When these two teams met on the first day of the season, no one thought that these former rivals of the descent would be fighting for a place in the next season champions.
Only Liverpool leader has a better history as a visitor than Forest, but trips are not much more difficult than one day at the Vitality Stadium. Bournemouth has already defeated Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham, three of the first five of last season.
After all, it was a coach who failed to win any of his first 10 league games in charge and was in serious danger of losing his position, but it is proof that if you give the appropriate man enough time to do so to do so Well, you can create something special.
The players and recruitment are important, but it is the coach who works with the tools. They are your messages and your style. It is he who has catapulted the Bournemouth within reach of European football.
Iraola has peaceful manners but she is really a smiling murderer. He is ruthless and that shows in the performances of his team. Just a few minutes after his dominant victory in Newcastle, he sat on the bench with pencil and paper in hand and a pinch of smile. I knew I had the best of the Eddie Howe team tactically and physically.
In his former club, Rayo Vallecano, had the distinction of being statistically one of the most aggressive pressers in Europe and that continues on the southern coast.
There are no much tougher trips to face those of Andoni Iraola at the Vitality Stadium
Bournemouth has defeated Man City, Arsenal and Tottenham and is in the Champions fight
Meanwhile, Forest has had excellent performance this season, but faces a tough test on Saturday afternoon.
His players buzz through the field with voracious hunger, pushing up and immobilizing the opponents. He has recovered the ball more frequently than any other team this season. They press in one against one for the entire field and there is no player who does not give everything for the cause.
Against Newcastle, midfielder Ryan Christie pushed up to the four strikers of Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert and David Brooks while pressing high in a five.
They took their composure from the Newcastle and the game is over. They were forced to play long balls and, when they did, the plants simply swallowed them.
Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi are like twins. Both wear gloves, both with the socks rolled up to the ankles. If we had used gloves 20 years ago, they would have told us to take them off! But perhaps this is the modern treasury central, which looks more like a relative of Jack Grealish.
Both are ordered pins and like to play great cross passes, but they are not afraid to run with them when they have time and space. They also have rhythm, something that is often scarce for the centrals.
Huijsen is only 19 years old, joined for only £ 15 million in the summer and already looks like a bargain with Chelsea and Real Madrid that is said to be interested.
Milos Kerkez is another young defense who has the world at his feet. You can get into the midfield or overlap on the left. His understanding with Semenyo is magnificent. If the striker moves inwards, he will fly along the wing.
Bournemouth recruitment is returning to the Brentford style.
The recruitment of the Bournemouth is returning to the Brentford style: they have rhythm everywhere
Those of Iraola practice great football, as their league position demonstrates, but they are also masters of the dark arts
They have rhythm everywhere. And although Iraola's team plays great football, spinning the Newcastle with many passes of one and two touches, they are also teachers of the dark arts.
One thing that I always used to do as a player was that if I could not win the ball, I was assured of reaching my opponent, only to stop it and cause some impact.
The Bournemouth is excellent in this, it is not surprising that he has committed the greatest amount of fouls in the league this season.
They have also done it with a huge list of injured. They have nine players of the first team discarded, but seven of the team that began that first season game against Forest also did it against the Newcastle.
By the time City and Chelsea, go to the field on Saturday, the Iraola team could be above the current champions in the table and remarkably matched points with Chelsea.