Chelsea vs Bournemouth
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 14 December 2019
Kick-off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea will be looking to bounce back after their surprising loss to Everton in the Premier League last weekend. The Blues just about edged past Lille in the Champions League to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, and now have a tricky test against Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
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Frank Lampard’s Blues will be keen to make amends for their disappointing 3-1 loss to Everton last week when they face a lowly Bournemouth, who sit just one point clear of the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Bournemouth would be praying for a change of fortunes, having not won a single game since beating Manchester United last month.
Chelsea vs Bournemouth Prediction Line-Ups
Chelsea vs Bournemouth Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Chelsea Bournemouth played so far 10 matches.
Chelsea won 7 direct matches. Bournemouth won 3 matches. 0 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.70 goals per Match.
Chelsea vs Bournemouth Prediction
Chelsea in actual season average scored 2.22 goals per match. In 10 (76.92%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 7 (53.85%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Bournemouth average scored 1.29 goals per match in season 2019. In 8 (66.67%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 7 (58.33%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Fikayo Tomori (hip) is ruled out for Chelsea but head coach Frank Lampard expects the defender to return to training next week.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek continues his rehabilitation from a long-term Achilles problem.
AFC Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake is ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the defeat at Liverpool last weekend.
Fellow defender Steve Cook had surgery on a fractured wrist this week and misses out, but Joshua King and Callum Wilson (both hamstring) could be in contention.
Match officials
Referee: Graham Scott. Assistants: Neil Davies, Derek Eaton. Fourth official: Darren Bond. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan.