As an isolated game, Bournemouth's 2-1 win at the City Ground back in August was far from spectacular.
A goal in either half from David Brooks, who would later be shown a red card, and Phillip Billing saw Scott Parker's side edge a typically-tight Championship contest against Nottingham Forest. It would prove to be Parker's first league win as Cherries' boss having made the surprise decision to jump ship and leave Fulham earlier that summer.
It would be the first of 23 victories in the Championship this season for Bournemouth. Nine months on and a repeat of that outcome to deliver win number 24 will guarantee Parker's men join his old club in the Premier League next season. However, in as big a regular season clash as the Championship has seen in the past 20 years, defeat will leave the Cherries staring at the playoffs, and put Forest in pole position for second spot.
