Dango Ouattara scored a hat-trick to help Andoni Iraola's team win 5-0 away to Bournemouth, ending Nottingham Forest's previous eight-game league undefeated streak, which had garnered them a lot of praise. The purpose of Nottingham Forest's visit to the Vitality Stadium was to challenge the Premier League's elite in the Championship battle and upend the status quo. Rather, it became a thrashing, as Bournemouth thrashed Nuno Espírito Santo's squad 5-0, delivering the Tricky Trees their first defeat since early December.
Justin Kluivert, picked up the ball on the halfway line, giving Cherries the lead just before the ten-minute mark. Kluivert contributed to Bournemouth's second goal by giving Dango Ouattara a wonderful pass, who then scored two more goals to build an unassailable lead for Bournemouth. Antoine Semenyo then finished off the rout cooly. After going 11 games without a loss, Bournemouth moved up to seventh place in the standings with 40 points, four points behind Forest.