Andoni Iraola has said himself and his coaching staff have struggled to analyse Nottingham Forest ahead of Sunday’s match.
The Europa League side have announced Sean Dyche as their new manager, their third different manager in the current Premier League Season.
It comes after the sacking of Ange Postecoglou who lasted just 39 days in charge of Forest.
Sean Dyche managed a 2-0 victory at home to Porto in his first game in charge and will be travelling to the Vitality Stadium with confidence.
Iraola has tried to prepare as much as he can for Sunday’s game, with little information.
Iraola said: “I think we don’t have a lot of references.
“The game last night against Porto is the best reference we have but we don’t know if they’re going to change players or system.
“It’s difficult to prepare but we have the advantage that we know very well the players that Forest have and we know normally how a Sean Dyche team perform and compete.”
The last time Nottingham Forest visited Vitality Stadium, they were the victims of a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of a high-flying Cherries side.
Iraola admits that the result was not one he was expecting at the time. He said: “A strange game!
“Forest were so so good in the past season. They finished 7th and are now playing Europa League.
“I cannot use that as a reference, that game is not what we are going to find on Sunday.
“Sunday is going to be completely different.”
In Friday’s press conference, Iraola confirmed Evanilson and David Brooks as absentees but did not rule out the potential appearances of Julio Soler and Enes Ünal on Sunday.
Ünal has been out since January after suffering an ACL injury and just recently played 45 minutes for the under 21’s side.
Julio Soler has returned from his U’20s World Cup campaign with Argentina after losing in the final.
Here is how we predict the Cherries to lineup on Sunday..
