📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth are hoping to win again following a 2-1 Premier League triumph against Everton.

In that match, Bournemouth had 49% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Bournemouth was Dominic Solanke (64'). Everton got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Beto (87') and Séamus Coleman (91' Own goal) scored for Everton.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Bournemouth have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Bournemouth have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals along the way.

Going into this one, Bournemouth are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.

Crystal Palace

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In their last game, Crystal Palace drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Nottingham Forest.

In that match, Crystal Palace had 41% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Crystal Palace was Jean-Philippe Mateta (11'). Nottingham Forest had 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Chris Wood (61') was the scorer for Nottingham Forest.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Crystal Palace have bagged the sum of 8 goals. Crystal Palace have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have had 12 goals go against them. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Crystal Palace:

• have not lost to Bournemouth when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 9 league games. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/12/2019 tells us that Bournemouth have won 1 of these and Crystal Palace 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A total of 9 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 2 for The Cherries and 7 being from The Eagles. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Premier League match day 15 on 06/12/2023 when it ended Crystal Palace 0-2 Bournemouth.

That time, Crystal Palace had 59% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Bournemouth got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Marcos Senesi (25') and Kieffer Moore (91') scored.

The referee was Craig Pawson.

ℹ️ Team News: Bournemouth

It’s our opinion that The Cherries look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Neto, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Chris Mepham, Lloyd Kelly, Alex Scott, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Philip Billing, Marcus Tavernier and Dominic Solanke.

📋 Team News: Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Marc Guéhi (Knee problems), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Hamstring injury), Michael Olise (Hamstring injury), Cheick Doucouré (Achilles tendon rupture) and Sam Johnstone (Elbow injury) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Eagles might utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation, giving starts to Dean Henderson, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Chris Richards, Daniel Munoz, Tyrick Mitchell, Jefferson Lerma, Adam Wharton, Jordan Ayew, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Crystal Palace have the ability to put one past this Bournemouth team, but that probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 win for Bournemouth by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Andre Moura, 18:01 02/04/2024