AFC Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League ...
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Follow live coverage as Bournemouth face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today.
Nottingham Forest handed a debut to striker Chris Wood but were without injured goalkeeper Dean Henderson for the visit to Bournemouth.
New Zealand international Wood, signed on loan from Newcastle on Friday, replaced Gustavo Scarpa, while Wayne Hennessey filled in for Henderson and Willy Boly was preferred to Scott McKenna.
Bournemouth gave a debut to Burkina Faso forward Dango Ouattara. Cherries boss Gary O'Neil made five changes in total, with Jack Stephens, Adam Smith, Joe Rothwell and Jordan Zemura also brought in.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Between October 2014 and November 2020, the away side won just eight per cent of the 38 Premier League meetings between two promoted sides (W3 D10 L25). Since then, the visiting team has won 69 per cent of the 13 such matches in the competition (W9 D2 L2). Bournemouth still have the lead but are being put under pressure.
Johnson and Gibbs-White play a quick one-two on the right of the box. The former looks to power a cross into a dangerous area, but it comes off Rothwell and back to the goalkeeper.
Lodi's deep free-kick goes to the right of the box with JJohnson in space. He looks to play it back across, but Kelly clears it away.
Zemura looks to chip the ball across the box, but Danilo is there to head it back to Hennessey.
Danilo plays a shot pass to Johnson. Outside the box, he turns past Rothwell before dragging a shot wide.
WIDE! Anthony's cross is cleared as far as Christie who has his strike blocked. It comes out to Moore, who shoots just wide from inside the box.
Johnson plays a throughball down the right to Aurier. Approaching the byline, his cross is blocked by Zemura.
Cooper is choosing to use the bench for the second time. Scarpa replaces Mangala in the midfield.