Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Bournemouth vs Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
Team news
Bournemouth will check on Joshua King's ankle injury ahead of the Premier League match against Burnley. Andrew Surman is also a doubt after picking up a calf problem during last weekend's win at Chelsea.
The Cherries remain without several players as defender Nathan Ake (hamstring), Adam Smith (foot), Steven Cook (hand), forward Callum Wilson (thigh), Arnaut Groeneveld (foot), Harry Wilson (thigh), Charlie Daniels (knee) and Lloyd Kelly (thigh) all continue their own rehabilitation.
Burnley have doubts over Ashley Westwood and Chris Wood. Westwood returned from a groin problem for last weekend's victory over Newcastle, but the issue has resurfaced while Wood (Achilles) has also missed training this week.
Charlie Taylor (hamstring) and Kevin Long (hip) are fit, but fellow defender Ben Gibson (groin) is set to miss out. Winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson (hamstring) continues to build up his fitness after being sidelined for more than two months.
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Opta stats
- Bournemouth have won just one of their last five home league games against Burnley (D1 L3), losing each of the last two in a row.
- Burnley have won four of their six Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (L2), including both fixtures last season.
- Burnley have found the net in each of their last 10 league meetings with Bournemouth (W6 D2 L2) since a 0-0 draw in April 1999.
- Bournemouth's 1-0 win at Chelsea last time out ended a run of five straight league defeats for the Cherries. They're now looking to secure back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since September.
- Burnley have won just one of their last 10 Premier League away games (D4 L5), beating Watford 3-0 in November. The Clarets' last nine top-flight away wins have been against sides starting the day in the bottom half, with the average position of those opponents being 16th.
- Bournemouth haven't lost three consecutive home league games since April 2016 - the second game of which was also against Liverpool.
- Bournemouth have scored a league-high 32% of their Premier League goals this season from corners (6/19). Indeed, both Bournemouth and Burnley have scored a joint league-high total of six goals from corners in the competition this term.
- All five of Bournemouth's Premier League wins this season have been with Josh King in the starting lineup - they've lost four and drawn one of their five games without the Norwegian in the starting XI.
- Burnley striker Chris Wood has scored more Premier League goals than any other Clarets player this season (7) and has netted three goals in his four top-flight matches against Bournemouth.
- Since the start of last season, Burnley's Chris Wood has scored more headed goals in the Premier League than any other player (10). Indeed, of players with at least 25 goals in Premier League history, Wood has scored the eighth highest ratio from headers (46.4% - 13/28).
Charlie's prediction
You have to look at the breakdown of both teams. Bournemouth go from one extreme to the next - all of a sudden they are sinking, thinking about selling Nathan Ake for £40-£50m, although they are not great defensively anyway, and then they go and win at Chelsea. Burnley are unpredictable and only two points above them, so these are always a stab in the dark for me. Bournemouth have lost their impetus going forward and Burnley could take advantage of this weakness, but I cannot separate them again.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-1 (5/1 with Sky Bet)