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

  • Josh King to be handed fitness test by Bournemouth following back problem
  • Benik Afobe in contention to feature in attack after recovering from thigh injury
  • Christopher Schindler is suspended for Huddersfield Town
  • Aaron Mooy will be given fitness test following international duty with Australia
  • READ: More Premier League team news, odds and stats 

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 Huddersfield.

 

Bournemouth vs Huddersfield Town (Vitality Stadium)

Team news

Bournemouth


Bournemouth will make a late fitness call on Josh King because of a back problem ahead of the Premier League match against Huddersfield.

Midfielder Junior Stanislas remains sidelined by a groin problem. Striker Benik Afobe, though, is back in contention after recovering from a thigh strain picked up before the international break.

Josh King will be handed a fitness test by Bournemouth following a back complaint

Josh King will be handed a fitness test by Bournemouth following a back complaint

Defenders Brad Smith (hip) and Tyrone Mings (back) continue their rehabilitation.

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

Huddersfield

Huddersfield will be without suspended defender Christopher Schindler for their Premier League game at Bournemouth on Saturday.

Centre-half Schindler was sent off for two yellow-card offences in the recent win against West Brom and serves a one-game ban, so Martin Cranie is expected to start.

Aaron Mooy featured in Sydney as he helped Australia qualify for the 2018 World Cup

Aaron Mooy featured in Sydney as he helped Australia qualify for the 2018 World Cup

Midfielder Aaron Mooy will be assessed after returning from international duty with Australia, while Philip Billing (ankle), Michael Hefele (achilles), Kasey Palmer (hamstring) and Jon Gorenc Stankovic (knee) are still out.

Provisional squad: Lossl, Lowe, Cranie, Jorgensen, Smith, Williams, Mooy, Van La Parra, Ince, Hogg, Sabiri, Depoitre, Mounie, Hadergjonaj, Kachunga, Quaner, Green, Malone.

 

BOURNEMOUTH vs HUDDERSFIELD

Kick-off: Saturday, 3pm 

Odds (subject to change):

Bournemouth 9/10

Draw 13/5

Huddersfield 17/4

Managers:

Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)

David Wagner (Huddersfield)

Head-to-head league record:

Bournemouth wins 13

Draws 17

Huddersfield wins 16

Recent league form (latest result first):

Bournemouth: WLWLD

Huddersfield: WLWLL

Referee: Lee Probert 

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Bournemouth haven’t lost a home league match against Huddersfield since August 2007 when the sides were in League One, winning two and drawing three since (including play-offs).

The Terriers have won just one of their last 10 meetings in all competitions with Bournemouth (D5 L4), a 5-1 victory in the Championship in August 2013.

This will be the 847th different Premier League meeting, and 1423rd in the top-flight overall.

In fact, this match will see Bournemouth and Huddersfield become the 94th different set of teams to have faced each other in all four tiers of English league football.

Huddersfield Town haven't scored away from home since the opening day of the season

Huddersfield Town haven't scored away from home since the opening day of the season

Just 40 per cent of Bournemouth’s Premier League points this season have come in home games (4/10) – only Swansea (37.5 per cent) and Watford (33.3 per cent) have picked up a lower ratio at home.

Since winning their first ever Premier League away game 3-0 against Crystal Palace on the opening day, the Terriers have failed to score in their subsequent four on the road (D1 L3).

Huddersfield could be the 40th different Premier League opponent Jermain Defoe has faced. He’s currently scored against 36 different teams in the competition – only three players have scored against more (Frank Lampard 39, Andrew Cole 38 and Alan Shearer 37).

Bournemouth have never lost a Premier League home game against a newly-promoted side (W5 D1), winning the last five in a row by an aggregate score of 17-3.

Andrew Surman’s three combined goals and assists have been worth six points to Bournemouth this season – only Alvaro Morata’s 10 goal contributions have been worth more in the Premier League (8 points).

No player has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Huddersfield’s Tom Ince (27 including blocked, level with Nathan Redmond).