Bournemouth v Chelsea Betting Preview – Premier League 28th October 5.30pm
Bournemouth picked up just their second win of the season last weekend with a victory over Stoke. That was a boost but Eddie Howe’s men are still stuck in the bottom three of the Premier League. Reigning champions Chelsea were pushed hard in a real battle at Stamford Bridge last weekend by Watford but will have lifted their own spirits with a come-from-behind victory in that one. Can they have a good evening down on the south coast by collecting three points?
Bournemouth v Chelsea Betting Tips
The Cherries produced a welcome three points for themselves last weekend as they went to Stoke and recorded a 2-1 victory. Despite that success they are still stuck in the bottom three in the Premier League and that is because aside from a home success against Brighton and a 0-0 draw with Leicester, there has been no other rewards picked up by the Cherries in a W2 D1 L6 record this season in the top flight. They have some work do to. Eddie Howe’s men have put up a W1 D1 L2 record at the Vitality Stadium this season and are unbeaten in their last two there. When they took on Man City at home earlier in the season, they nearly earned a good point out of that, but ended up losing 2-1 with that late Raheem Sterling strike. Only bottom side Crystal Palace have scored fewer goals than Bournemouth have managed this season, but for this one, over 2.5 goals at bet365 at 4/6 still looks pretty appealing.
Last Six Head to Head All Competitions
Bournemouth 1 – Chelsea
Chelsea 3 – 0 Bournemouth
Bournemouth 1 – 4 Chelsea
Chelsea 0 – 1 Bournemouth
Bournemouth 0 – 1 Chelsea
Chelsea 1 – 0 Bournemouth
Even though the Cherries are far from prolific in front of goal, each of the last three meetings between Bournemouth and Chelsea have gone over the goal line, largely thanks to Chelsea. Chelsea took a 3-1 win on the south coast last season and Bournemouth have given up at least three goals in each of their last three Premier League outings against the Blues. Bournemouth have only hosted Chelsea four times before in all competitions and hold a W1 L3 record from that sequence. They have lost both previous home games in the Premier League against the Stamford Bridge crew, but the Cherries did at least score in those two games, exactly one in each. Both teams to score at bet365 fetches a price of 3/4. Josh King and Callum Wilson are joint 5/2 anytime goalscorer market leaders for the home side going into this big home game. Can they push the Blues as much as they did Man City back in August?
Current League Form (most recent last)
Bournemouth LWLDWL
Chelsea WDWLLW
Chelsea haven’t launched the most convincing of title defences this season and so far they have numbers of W5 D1 L3 in the top flight, but Antonio Conte’s men have only gone W2 D1 L2 in their last five outings, having suffered defeats against Manchester City and Crystal Palace. They were on a three match winning streak out on the road because they lost that shocker at Crystal Palace. The blues have scored nine goals in their four away games this season and in the bet365 correct score market a Chelsea 2-1 victory in this one returns a price of 8/1, while pushing it out to a 3-1 win returns a price of 12/1. The Blues haven’t been rock solid at the back this season and are likely to give up some chances to the home side. Chelsea will also have one eye on a big Champions League game at Roma in midweek.
They need to get Alvaro Morata back among the goals and the Spaniard is trading at 10/11, while Michy Batshuayi, who got a brace last weekend is a price of 11/10. Eden Hazard scored in both games against the Cherries last season and is 3/2 to net in this one. This will only be the ninth time that Bournemouth and Chelsea have faced off and from the previous eight, Chelsea hold a W6 L2 record which is a pretty solid advantage. Chelsea have been in the lead at half time in three of their four away games this season and there is a price of 6/5 at bet365 on Chelsea to be winning at half time. Chelsea had a real battle on their hands at Stamford Bridge last weekend in finding themselves trailing against Watford, but they showed character to fight back for a 3-2 win. But the defensive vulnerabilities were clear as Watford wasted some great great chance to put the game to bed. Will the Cherries trouble them as much though?
Bournemouth v Chelsea Betting Odds
Chelsea 4/7, Draw 3/1, Bournemouth 9/2
Bournemouth v Chelsea Predictions
Chelsea to win: The Blues have looked far from convincing recently but they should be able to hold out against a Cherries side which hasn’t produced much of an attacking threat this season. Back Chelsea to win to nil in what could well be a low scoring game.
