Bournemouth vs Chelsea is scheduled for a 3pm BST kick-off time on Saturday 6 May, 2023. The Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth will host.
Bournemouth are currently in 13th place in the Premier League standings and have been fairly impressive so far this season. The home side thrashed Leeds United by a 4-1 margin last week and will need to work hard to achieve a similar result in this match.
Chelsea, on the other hand, are in 12th place in the league table at the moment and have struggled this season. The Blues slumped to a damaging 3-1 defeat at the hands of Arsenal in their previous game and will need to bounce back this weekend.
Bournemouth vs Chelsea Head-to-Head and Numbers
- Chelsea have a good record against Bournemouth and have won 12 out of the 18 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Bournemouth’s five victories.
- Bournemouth have won four of their 11 games against Chelsea in the Premier League, with three of these victories coming away from home.
- Chelsea have lost three of their last six matches against Bournemouth in the Premier League but did win the reverse fixture by a comfortable 2-0 margin.
- Chelsea could fail to win any of their three matches against newly promoted teams in the Premier League for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
- Bournemouth have won six of their last nine matches in the Premier League – as many victories as they had achieved in the first 25 league games this season.
- Chelsea have lost four games that have kicked off early in the Premier League this season – as many defeats as they had suffered in the previous four campaigns combined.
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Team News
Bournemouth trio Marcus Tavernier (hamstring), Ryan Fredericks (calf) and Junior Stanislas (unspecified) all remain sidelined, while Chris Mepham (hamstring), Kieffer Moore (head) and Hamed Traore (foot) are all doubtful and will be assessed ahead of kickoff.
O’Neil could stick with a back four of Adam Smith, Marcos Senesi, Lloyd Kelly and Matias Vina, but he also has the option to revert to a back five which could see either Jack Stephens or Illya Zabarnyi handed a start at centre-back.
Dango Ouattara and Ryan Christie are likely to retain their places on the flanks, with Philip Billing operating in the No.10 role behind central striker Dominic Solanke.
As for Chelsea, Reece James (hamstring), Mason Mount (pelvic) and Armando Broja (knee) are all ruled out for the rest of the season, while Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella (both hamstring) are also recovering in the treatment room.
Lampard will ponder whether to switch to a back three or stick with a flat back four, but nevertheless, Cesar Azpilicueta and Ben Chilwell are expected to operate as either full-backs or wing-backs in the absence of both James and Cucurella.
Noni Madueke scored his first Chelsea goal in the defeat at Arsenal and will be hoping to be rewarded with a second successive start on the right wing, while either Havertz or Joao Felix could be recalled in attack at the expense of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who endured a night to forget against his former club in midweek.
Bournemouth possible starting lineup:
Neto; Smith, Senesi, Kelly, Vina; Lerma, Rothwell; Ouattara, Billing, Christie; Solanke
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Kepa; Azpilicueta, W. Fofana, Silva, Chilwell; Kante, Fernandez, Kovacic; Madueke, Havertz, Mudryk
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Bournemouth vs Chelsea prediction
Going to a Bournemouth team loving life at the moment looks one of the most difficult tasks possible in the Premier League. Little about Chelsea right now would suggest they can deal with that.
