Nottingham Forest will be looking to continue their good run of form when they welcome a rejuvenated Bournemouth side to The City Ground on Saturday (kick-off 12.30pm).
The Reds have lost just one of their last 11 Championship matches and registered a crucial win at Wycombe last weekend, with Glenn Murray scoring a brace on his first start for the club.
The most recent meeting between the two teams came in November as Bournemouth came out on top, but Forest’s most recent home league game against the Cherries was a successful one after Henri Lansbury’s spectacular free-kick sealed the victory.
After securing their passage into the quarter-final of the Emirates FA Cup with a 2-0 success at Burnley on Tuesday, Bournemouth come into the clash with a renewed sense of confidence having also beaten Birmingham three days prior.
Team news
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From the opposition
Bournemouth caretaker manager Jonathan Woodgate was happy to see his side record back-to-back victories for the first time since December and will be hoping to carry on the recent upturn in results, but is wary of the threat Forest possess.
Speaking ahead of the game, he said: “Chris Hughton’s been a fantastic manager. He’s experienced, knows the league inside out and he’s turned their fortunes around.
“When you don’t start well in the Championship it’s difficult to get away from that. He’s doing that now, they’ve lost two in 12 and had some big results of late.
“We’re going up there confident but we can’t be overconfident because we know how good a team Forest can be.”
Live coverage
Saturday’s game will be available to watch live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event, with the coverage starting at 12pm.
Season card holders who selected option 1 will still be able to watch the match live on iFollow Forest, but due to broadcasting rights, other supporters will not be able to watch via iFollow unless they are in one of the nations listed here.
Audio commentary provided by BBC Radio Nottingham is also available, with full coverage available via the club's official social media channels and in the Match Centre.
Matchday programme
Make sure you check out this weekend's copy of Forest Review for the clash against Bournemouth.
Including a feature interview with Cyrus Christie, as well as columns from David Marples, Lee Clarke, Leigh Edwards and Richard Harrison, it is the perfect pre-match reading to get the lowdown on the visitors from the south coast.
You can read Saturday's edition online here or you can order a physical copy to be delivered to your door by clicking here.
Referee
The referee for this weekend’s game will be Manchester-based official Chris Kavanagh. The 35-year-old has taken charge of 21 matches so far this season across the Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and the Nations League, showing 86 yellow cards and one red card.
This will be Kavanagh’s first Championship game in 2020-21 and last officiated a Forest game over three years ago, a 1-0 defeat to Birmingham at St Andrew’s. The game will be his eighth Forest match of his career, with The Reds drawing two and losing five of his previous clashes stretching back to December 2015.
Kavanagh will be assisted by Sian Massey-Ellis and Daniel Robathan, with Darren Bond as the fourth official.
Other games
To be played at 3pm on Saturday unless otherwise stated:
Blackburn vs Preston (Friday, 7.45pm)
Birmingham vs Luton
Derby vs Middlesbrough
Cardiff vs Coventry
Huddersfield vs Wycombe
Norwich vs Stoke
Reading vs Millwall
Rotherham P-P QPR
Sheffield Wednesday P-P Swansea
Watford vs Bristol City
Brentford vs Barnsley (Sunday, 1pm)