Nottingham Forest 2-3 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-3 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Nottingham Forest · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-3 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Nottingham Forest were beaten by AFC Bournemouth 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Anthony Elanga opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Anthony Elanga (47') and Chris Wood (74'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Dominic Solanke (51'), Dominic Solanke (58') and Dominic Solanke (90+4').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 17th on 14 points from 17 and AFC Bournemouth 15th on 19 points from 16. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and AFC Bournemouth 13th with 48.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dominic Solanke of AFC Bournemouth (9.3), ahead of Chris Wood (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Yellow card · Willy BolyNottingham Forest
23'Second yellow · Willy BolyNottingham Forest
25'Yellow card · Andoni IraolaAFC Bournemouth
31'Yellow card · Alex ScottAFC Bournemouth
47'Goal · Anthony ElangaNottingham Forest · 1-0
51'Goal · Dominic SolankeAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
58'Goal · Dominic SolankeAFC Bournemouth · 1-2
65'Yellow card · Antoine SemenyoAFC Bournemouth
68'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth
74'Goal · Chris WoodNottingham Forest · 2-2
90+4'Goal · Dominic SolankeAFC Bournemouth · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 1.

AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Nottingham ForestPremier League · 21 Jan 2023
Nottingham Forest 2-3 AFC BournemouthPremier League · 3 Sep 2022

Team news

Unavailable

Emiliano MarcondesAFC Bournemouth · injury (Foot Injury)
Emmanuel DennisNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Serge AurierNottingham Forest · injury (Calf Injury)
Hamed TraoréAFC Bournemouth · injury (Malaria)
Taiwo AwoniyiNottingham Forest · injury (Groin Surgery)
Max AaronsAFC Bournemouth · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Lloyd KellyAFC Bournemouth · injury (Muscle Injury)
Tyler AdamsAFC Bournemouth · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Turner, Neco Williams, Murillo, Willy Boly, Harry Toffolo, Ryan Yates, Orel Mangala, Divock Origi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga, Chris Wood

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neto, Adam Smith, Ilya Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Dango Ouattara, Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Antoine Semenyo, Philip Billing, Marcus Tavernier, Dominic Solanke