.4 /90	765.5 /90	110.8 /90	40.3 /90
J. Hill	13	851108 min	302.4 /90	191.5 /90	131.1 /90	846.8 /90	131.1 /90	10.1 /90
Adrien Truffert	11	89984 min	322.9 /90	131.2 /90	30.3 /90	534.8 /90	201.8 /90	30.3 /90
A. Smith	11	82897 min	80.8 /90	80.8 /90	10.1 /90	393.9 /90	131.3 /90	30.3 /90
B. Diakité	5	77387 min	40.9 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90	102.3 /90	61.4 /90	30.7 /90
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Bournemouth — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bournemouth before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
António Silva n 8	90	0.9 5/2	0.3 1/1	—
J. Hill n 8	82.3	1 6/1	0.8 4/2	—
M. Tavernier n 8	72.5	0.6 3/1	0.9 5/1	—
Rayan n 8	67.3	1.2 3/3	1.3 4/3	—
T. Adams n 8	75.6	1.9 6/3	0.7 4/1	—
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Bournemouth — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bournemouth before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
António Silva n 8	90	1.8 8/5
J. Hill n 8	82.3	3.3 8/5
M. Tavernier n 8	72.5	0.9 4/1
Rayan n 8	67.3	1.5 7/2
T. Adams n 8	75.6	0.9 4/2
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Bournemouth Attacking

Bournemouth — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Evanilson	12	80963 min	50.5 /90	40.4 /90	252.3 /90	111 /90	141.3 /90	80.7 /90
Á. Rodríguez	6	52310 min	20.6 /90	00 /90	123.5 /90	30.9 /90	41.2 /90	20.6 /90
D. Jebbison	2	1530 min	00 /90	00 /90	13 /90	13 /90	00 /90	00 /90
E. Kroupi	1	2222 min	00 /90	14.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90	28.2 /90	312.3 /90
M. Tavernier	13	791022 min	60.5 /90	00 /90	262.3 /90	141.2 /90	242.1 /90	80.7 /90
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Bournemouth — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bournemouth before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
António Silva n 8	90	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
J. Hill n 8	82.3	1 4/2	0.1 1/0
M. Tavernier n 8	72.5	2.2 6/5	0.9 4/2
Rayan n 8	67.3	2.5 6/4	1.3 5/2
T. Adams n 8	75.6	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
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Bournemouth — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Bournemouth before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
António Silva n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Hill n 8	82.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Tavernier n 8	72.5	0.5 3/0	0 0/0
Rayan n 8	67.3	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
T. Adams n 8	75.6	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest Goalkeeper

Nottingham Forest — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. Sels	10	90900 min	202 /90	121.2 /90	00 /90

Nottingham Forest — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Nottingham Forest before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Sels n 8	90	1.9 5/2

Nottingham Forest Defensive

Nottingham Forest — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Murillo	10	84838 min	212.3 /90	151.6 /90	30.3 /90	434.6 /90	131.4 /90	40.4 /90
Jair	8	89715 min	101.3 /90	50.6 /90	20.3 /90	324 /90	91.1 /90	30.4 /90
N. Milenković	6	90540 min	101.7 /90	101.7 /90	40.7 /90	396.5 /90	111.8 /90	20.3 /90
O. Diomande	5	81403 min	71.6 /90	40.9 /90	40.9 /90	224.9 /90	61.3 /90	00 /90
L. Netz	3	2060 min	11.5 /90	00 /90	00 /90	46 /90	34.5 /90	00 /90
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Nottingham Forest — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Nottingham Forest before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Sels n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
N. Williams n 8	89.3	0.9 3/2	1.4 6/3	—
Murillo n 8	89.9	1.4 4/3	0.3 2/0	—
X. Schlager n 8	81.4	1.4 7/3	0.7 5/0	—
D. Ndoye n 8	67.3	1.2 4/2	1.3 6/2	—
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Nottingham Forest — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Nottingham Forest before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
N. Williams n 8	89.3	1.9 7/3
Murillo n 8	89.9	2.4 7/5
X. Schlager n 8	81.4	3.9 6/6
D. Ndoye n 8	67.3	0.2 1/0
J. McAtee n 8	87.4	2.3 7/4
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Nottingham Forest Attacking

Nottingham Forest — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
D. Ndoye	10	63630 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	162.3 /90	40.6 /90	81.1 /90	71 /90
Morgan Gibbs-White	8	90720 min	10.1 /90	20.3 /90	141.8 /90	40.5 /90	212.6 /90	111.4 /90
L. Delap	8	74593 min	10.2 /90	00 /90	192.9 /90	30.5 /90	81.2 /90	101.5 /90
Igor Jesus	6	53316 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	61.7 /90	51.4 /90	20.6 /90	20.6 /90
C. Wood	6	32194 min	00 /90	00 /90	31.4 /90	20.9 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90
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Nottingham Forest — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Nottingham Forest before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Sels n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
N. Williams n 8	89.3	0.8 5/1	0.3 2/0
Murillo n 8	89.9	1.4 6/4	0.5 3/1
X. Schlager n 8	81.4	0.8 6/0	0.1 1/0
D. Ndoye n 8	67.3	2.7 7/5	0.7 3/1
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Nottingham Forest — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Nottingham Forest before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Sels n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
N. Williams n 8	89.3	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Murillo n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
X. Schlager n 8	81.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Ndoye n 8	67.3	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

BournemouthWWWWW

Last 5: 5W 0D 0L · 2.6 scored / 0 conceded per game

Nottingham ForestLLLDL

Last 5: 0W 1D 4L · 0.4 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Bournemouth 3 · 3 draws · Nottingham Forest 0 · 3 goals/game

2026-05-24 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Bournemouth
2025-10-26 Bournemouth 2–0 Nottingham Forest
2025-01-25 Bournemouth 5–0 Nottingham Forest
2024-08-17 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Bournemouth
2024-02-04 Bournemouth 1–1 Nottingham Forest
2023-12-23 Nottingham Forest 2–3 Bournemouth

League standing · 2026/27

Bournemouth#8 pos12 pts9 pl+1 GD

Nottingham Forest#19 pos6 pts9 pl-6 GD

Goals per game

Bournemouth scored1.56

Nottingham Forest scored0.67

Bournemouth conceded1.44

Nottingham Forest conceded1.33

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What is the head-to-head record between Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest?: In their last 6 meetings, Bournemouth won 3, Nottingham Forest won 0 and there were 3 draws, averaging 3 goals per game.
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