Image source, Getty ImagesBournemouth are unbeaten in each of their last 11 Premier League games (W7 D4) – extending their longest run without defeat in the competition.
Against Nottingham Forest, the Cherries recorded their biggest victory in the top-flight since April 2019 (5-0 vs Brighton).
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Six matches make up Saturday's Premier League action.
Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest
Brighton v Everton
Liverpool v Ipswich
Southampton v Newcastle
Wolves v Arsenal - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Man City v Chelsea (17:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
All kick-off times 15:00 GMT unless stated
What a game this is, between two of the form teams in the Premier League.
We all know how good Nottingham Forest have been but I am fed up with writing off Bournemouth because I keep on getting them wrong.
I didn't see their big win over Newcastle coming last week, but they were brilliant, and they thoroughly deserved it.
The bad news for Cherries fans, of course, is that as soon as I start backing them, you can guarantee that their results will tail off.
I actually think this is more likely to be a draw, because Forest have an excellent away record - only Liverpool have picked up more points than them on the road this season.
The BBC readers will be predictable and go for it to end 1-1, but like I say, I am backing Bournemouth now.
Sutton's prediction: Bournemouth 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Bournemouth defender Joe Partington spoke to the Cherries: Unpicked podcast about Saturday's match against Nottingham Forest.
On Forest's tactical approach: "It's going to be a huge challenge. They beat Southampton 3-2, but Southampton had the majority of the ball - even at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest aren't a team who are going to come and dominate possession, but they are dangerous.
"They have players who can really hurt you. Anthony Elanga is playing out of his skin and he is the fastest player in the Premier League at the moment and he can really hurt you. Morgan Gibbs-White could probably play for most teams in the Premier League and is the reason Nottingham Forest are doing so well at the moment - Callum Hudson-Odoi is the same. Chris Wood is one of the Premier League's best strikers.
"Bournemouth have got to be careful that if they give the ball away, they are likely going to give away a chance. It is going to be an interesting game for sure."
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Nottingham Forest (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
There wasn't much positive team news from Iraola, who still has eight players ruled out through injury: "Marcus Tavernier is the only player who has started training with the group but I don't know if we are going to have him tomorrow. We will have to decide."
On whether his side needs a striker: "I think we need [a striker], yes and we are trying to find a number nine. It's true but it's also true that it is not easy to sign players in the winter market. I know the club is trying. Normally in the market, things happen very late in the window."
On facing Nottingham Forest: "We will have to be very, very good if we want to beat them. Defensively, they are elite. Absolutely elite. They have amazing numbers in the defensive stats, they have the spirit also and are full of confidence. We will have to be very good, especially offensively."
He continued: "It's very difficult to have clear chances against them so we will have to be clinical - be very good in front of goal because they don't give you a lot. When they score the first goal, it is difficult to turn the game against them. It is always important to start strong and win the first duels."
On Bournemouth's season so far: "We are in a good run, we are trying to do what we have been doing all season. We will try to keep this level of performance as long as we can but it doesn't get any easier."
Iraola was asked about the increased attention on him from other clubs in the Premier League: "You are not as good when you win and you are not as bad as when you lose. We have to keep performing like we are doing, it is still early in the season, there are still a lot of games to play. We are in a nice position in the standings."
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Despite a number of injuries to key players, Bournemouth continue to push themselves into contention for European football, while Nottingham Forest's impressive season does not look like slowing down.
With three crucial points on the line in the race for Champions League football, it sets up an intriguing battle on the south coast on Saturday.
While the two sides go head to head on the pitch, we asked our fan writers for each club to go head to head off it.
Each fan got to ask three questions to each other before the big game...
Tom Jordan
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesHere is what our Bournemouth fan Tom Jordan had to say on questions put by our Nottingham Forest supporter Saveena Johal.
Considering your current form and home record against us in recent seasons, how are you viewing this match?
We are on a fantastic run and we have to be confident. Having said that, Forest are one of a few sides who are in just as remarkable form as us. Considering our injury crisis and somewhat surprising four points gained from Chelsea and Newcastle, I think I would be happy with a point.
We do have an impressive record against the Reds but this current Forest side are a different animal. I actually believe both sides would be content to share the spoils in this one.
How much do you feel injuries have impacted your season, and is this a worry for you going into the Forest game?
Our long injury list has been infuriating this season but, equally, the way some of the fringe players have stepped up is a huge positive. We have dealt with being without so many first-teamers incredibly well, but with a tight game expected, I do fear we will have fewer options to make the changes required in the latter stages.
We are known for having scorers and impactful substitutions regularly, but it is very much anticipated that our bench will be filled with goalkeepers and development players for this one.
Both Forest and Bournemouth are having a great time this season - what has been the best part of your campaign so far?
In terms of moments and matches themselves, there have been countless games to remember. Beating Manchester City for the first time in the top flight, scoring three goals in nine minutes to win at Everton, battering an in-form Newcastle on their own patch, and even hammering Manchester United at Old Trafford... again!
But, in general, it has just been the style of football that we feel fortunate enough to witness. Andoni Iraola has made us a joy to watch. We are so brave and offensive, and Cherries fans feel very lucky to be entertained every week.
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Saveena Johal
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesHere is what our Nottingham Forest supporter Saveena Johal had to say on questions put by our Bournemouth fan Tom Jordan.
Who would you say is your most underrated player? Your unsung hero of the season so far?
Neco Williams has been exceptional. He has slipped under the radar, which may be understandable given the overall quality in the squad.
Alex Moreno was our stable left-back, but being on loan from Aston Villa meant that he couldn't play in our home win against them. Since then, Williams has slotted into his position on the left, and become first choice.
It is easy to forget he is a natural right-back. He comes out as one of the highest rated for tackles, interceptions, blocks and clearances per 90. While dominant against Mohamed Salah last week, he has been consistent throughout the season.
If you could take one player from the current Bournemouth squad, who would it be?
Antoine Semenyo would add depth for us, particularly as we have just put a bid in for Yoane Wissa so are clearly looking to strengthen that winger position.
He has looked explosive in midfield and his aggressive style of play would fit in with our set-up. Pouncing on the opposition, with his pace, would work in sync with our counter-attacking approach. His two-footed ability and fine finishing would also be a welcome addition.
If you were offered a seventh-place finish come the end of the season, would you take it considering your current position?
The optimist in me would say no but, from a more realistic perspective, I would take it.
It is important to be able to dream big and, for now, the majority of Forest supporters are enjoying this wave of success. It is still incredibly tight at the top, and other teams are slowly creeping up. Despite this, I am still confident we can tackle the difficult run that is fast approaching.
With five English teams possibly getting into next season's Champions League, a seventh-place finish may qualify us for the Europa League, which we have a higher chance of progressing in.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe team scoring first has won none of the five Premier League meetings between Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest (D3 L2) - in all five cases, it has been the home side to go 1-0 up.
This Premier League pursuit becomes a lot easier if you take your chances.
BBC Sport has checked in on some data comparing goals versus expected goals this season.
You can see from the bar graph some teams aren't finding the goals (yellow) to outstrip the expected goals they should score (black).
Tottenham, Manchester City, Arsenal, Brentford, Newcastle, Brighton, Fulham, Nottingham Forest, Wolves and Leicester have all scored more than expected.
Wolves in particular have found the net 32 times from an expected 23.56 - a significant overperformance.
League leaders Liverpool are pretty much bang on in returning what they should, while Arsenal have outperformed, with 43 goals from an expected 37.78.
Bournemouth - 36 goals from an expected 43 - are leaving opportunities on the table.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer defender Joe Partington has been praising Bournemouth's key players on the Cherries: Unpicked podcast.
On the defensive partnership between Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen: "The centre-back partnerships of old have obviously left huge footprints on this football club.
"Steve Cook was on this podcast last week and he had a good partnership with Tommy and he had a nice partnership with Nathan Ake. That was a different era at Bournemouth in a way. Those guys had progressed from League One and into he Premier League and did an incredible job of staying here.
"Whereas the two lads at the moment have taken Bournemouth to a completely different level. In terms of ability, they are the best two, they are the best two by quite some distance at the moment.
"They look really strong, really connected, on the same page. It is everything you would want from a defensive centre-back pairing."
On in-form Justin Kluivert: "He has become a really important player in the team. If Justin Kluivert plays well then Bournemouth usually win, so that is maybe the level of importance he has.
"The fact he takes all the penalties and is capable of having those moments for Bournemouth is maybe a reflection of how the rest of his team-mates see him. As if he is almost the go-to guy now for moments that win games.
"He is having a wonderful season and I can only imagine he is sought after. He is obviously involved in the Dutch national team too which is a huge accolade for him.
"He has probably always been in the shadow of his father and will likely continue to be because the career his father had, but he is certainly doing a good job of trying to make his own path and for people to put respect on his own name."
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the latest Cherries: Unpicked podcast, the team reflect on a huge win away to Newcastle, the form of hat-trick hero Justin Kluivert and the defensive partnership of Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen.
They also discuss whether Bournemouth are Champions League contenders and look forward to facing Nottingham Forest.
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
Image source, Getty ImagesOverachieving as a team is a great feeling and that is how Bournemouth, Brighton and Nottingham Forest players will all be feeling.
Going on a run of games and beating top teams helps to breed confidence and team morale. Then everything feels so much better.
Training becomes more enjoyable and it is easier to be motivated for other games. Plus, you have more belief in your game plan, your manager and everything that is going on around you.
Sometimes having a strong work rate and a game plan that marries with the ability of the team is better than having a team full of strong individuals.
No-one would have thought that Forest, who were fighting relegation last season, would be joint second in the Premier League.
They are comfortable in the way they are playing and, although Brighton and Bournemouth have a different style, they are all successful.
Everything around those clubs is positive, internally and externally at the moment.
Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Katie Stafford
Mark Mitchener
BBC Sport senior journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is an old footballing adage that a new manager's first signing is a 'statement' as to how the new gaffer intends to play, or how the board are seen to be backing his vision.
Lower down the leagues, it is not always like that.
Former midfielder Mark Molesley, more recently a manager himself at Weymouth and Southend, talks with pride (a little tongue in cheek) at how his permanent move from Grays Athletic to Bournemouth made him Eddie Howe's first managerial signing.
In reality, the newly appointed caretaker boss was scrabbling to put a side out for their first League Two fixture of 2009, and it made sense to retain Molesley who had been on loan.
Indeed, the modern shift towards a system whereby a "head coach" is now less involved with the mechanics of transfers, contracts and recruitment than predecessors with the title "manager", makes this idea about the first signing a little outdated.
Having said that, Andoni Iraola's first signing for Bournemouth, Justin Kluivert, has been in the headlines after his second hat-trick of the season set up Saturday's demolition job at Newcastle.
Not only did it end the Magpies' run of nine successive wins, it left more people wondering if Cherries owner Bill Foley's dream of European football could materialise.
Kluivert's third goal in the 92nd minute was the pick of the bunch, but if Iraola had anything approaching a full-strength bench, the Dutchman would surely have been hauled off long beforehand.
Only once in 59 Cherries appearances has Kluivert played the entire game from start to finish - his brief in the number-10 role usually being to run teams ragged for 60-70 minutes before Iraola brings on one of his 'finishers'.
Injuries and a threadbare bench have quashed those plans. It was only after Milos Kerkez added a fourth goal to put the result beyond doubt that Kluivert and Dango Ouattara were withdrawn in the 97th minute for development squad duo Ben Winterburn and debutant Remy Rees-Dottin.
Kluivert's career has taken him to through the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Spain and now England, changing countries five times in as many years.
Now back in the Dutch squad, and with a new baby on the way soon, Kluivert is in the best form of his career. A very good time to finally step out of his famous father's shadow and put down some roots of his own.
Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter
Image source, Getty ImagesTeams seem to take it in turns to threaten Liverpool only to fall away meekly as soon as they get within striking distance.
Chelsea had a good run before collecting a measly three points from 15 prior to Monday's victory against Wolves. The Newcastle juggernaut was hammering along until it blew a gasket at the weekend and Arsenal, still the most likely, have stumbled just a little with four draws in their past eight league games.
Nottingham Forest are also staking a claim with a magnificent run of seven wins in eight games, but the next pretenders to emerge appear to be Bournemouth, who have tootled along in the background before taking centre stage with a 4-1 win at St James' Park on Saturday.
Will they do the same as the others and freeze now that they have stepped into the spotlight?
Against Newcastle, they looked fitter and sharper than Eddie Howe's team, a side who had been on a nine-game winning run, but suddenly it looked like they had played all those games back-to-back over one weekend.
Good sense and experience suggests that the Cherries should wilt in the cold chill just about now. They have a mass of injuries and beyond the 11 players that blasted the Toon, there are few fit alternatives. That is not sustainable at the top end of the Premier League.
On the other hand, Andoni Iraola's team have no European football and have not lost in 11 matches - 10 of these in the league. This season they have beaten Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester United and Manchester City, so challenging for the top four is not a fluke.
Bournemouth in Europe with an 11,307 capacity stadium is a delicious thought - with many of us purist football fans hoping and praying it will happen.
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Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool's victory over Lille last night was fundamentally good for them in that they are through to the last 16 and have secured a top-two seeding.
However, that is also a positive for English clubs as a whole.
The countries who finish top in the European Performance Spots table will get five teams in next season's Champions League.
England are currently top - clear of Italy, Spain and Portugal - and while Aston Villa's defeat did not help, bonus points are applied for every position in the table, with teams in the Champions League getting the most.
So Liverpool are heading for a chunky 12 or 11.75.
There has been so much talk about how well Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth have done in the Premier League this season. Their chances of Champions League qualification will increase if English clubs keep doing well in Europe.
Tom Jordan
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is now 11 games unbeaten for Bournemouth after demolishing Newcastle at St James' Park. This came after a well-earned point at Chelsea a few days earlier, and the relentless energy shown by the Cherries was in full force for both encounters.
So, with that being said, you would be excused for not being totally aware of the current 'crisis' Bournemouth find themselves in.
Despite an impressive unbeaten run, the club are currently without 10 first-teamers.
James Hill recently joined Evanilson on the sidelines, along with Enes Unal, Alex Scott, Marcus Tavernier, Adam Smith, Luis Sinisterra, Marcos Senesi, Julio Soler and Julian Araujo, making this particular run of results even more impressive.
Looking at the current available side, there appears plenty of 'square pegs in round holes'. The club's pivotal central midfield cog, Lewis Cook, is having to operate at an alien full-back position, while wideman Dango Ouattara is plugging the gap up top - yet still the Cherries look no worse off.
The players deserve an enormous amount of credit for continuing to play with such high levels of intensity and quality and, quite evidently, coach Andoni Iraola is really sprinkling his magic on the squad.
Whoever is available, Iraola's side play in the same vein - pressing high and aggressively, rarely giving their opponents time to breathe. It is stunning to watch.
It seems as if the gaffer has managed to get every member of the squad buying into the way he wants the game to be played, so whoever is available to him, they go about their jobs and roles in similarly majestic fashion.
There is no need for excuses when you have Iraola, it seems.
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Milos Kerkez will remain at Bournemouth despite interest from Manchester United, but the left-back is likely to move during the summer transfer window. (Florian Plettenberg, Sky Germany), external
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