📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth enter this match following on from a 2-2 Premier League drawn match against West Ham United.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 44% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Bournemouth was Evanilson (38', 79'). For their opponents, West Ham United had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Niklas Füllkrug (61') and Jarrod Bowen (68') scored for West Ham United.

At least three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Bournemouth have played. Their opponents scored 11 times in this period whereas Bournemouth totted up 8.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bournemouth:

• have not emerged victorious against Fulham in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Fulham

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Fulham will go into the game after a 3-2 Premier League win to defeat Liverpool in their most recent outing.

In that match, Fulham had 38% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Fulham, the goalscorers were Ryan Sessegnon (23'), Alex Iwobi (32') and Rodrigo Muniz (37'). For their opponents, Liverpool had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Alexis Mac Allister (14') and Luis Díaz (72') scored for Liverpool.

The stats tell the story, and Fulham have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in total. Defensively, Fulham have some weaknesses to address. Having said that, it remains to be seen if that pattern will be maintained in this upcoming game.

Pre-game facts show that Fulham:

• have not registered a win against Bournemouth in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 23/04/2022 tells us that Bournemouth have won 2 of these & Fulham 1, with the number of draws being 3.

20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 of them from The Cherries and 9 being from The Cottagers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Premier League match day 19 on 29/12/2024 when it finished Fulham 2-2 Bournemouth.

On that occasion, Fulham managed 52% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Raúl Jiménez (40') and Harry Wilson (72').

On the other side, Bournemouth got 16 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Evanilson (51') and Dango Ouattara (89') scored.

The referee was Robert Jones.

📰 Team News: Bournemouth

Ryan Christie (Groin injury), Luis Sinisterra (Thigh problems) and Enes Ünal (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola.

We think that The Cherries could line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook, Dango Ouattara, Alex Scott, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

🗞️ Team News: Fulham

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Fulham boss Marco Silva to be concerned with. Reiss Nelson (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.

From our viewpoint, The Cottagers could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Bernd Leno, Timothy Castagne, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Sander Berge, Sasa Lukic, Ryan Sessegnon, Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Fulham are likely to breach the defence of this Bournemouth outfit, however that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 win for Bournemouth after 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 14/04/2025