📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-1 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Manchester City.

In that match, Bournemouth had 42% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bournemouth was Daniel Jebbison (96'). Manchester City got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Omar Marmoush (14'), Bernardo Silva (38') and Nico González (89') scored for Manchester City.

Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth have hit the target 5 times over their past six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 6.

Coming into this contest, Bournemouth are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Leicester City

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Leicester City will go into the game following on from a 2-0 Premier League win in the defeat of Ipswich Town in their previous outing.

In that match, Leicester City had 51% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Leicester City, the scorers were Jamie Vardy (28') and Kasey McAteer (69'). At the other end, Ipswich Town got 20 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

In the course of their six previous matches, Ruud van Nistelrooy's Leicester City have found the net a total of 8 times therefore giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Their prior results show that Leicester City:

• have not registered a win against Bournemouth in away games against them for the last 6 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 31/08/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Bournemouth winning 3 of those games, Leicester City 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Cherries and 7 created by The Foxes. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Leicester City 1-0 Bournemouth.

That day, Leicester City managed 44% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Facundo Buonanotte (16').

For their opponents, Bournemouth got 17 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Darren Bond.

🗞️ Team News: Bournemouth

Ryan Christie (Groin injury) and Enes Ünal (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for Bournemouth gaffer Andoni Iraola.

In all likelihood, The Cherries should employ a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, David Brooks, Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

ℹ️ Team News: Leicester City

Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has not got a full squad to pick from. Stephy Mavididi (unknown injury), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Muscle injury), Mads Hermansen (Groin injury), Issahaku Fatawu (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Harry Souttar (Achilles tendon rupture) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that The Foxes appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Jakub Stolarczyk, James Justin, Conor Coady, Wout Faes, Luke Thomas, Kasey McAteer, Boubakary Soumare, Oliver Skipp, Victor Kristiansen, Jordan Ayew and Patson Daka.

💭 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Leicester City could really find it hard to be scoring even one goal against a Bournemouth outfit who certainly have the ability to do really well if they play to their full potential.

We’re expecting a 3-0 winning margin for Bournemouth by the conclusion of the match.

Lucas Pereira, 14:01 25/05/2025