Our prediction for this Championship match:
Bournemouth will look to move one step closer to securing automatic promotion when they host Nottingham Forest to their Vitality Stadium on Friday evening. The Cherries are on a three-game winning run ahead of the visit of Forest, but they will have to prove their worth on the field. January signing Siriki Dembele, who opened his goal-scoring account in a 2-1 win over Blackpool, should keep his place in the starting XI, while all Kieffer Moore, Gary Cahill, Ryan Christie, and Ethan Laird continue to miss out with injuries.
Jefferson Lerma is banned for the match. The Reds, on the other hand, head into the match following a 2-2 draw with Stoke City. Nottingham Forest are eager to climb to the playoffs berth, and given the number of absentees in the home side, the share of spoils is on the cards. First-choice goalkeeper Brice Samba is banned for the visitors, with Ethan Horvath likely to step up.
Highlighted Player (Robbie Brady):
Robbie Brady is an Irish footballer who plays for Norwich City as a winger, but he is capable of playing at left back as well. Brady began his youth career at St. Kevin’s Boys, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts. In 2008 he joined the Old Trafford outfit at age 16.
He played for Manchester United U-18 team, but he did not make his debut for the senior team. The Irish footballer played for Hull City on loan in the 2011/2012 and the 2012/2013 Championship campaigns and in January, 2013 he signed a permanent deal with the Tigers for an undisclosed fee. Robbie Brady made his Republic of Ireland debut on 8 September, 2012, in a 4-1 win over Oman and it has to be noted that he scored one goal and provided two assists for his teammates in the victory over the Asian team.
He represented the Boys in Green at the 2016 European Championship finals and he scored the winner against Italy that helped the team make it to the knockout stages of the showpiece tournament.
Highlighted Team (Nottingham Forest):
Nottingham Forest, the club that are often referred to as Forest, were formed in 1865. They have been playing their home games at the City Ground since 1898 and the capacity of the stadium is 30,445. Nottingham Forest are regarded as one of the greatest English clubs as they won the European Cup on two occasions. In 1979 Forest outplayed Malmo (1-0) at the Olympiastadion in Munich in the final of the elite competition, with the team beating Hamburg in 1980 in the title game at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (1-0).
Nottingham Forest won the national championship in the 1977/1978 season, with the team finishing the campaign seven points clear of second-placed Liverpool. To make things even better for the fans, the City Ground outfit clinched the FA Cup trophies in 1898 and 1959. Derby County are regarded as Forest’s bitterest rivals and the two local rivals contest in the East Midlands derby. In their first ever meeting in the local derby Forest recorded a 3-2 win over Derby County.