Bournemouth vs Chelsea: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

  • Josh King to miss out for Bournemouth with back trouble having overcome virus
  • But Jermain Defoe is in line to feature for Cherries following hamstring injury
  • Antonio Conte has no new absentees for Chelsea's trip to Vitality Stadium
  • Blues boss believes Danny Drinkwater still lacks match fitness 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Bournemouth's home clash with Chelsea.

 

Bournemouth vs Chelsea (Vitality Stadium)

Team news

Bournemouth


Josh King could miss Bournemouth's Premier League clash with Chelsea after picking up a back complaint.

The Norway forward has been sent for a scan to determine the extent of the problem, which has come straight after he recovered from a virus.

Josh King is unlikely to feature for Bournemouth after picking up a back injury

Josh King is unlikely to feature for Bournemouth after picking up a back injury

Jermain Defoe has shaken off a hamstring issue, but Ryan Fraser is battling a knock.

Provisional squad: Begovic, Ake, Francis, A Smith, Daniels, L Cook, Stanislas, Pugh, Surman, Afobe, Defoe, Boruc, S Cook, Gosling, Mousset, Arter, Ibe, King, Fraser.

Chelsea

Chelsea have no fresh injuries ahead of their Premier League trip to Bournemouth.

Danny Drinkwater (calf), N'Golo Kante (hamstring) and Victor Moses (hamstring) will miss out again.

Danny Drinkwater made his Chelsea debut in the 2-1 Carabao Cup victory against Everton

Danny Drinkwater made his Chelsea debut in the 2-1 Carabao Cup victory against Everton

Drinkwater made his Chelsea debut in the 2-1 Carabao Cup victory over Everton in midweek but Antonio Conte insists he still lack match fitness.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Luiz, Kenedy, Musonda, Zappacosta, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Clarke-Salter, Scott, Eduardo, Ampadu, Sterling.

 

BOURNEMOUTH vs CHELSEA

Kick-off: Sat, 5.30pm - BT Sport 1

Odds (subject to change):

Bournemouth 5/1

Draw 10/3

Chelsea 11/17

Managers:

Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)

Antonio Conte (Chelsea)

Head-to-head league record:

Bournemouth wins 2

Draws 0

Chelsea wins 4

Recent league form (latest result first):

Bournemouth: WLDLW

Chelsea: WLLWD

Referee: Craig Pawson 

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

This will be the 10th match between Bournemouth and Chelsea in all competitions, with the Cherries winning just twice and losing seven.

Chelsea have won four of their five previous away games against Bournemouth in all competitions, losing the other in September 1988.

Chelsea lost their last Premier League away game; 1-2 at Crystal Palace. They haven’t lost successive Premier League away games since November 2015 under Jose Mourinho.

This is Bournemouth’s lowest points total (7) after nine games of a Premier League season. Last season they’d collected 12 points and in 2015-16 they had eight.

53 of Chelsea’s league goals since the start of 2016-17 have come from Spanish players – this is more than 22 of the 23 sides to play in La Liga since then, with only Athletic Club (61) scoring more through Spaniards in this period.

Eden Hazard celebrates with Diego Costa after scoring against Bournemouth in Chelsea's 3-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium back in April

Eden Hazard celebrates with Diego Costa after scoring against Bournemouth in Chelsea's 3-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium back in April

Jermain Defoe is the only player to score in the Premier League against Chelsea for four different clubs (Tottenham, West Ham, Sunderland and Portsmouth) and could extend that to five clubs in this game. There have been seven previous occasions of a player scoring against an opponent for five different teams in Premier League history.

Defoe’s next goal will be his 200th in league competition. He’s currently scored 91 for Spurs, 34 for Sunderland, 29 for West Ham, 19 for Bournemouth, 15 for Portsmouth and 11 for Toronto.

Eden Hazard has scored four goals in four Premier League appearances against Bournemouth, with three of those strikes arriving on the south coast.

Michy Batshuayi has scored six goals as a substitute in the Premier League since the start of last season; only Olivier Giroud has more (7) while Oumar Niasse also has six.

Batshuayi has only been given three Premier League starts for Chelsea – in those games he’s played 200 minutes and scored one goal from six shots. As a sub, he’s played 224 minutes (over 20 games) and scored six goals from 17 shots (35.3 per cent).