Notice: Today Bournemouth Vs Newcastle United game is postponed in respect to the death of Newcastle Legend “Shay Given”
For the most part of the 2023-24 Premier League season, Andoni Iraola’s work in the Bournemouth chair was met with plenty of plaudits as he masterminded their best-ever top-flight points total, although a three-game losing run to end the campaign was a mark on his record.
The Cherries were only a few moments away from a fourth straight loss in the top flight at the City Ground, where Chris Wood’s opener for Nottingham Forest would ostensibly prove decisive, until Antoine Semenyo popped up with an 86th-minute leveller.
However, the goalmouth action largely paled into insignificance due to the sickening ankle injury suffered by Forest midfielder Danilo, and Bournemouth now arrive back at the Vitality refreshed and rest for their opening Premier League home match of 2024-25.
From November 2023 onwards, Bournemouth only suffered three top-flight losses on their own patch – two of which came against Liverpool and Manchester City – although their last home game of 2023-24 also saw them go down 2-1 against bottom-half battlers Brentford.
Summer sadness often engulfs the Vitality Stadium too, as Bournemouth have now failed to win each of their last eight Premier League matches in August, only scoring three goals in that sequence while shipping a mammoth 23, a rate of almost three per game.
